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By Jennifer McFadyen, About.com Guide to Immigration Issues

DV-2010 Green Card Lottery Online Status Check is Now Open

Tuesday June 30, 2009

DV-2010 green card lottery status check is now available online at the E-DV website.

From now until June 30, 2010, DV-2010 green card lottery applicants can check the status of their entry through the E-DV website. You will need the confirmation page that you received when you entered the lottery during the last entry period (October 2, 2008 to December 1, 2008). You will be asked to provide your entrant's confirmation number, last name/family name, and year of birth in order to check the entrant status online.

To find out whether or not your DV-2010 green card lottery entry was selected, go to the E-DV website at http://www.dvlottery.state.gov/ESC/.

Comments
July 1, 2009 at 4:14 am
(1) alex says:

The server is soo busy that it is almost impossible to check the status of my application. But lets hope i win :)

July 1, 2009 at 4:29 am
(2) ABC says:

The server is too busy, I am unable to check…sobs!

July 1, 2009 at 4:58 am
(3) Nikolay says:

Why can’t I enter this website?Is the server too busy?

July 1, 2009 at 5:14 am
(4) mark says:

I finally managed to log in and got as far as being asked to input a code from a CAPTCHA?? image. I wonder if the server overload causes a delay which alters the validity of the code after a certain time has elapsed. Finally I was given a server error message and told to come back later.

July 1, 2009 at 5:27 am
(5) Bayu says:

Oh MG,is everyone checking their status? They making the sever so bussy.

July 1, 2009 at 5:57 am
(6) ljp says:

if anyone manages to get past the captcha and onto a result instead of “system error. please try again later”, please let us all know :) guess it will take some time before the server copes with the overload :)

July 1, 2009 at 6:42 am
(7) austine says:

i dont know what is wrong the whole world want to go to america the server is just down what is wrong pls help i need to check my own

July 1, 2009 at 6:46 am
(8) mohammad says:

Server is too busy i got that message over and over

July 1, 2009 at 7:07 am
(9) Aziz says:

whatta hell!!??
why this f*kin server is so busy?

July 1, 2009 at 7:08 am
(10) Mali says:

“system error. please try again later”, hummm..are they trying to tell us that we haven’t been selected??? Cause honestly, we can not all be stuck on the same CAPTCHA page.

July 1, 2009 at 7:21 am
(11) Atoder says:

I couldn’t get to the site. It is so busy. I hope it will be available soon

July 1, 2009 at 7:34 am
(12) captcha says:

No luck past the captcha. Been like this since the past 4 hours.

July 1, 2009 at 7:51 am
(13) beu says:

This is really frustrating…. They should have some respect for people who have been waiting for so long for the results…. It is not that difficult to make the results available on a decent capacity server…

July 1, 2009 at 8:03 am
(14) bayram says:

Guys u all did not recieve postal mail? that’s why u do want to check status ? may be we’ all did not win anything

July 1, 2009 at 8:10 am
(15) May says:

I don’t know what’s wrong. I couldn’t able to check my status.Pls let me know, is it happening all over the world or only Burma.

July 1, 2009 at 8:16 am
(16) regit says:

It’s probably happening everywhere…I’m in New York and can’t check either, the site times out.

July 1, 2009 at 8:18 am
(17) cathy says:

ERROR MESSAGE KEEPS COMING UP

July 1, 2009 at 8:19 am
(18) Nic says:

Hello from Germany. I am trying already for 6 hours, but always get the system error message. I hope that the system is fixed soon. Please let us know if anybody is successful with the entrant status check. Thx!

July 1, 2009 at 8:19 am
(19) May says:

Is anyone can check or not????????

July 1, 2009 at 8:22 am
(20) bayram says:

UKRAINE also cannot check status… maybe system is not working or been hacked?

July 1, 2009 at 8:23 am
(21) May says:

Thanks Regit!

July 1, 2009 at 8:24 am
(22) Mrb says:

DV Lottery 2010 Status Check – Is not available at this time.!!!!

Check the link I attached

July 1, 2009 at 8:25 am
(23) Mrb says:

oops…

http://travel.state.gov/visa/immigrants/types/types_1318.html

July 1, 2009 at 8:30 am
(24) Nic says:

@ Mrb: I think this site is just not updated yet. But maybe you are right and we have to wait until the responsible IT person arrives at the office this morning. Ha!

July 1, 2009 at 8:30 am
(25) bayram says:

Try Mozilla firefox. ive just tried on mozilla it gave me answer :
:(

Based on the information provided, the Entry HAS NOT BEEN SELECTED for further processing for the 2010 Electronic Diversity Visa program.

Please verify that you have entered all information correctly. You may re-check the Entry status by clicking on the Return to Entrant Status Check Main Page link below.

