oscar 104 Report post Posted October 16, 2020 DV-2022 Program: Online Registration https://dvprogram.state.gov/ DV-2022 Program: The online registration period for the DV-2022 Program begins on Wednesday, October 7, 2020 at 12:00 noon, Eastern Daylight Time (EDT) (GMT-4), and concludes on Tuesday, November 10, 2020 at 12:00 noon, Eastern Standard Time (EST) (GMT-5). Individuals who submit more than one entry during the registration period will be disqualified. Good Luck Everyone ! 1 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
OP1985 7 Report post Posted October 19, 2020 This is my 8th attempt ! I pray I get selected ... 2 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Delo 16 Report post Posted October 19, 2020 10 hours ago, OP1985 said: This is my 8th attempt ! I pray I get selected ... Good luck! I think the odds have improved marginally since the passport requirement. 1 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
SJ272 146 Report post Posted October 19, 2020 11 hours ago, OP1985 said: This is my 8th attempt ! I pray I get selected ... Yes, good luck! 56 minutes ago, Delo said: Good luck! I think the odds have improved marginally since the passport requirement. I think they may have improved more than marginally, as I think a lot of African entries before were from “agents” entering people without their knowledge. They won’t be able to do that any more. Ghana was a big “culprit” there and entries from Ghana dropped from 1.9m for DV2020 to under 300k (!!!] for DV2021, almost certainly as a result of that. Smaller but still significant drops in some other countries. Overall African entries dropped from 8.1m to 3.1m! The overall % of total DV entries picked from Africa will not change so that must raise the odds of those left with valid entries quite a bit vs what it would have been before, although of course the overall chance of getting picked is still very small. 2 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Delo 16 Report post Posted October 19, 2020 True that! If the passport requirement was in effect during the lottery’s inception, I think we’d have more people getting selected sooner. I just wish SA’s numbers lingered around the 1000’s like before.😞 I miss reading about people’s journeys. It added hope in this forum. 2 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
SJ272 146 Report post Posted October 20, 2020 (edited) 5 hours ago, Delo said: True that! If the passport requirement was in effect during the lottery’s inception, I think we’d have more people getting selected sooner. I just wish SA’s numbers lingered around the 1000’s like before.😞 I miss reading about people’s journeys. It added hope in this forum. Agree but, you know, there was still a big % increase in SA selectees from 162 last year to 510 this year. Hopefully that will lead to a few more selectees on here! I agree, it was usually fun (though sometimes also stressful and nerve wracking!) to read about people’s journeys. Edited October 20, 2020 by SJ272 1 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites