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DV Lottery for Sri Lanka.DV Visa lottery program allows Sri Lanka born people to apply for the program even if they are living abroad. DV lottery
program is a simple program but it is covered with strict rules. One person can apply only one entry as primary applicant
with his name. As Sri Lanka born people are eligible to participate in this DV Lottery program, the US visa lottery
program may allow 500 - 900 visas to Sri Lanka born people out of the 50,000 PR visas which are going to be issued According to the US embassy in Sri Lanka, those Sri Lankan people who want to participate (living abroad too can send their entries through E-DV) must have Six passes in the GCE examination including the compulsory subjects or must have 2 years of work experience within the last five years in a profession that requires at lest two years of training or experience to perform it. That job must be approved by the American DOL for the visa lottery according to the DV Lottery instructions. The Department of State Kentucky Consular Center in Williamsburg, Kentucky, will notify the lottery winners by mail
(NOT by phone) between May and July, If they qualify, they will have to proof their eligibility at the time of their interview
in the US consular office by paying a non refundable visa fee of US$ 755 for the main applicant and each of his/her
dependants. The visa fee can be paid in US$ or local currency to the consular office in the form of bank draft drawn in For the Srilanka winners the consular office will obtain the police clearance. For the higher educational certificates from
the education department, once the requirement is submitted by the applicant and the token must be hand over it to the
consular office before the interview date and the consular office will collect the original O/L, A/L certificates from the Sri
Lanka education ministry. Under the Diversity Visa lottery program DV 2008, 318 cases were qualified for immigrant visa interviews. |
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