Visa lottery results 2021 are finally in. How do the winners get their green cards now?

legally immigrate to the United States and achieve the American Dream with a green card in hand in 2021, thanks to one of the most popular visa programs.

Back in April, President Trump announced a suspension in issuing green cards for 60 days. As we approach the deactivation date of that deadline, the U.S. State Department posted Saturday the winners for Fiscal Year 2021 of the Diversity Immigrant Visa Program.

The program hands out 55,000 permanent resident cards, known as green cards, each year. President Donald Trump’s promise to end it.

The winners were drawn from random selection by computer from among qualified entries. The visas are available for immigrants with historically low rates of immigration to the U.S.

Participants in the DV-2021 lottery can go to the Entrant Status Check page on the internet to learn if their entry was selected, using the confirmation number issued to them when they completed their electronic entry last year.

The Entrant Status Check feature will be available on the State Department’s website until September 30, 2021, according to the official instructions for the 2021 Diversity Visa Program.

The Process

Visa winners will receive emails from the KCC notifying them of an appointment for an interview at the U.S. embassy or consulate they selected in the DS-260 Form, once those documents are processed.

The State Department warns on its page of instructions, “You should prepare for your interview thoroughly and carefully. Failure to be fully prepared for your interview at the U.S. Embassy or Consulate can result in delay or denial of your visa application.”

You must bring the following to the interview:

• Appointment letter
• Confirmation of the DS-260 page
• Passport
• Photos
• Medical exam results
• Originals of the supporting documentation
• Certified English translations of these documents
• Visa fee ($330)

It will be interesting to see what if anything happens with the processing of these 55,000 green card qualifying entries.