July 1, 2009 at 8:35 am
(26) Nic says:

Yes, it works now. Pretty fast.
Unfortunately, I was not selected :(

July 1, 2009 at 8:36 am
(27) May says:

SORRY THAT MY ENTRY HAS NOT BEEN SELECTED

July 1, 2009 at 8:54 am
(28) nahom says:

the server is working !!!! try it now

July 1, 2009 at 8:58 am
(29) ONOME says:

THANK GOD , B/C ALL IS WORKING FOR MY GOOD. YET TO CHECK……. SERVER TOO CONGESTED.STILL HOPEFUL I GET SELECTED.THANKS TO ALL

July 1, 2009 at 9:29 am
(30) frimija says:

Last/Family Name, written like this “last name, first name”????

July 1, 2009 at 9:31 am
(31) Nic says:

@ frimija: No first name. Only last name (which is sometimes also called family name)

July 1, 2009 at 9:32 am
(32) Nic says:

Has anybody won?

July 1, 2009 at 9:36 am
(33) spb says:

“Based on the information provided, the Entry HAS NOT BEEN SELECTED for further processing for the 2010 Electronic Diversity Visa program.”

It is impossible… Server busy??

July 1, 2009 at 9:37 am
(34) frimija says:

he comes this message:

Based on the information provided, the Entry HAS NOT BEEN SELECTED for further processing for the 2010 Electronic Diversity Visa program.

Please verify that you have entered all information correctly. You may re-check the Entry status by clicking on the Return to Entrant Status Check Main Page link below.

(-_-)

July 1, 2009 at 9:47 am
(35) nadynad says:

not selected neither….

July 1, 2009 at 10:08 am
(36) riadh says:

Based on the information provided, the Entry HAS NOT BEEN SELECTED for further processing for the 2010 Electronic Diversity Visa program. WHAT IS MEAN TAHT

July 1, 2009 at 10:22 am
(37) JOHN says:

ooh ,i have checked but i have not believed am not going to america . will try this year

July 1, 2009 at 10:44 am
(38) BIKA says:

if it said Has Not been selected that’s mean it’s over for me i have to try this year ?
or i have to keep checking my status ?

July 1, 2009 at 11:02 am
(39) Marina says:

My sister was notified by mail and was sent instructions and information on fees. But when I cheked her status online, it says- HAS NOT BEEN SELECTED. Is that possible?

July 1, 2009 at 11:06 am
(40) mark says:

If you get “HAS NOT BEEN SELECTED” does that mean it will now never be selected?

I understand they actually select about 90,000 i.e. it is oversubscribed and that even if you do get “selected” you may be well down the list and never get a visa.

The positive(?)things about having this online status check are:

1) if the online check shows you are selected you are forewarned should any postal irregularities occur re delivery of the official letter.

2) if the news you have not been selected is definitive you can at least move on or try again this year.

July 1, 2009 at 11:44 am
(41) Shaon says:

God knows…plz i want to win….lets check

July 1, 2009 at 2:38 pm
(42) adam says:

hi, i have been writing my info all day. And when i click on next will load and take me back to the same page with my information still there.why is that!

July 1, 2009 at 3:10 pm
(43) dxr says:

if you guys watch carefully…the status check is woefully wrong. try inputing say..a wrong date of birth year in there with an incorrect surname. leave the confirmation number intact. it will still send the not selected message.

Question: isn’t the year and last name supposed to be used in the validation?

July 1, 2009 at 3:42 pm
(44) vix says:

is it possible to have any information by sending an email them? i just simply dont have this number and have no idea if i did it form right.

July 1, 2009 at 4:43 pm
(45) Seth says:

Adam, I think I’m having the same problem that you are having. I enter all the information and hit next, but it’s still the same page with no further instructions or anything at all. Does anyone else have the same problem?

July 1, 2009 at 5:06 pm
(46) J says:

@seth
@adam

same problem
been trying all day!!

did it workout for u guys afterall ???

July 1, 2009 at 5:20 pm
(47) Thomas says:

entry HAS NOT BEEN SELECTED… :(
so is that it? or is there a chance a visa might become available to me yet?? I really hope so!

July 1, 2009 at 6:45 pm
(48) Fred says:

I tried with Google Chrome browser and it didn’t work. I had to use Firefox to get passed the initial information page (only to find out I was not selected..)

July 1, 2009 at 10:00 pm
(49) mimi says:

I tried 3 times already, still the same message ENTRY HAS NOT BEEN SELECTED, then I tried my sister’s. I got her notification letter 3 weeks ago and it still says ENTRY HAS NOT BEEN SELECTED

July 1, 2009 at 10:13 pm
(50) mimi says:

Ha anyone receive a POSSITIVE ENTRY, just to make sure cos I’m sure that I’m doing everything right. Why would the server say Entry not selected when my sister was selected. I need to be sure cos I moved and just started getting mail

July 2, 2009 at 2:05 am
(51) brrr says:

ANYone SELECTED here??? Just wonder

July 2, 2009 at 2:53 am
(52) mahmud says:

I will kiss the land of the USA if I win .

