DV lottery 2009 Instructions

The DV lottery 2009 Instructions is issued every year in the English Language by the US Department of State. Unofficial translations of DV lottery 2009 Instructions is available in the government websites in languages like Armenian, Latvian, Mongolian, Portuguese, Romanian, Russian, Ukrainian, and Uzbek. A PDF format of the DV lottery 2009 Instructions can be downloaded directly from the government websites. However the DV lottery 2009 submission time is already over.

The amendments for the DV are introduced each year by the Department of State and the lottery is executed according to the terms mentioned in section 203(c) of the Immigration and Nationality Act. As per DV lottery 2009 instructions the following countries were not eligible to send applications as they did already send more than 50,000 the previous year they are:- “Brazil, Canada, China, Columbia, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, Gautemala, Haiti, India, Jamaica, Mexico, Pakistan, Philippines, Peru, Poland, Russia, South Korea, United Kingdom and dependent territories excluding North Ireland, and Vietnam. People born in Hong Kong, SAR, Macau SAR and Taiwan were eligible.

The requirement for entry per DV lottery 2009 instructions were as follows:-
The applicant should be from one of the qualifying countries. Natives by birth qualify. If birth nativity of parents or spouse exists for the qualifying countries such can also be applied for.
The worker’s experience should be met as mentioned in the clause for vocational training or experience. If there is not experience at least minimum education qualifications as required should be met.
At least a 12 year education of work experience for 2 years within the past 5 years for the qualifying jobs.
Applications that did not have these qualities were simply rejected from the draw.

The DV lottery 2009 instructions clearly state that only electronic applications are accepted for the lottery and paper applications will not be accepted. Most did submit the forms themselves of did have some agency do it for them. Most applications which did not have the photographs of all the family members were rejected. A successfully registered E-DV form gives a confirmation screen which can be printed out for future reference. All the results are personally mailed to the qualifying winners in postal mail. None of the results will be e-mailed. People who do not win will not be notified. However more than 50,000 entrants would be selected in the draw because the embassy estimates that most may not qualify in the interview and this is also done in a way to assure that all the 50,000 immigrant quota is filled.