The US visa bulletin for September 2024 has been released by the State Department of the United States. The immigrant numbers in the Diversity Visa category are now available to qualified DV-2024 applicants from all eligible nations.
The US provides various immigrant visas, including family ties, employment, adoption, special categories, and diversity visas, with the Diversity Visa program granting visas to low-immigration individuals.
Diversity Immigrant Category For September
There are up to 55,000 immigrant visas available each fiscal year to permit additional immigration opportunities for persons from countries with low admissions during the previous five years.
The Nicaraguan Adjustment and Central American Relief Act (NACARA) stipulates that beginning with DV-99, and for as long as necessary, up to 5,000 of the 55,000 annually allocated diversity visas will be made available for use under the NACARA program.
Visa numbers made available to NACARA applicants in FY 2023 will result in the reduction of the DV-2024 annual limit to 54,843.
The National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) for Fiscal Year 2024 further amended the NACARA’s provisions on the Diversity Visa program such that the number of visas made available under the NDAA will be deducted from the 55,000 DVs annually allocated.
These amendments will not impact the number of diversity visas available until FY 2025.
DVs are divided into six geographic regions. No country can receive more than seven percent of the available diversity visas in one year.
For September, immigrant numbers in the DV category are available to qualified DV-2024 applicants chargeable to all eligible countries as follows. When an allocation cut-off number is shown, visas are available only for applicants with DV regional lottery rank numbers.
Entitlement to immigrant status in the DV category lasts only through the end of the fiscal (visa) year for which the applicant is selected in the lottery.
The year of entitlement for all applicants registered for the DV-2024 program ends on September 30, 2024. DV visas may not be issued to DV-2024 applicants after that date.
Similarly, spouses and children accompanying or following to join DV-2024 principals are only entitled to derivative DV status until September 30, 2024. DV visa availability through the very end of FY-2024 cannot be taken for granted. Numbers could be exhausted before September 30.