Please notice that there are a couple of changes in this year's program. First of all, the State Department is reverting the registration period from 60 days to 30 days. Therefore, you would have less time to submit an application for the lottery and should act quickly.
Second, the State Department will not mail a selection notice to those who have been selected under the program. Moreover, the Kentucky Consular Center will not mail an interview notice as well. Instead, online notification and interview notice will be made through the Entry Status Check function at dvlottery.state.gov.
Finally, it is free to participate in the lottery. Only those who have been selected for interviews will have to pay a fee at the U.S. consulate or embassy at the time of the interview. The interviewee will have to pay $745 USD ($305 for immigrant visa fee and $440 for diversity visa fee).
If you wonder how well of a chance you can win to get an immigrant visa, it is not very high. For the fiscal year of 2011, the chance of winning was 1/320, or 0.31%. This year would probably be more or less the same.
Disclaimer: Information included in this page does not constitute as legal advice and receipt of this page does not establish attorney-client relationship. For specific inquiries, please call my office and schedule an appointment.
如果你有興趣參加2012財政年度的多國籍移民簽證計劃，你需要在2010年10月5日至11月3日期間遞交申請表。與去年一樣，多國籍移民簽證計劃今年將會提供50,000個移民簽證配額。抽籤結果將會在2011年5月1日公佈。
申請人請注意今年美國國務院對計劃所作出的改變。首先，今年的申請期限由60天縮短至30天。因此申請人會比去年少了一些時間準備其申請。
其次，國務院不會將中籤通知書寄給被抽中的幸運兒。肯塔基領事中心也不會將面談通知書寄給符合資格的申請人。取而代之的是申請人需到國務院多國籍移民簽證計劃的網址，輸入在遞交申請表時得到的個人申請號碼，自行檢查是否被抽中及面談時間。
多國籍移民簽證計劃是免費參加的。只有符合資格而被選中面談的申請人需在前往美國駐海外的領事館面談的時候繳交$745美元的申請費(包括$305移民簽證申請費及格$440的多國籍移民簽證計劃申請費)。
透過多國籍移民簽證計劃成功被抽中的機會不算太高。在2011年的財政年度，有一千六百萬申請人爭奪五萬個簽證配額(每一個配額有三百二十個申請人爭奪)，即中籤機會大概有0.31%。
以上資料僅供參考之用，並非法律意見。如有個別問題，請致電本人查詢。
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