Greencard Lottery - Timeline: From Application to Immigration

• This Fall/Autumn: Send your application
• Spring the following year: Drawing of the winners
• From Spring to Summer next year: Notification of the winners
• Winners may send in their immigration application
• From the end of this same year to spring of the following year: Qualifying immigration applications will be notified and get their appointment at the consular's office.
• Some weeks later these persons have their interview with the consul who eventually decides whether the immigration visa is issued
• Immigration to the USA

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