I filled my DS260 by April 2021, My case number is AF41xxx. The breakdown of selectee numbers by region and by country, as displayed in the September Visa Bulletin, appear below, in alphabetical order: Unless the ban is overturned in the coming months, early DV-2021 interviews are not expected to be conducted.įinally, the September Visa Bulletin admonishes DV-2022 hopefuls to expect details regarding that program by means of the official State Department Visa web page in the coming months (It could actually be as early as next month). However, with the extended ban on immigration still in place, those numbers are not of much importance. The September Visa Bulletin also contains – as usual – the regional cut-offs for the first month of the new fiscal year – October 2020. This massive reduction in qualified entries submitted during the DV-2021 Entry period (Wednesday, October 2 to Tuesday, November 5, 2019) was undoubtedly due to the introduction of the passport regulation. Last year’s, for example, was 14,722,798 qualified entries (23,182,554 with derivatives). The above number of selectees were chosen from a total of 6,741,128 qualified entries (11,830,707 with derivatives), which is much lower than in previous years. That is because there will be only 54,750 visas available for that much larger number of selectees. more than half of the total selectees) will eventually not receive visas at the close of the upcoming fiscal year. In addition, this number also indicates that as many as 77,654 (i.e. With that number, there will certainly be no second draw as some had been hoping: the status of those not selected in June will remain as such. The total number of selectees for DV-2021 is 132,404, making this year an over-selected year. And it contains a breakdown of the number of selectees for the DV-2021 Results which were released on June 6, 2020.Īs is the case every year, the numbers have been provided by country with Algeria, Egypt, Sudan, Iran and Russia having the highest numbers of selectees – each topping 6,000. For the same information about the upcoming (DV 2022) program, CLICK HERE.)ĭV-2021: Number of Selectees by Country Released!Īs was expected, the September Visa Bulletin has been released. (Note: The following article concerns the number of selectees for the already-ending DV 2021 Program.