The United States of America (USA) will begin accepting applications for the 2019 Diversity Visa Lottery Program (DV2019) today, Tuesday, October 3, 2017, at 16:00 hours Universal Time.
Applications will be accepted until 16:00 hours Universal Time on Tuesday, November 7th, 2017 through the online portal -Â www.dvlottery.state.gov.
Meanwhile, entrants of the 2017 and 2018 DV Lottery can check their entry status on the same portal.
The US Department of State advises that potential applicants do not wait until the last week of the registration period to enter, as heavy demand may result in website delays.
The qualifying countries are the same as last year. Natives of all countries qualify except Bangladesh, Brazil, Canada, China (mainland-born), Colombia, the Dominican Republic, El Salvador, Haiti, India, Jamaica, Mexico, Nigeria, Pakistan, Peru, the Philippines, South Korea, the United Kingdom (except Northern Ireland) and its dependent territories, and Vietnam. People born in Hong Kong, Macau, and Taiwan are eligible.
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Through the Diversity Visa Lottery Program, the United States Government makes available 50,000 permanent resident visas to citizens of countries that traditionally have a low rate of immigration to the United States.
More than a million Ghanaians entered the 2016 edition of the Diversity Visa Lottery, according to the US Embassy.
Out of the number, 6,000 Ghanaians were successfully selected in the computerized random selection process.
However, only 2,500 Ghanaians out of the 6,000 have qualified to enter the United States after winning the 2016 DV Lottery.
The remaining 3,500 were disqualified because they did not meet the basic requirements of a secondary education for all applicants.
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