July 2, 2009 at 7:37 am
(53) Kevin says:

I recieved a letter in the mail in June telling me i HAD been selected – i checked online last night and was shown id NOT BEEN SELECTED… i called the KCC to ask whats going on and they told me i had been selected and that they were having problems with their status checker – leave it till Monday people…. (so i was told)

July 2, 2009 at 7:40 am
(54) Kevin says:

oh, another thing, GOOGLE CHROME does not work – use FIREFOX instead – ive not yet tried it with Internet Explorer but know for a fact it’ll work in Firefox 3.5 – of course the servers would also show as being busy – what do you expect with 9 million people checking there status :)

July 2, 2009 at 7:46 pm
(55) Marina says:

Thank you Kevin for this information!!

July 2, 2009 at 7:55 pm
(56) Marina says:

Does anybody know the phone number of KCC?

July 2, 2009 at 8:07 pm
(57) Jennifer (Immigration Guide) says:

Marina, KCC’s phone number is listed under Visa Services on the How to Contact Us page on travel.state.gov.

July 2, 2009 at 8:13 pm
(58) Marina says:

Thank you, Jennifer.

July 3, 2009 at 5:42 am
(59) Shear says:

wooo..hahaha I got selected…oooohahahah

July 3, 2009 at 7:05 am
(60) Igor says:

Hello, I have lost my confirmation number, is there a possibility to find it again? If somebody knows please write, thank you.

July 3, 2009 at 1:27 pm
(61) yulz says:

not selected =(

July 4, 2009 at 10:40 am
(62) Benson says:

Does “YOUR ENTRY HAS NOT BEEN SELECTED” and “YOUR ENTRY WAS NOT SELECTED” the same thing? If one’s entry “HAS NOT BEEN SELECTED”, it means there’s the chance or possibility that it might be SELECTED a little bit later, may be in a few days or weeks time? Some clarifications, please!!!

July 4, 2009 at 3:16 pm
(63) tes says:

I used my friend’s mail address for the 2010 dv. 3 weeks ago he called and told me about the good news that i was selected. Then i asked him to send me the package, in the process of mailing the package lost before reached my place. Since 1 july i am trying to check the online status and thus to print out the documents but when i give all the necessary information for my surprise the response is that”Based on the information provided, the Entry HAS NOT BEEN SELECTED for further processing for the 2010 Electronic Diversity Visa program.” Guys what is the going on with the ITs?

July 5, 2009 at 11:44 am
(64) Bruno says:

Does anyone has any tips on how to apply this year, espacially the paspport photo thing? I have an hp photomart C4100 all in one scanner, but I don’t know if it is digital enough

July 5, 2009 at 11:50 am
(65) Drake says:

Does any one has the KCC phone number, so i can contact the dv lottert people? The contact page on their website is disabled

July 7, 2009 at 1:39 am
(66) Deepak says:

I recirved a leter from KCC USA before 1 weeks but when i checked in web site there is showing this message YOUR ENTRY HAS NOT BEEN SELECTED” what is this . I can’t understand anything . Plzs help me friends.

July 9, 2009 at 10:04 pm
(67) JOSTE says:

How do you got the picture for dv 2010???

I have used the scanner… is it good?

July 12, 2009 at 2:37 am
(68) Dude says:

Well they can just SUCK OFF:

Based on the information provided, the Entry HAS NOT BEEN SELECTED for further processing for the 2010 Electronic Diversity Visa program.

Well, that’s just one less smart person for them. By the way, I’m 13 and I formatted, my HDD. Just recovered the stupid file with the code. Need to tell parents this. I’m too smart for a dumbass country like that anyway.

July 14, 2009 at 6:55 am
(69) nat says:

I lost my confirmation code so I cannot check online, anyone know a phone number I can call?

July 15, 2009 at 2:27 am
(70) Grace says:

the Entry HAS NOT BEEN SELECTED for further processing for the 2010 Electronic Diversity Visa program.I will Try this year.

July 16, 2009 at 8:44 am
(71) GRACE says:

does it mean that if your status respond your not selected you wont check again pls help if you have any information

July 16, 2009 at 11:46 am
(72) Mahdi says:

Dear Friends,

Unfortunately, I lost my Entrant’s Confirmation Number what I have to do to find it or get Lottery’s results without it?

July 18, 2009 at 10:30 am
(73) SM says:

I forgot my my confirmation code what should i do now???

July 20, 2009 at 12:43 am
(74) ben says:

Based on the information provided, the Entry HAS NOT BEEN SELECTED for further processing for the 2010 Electronic Diversity Visa program.

what does this means? not been selected for further processing?

hmmm better luck next time i guess

August 3, 2009 at 1:00 pm
(75) Tobi Cyril says:

I hope there are still chances of being selected.
I need your reply please.
God bless

August 11, 2009 at 6:31 am
(76) seham says:

I lost my confirmation no. Is there any way to get it. Now I have only the barcode sheet with another case number . How can I follow without the confiramtion number?

August 14, 2009 at 5:38 am
(77) Radanika says:

Hi….

I have selected from the lottery and i got a letter saying that i have been selected.

I just wanted to know, on the letter they have indicated that even we have won the lottery they are not gurasntee to the issuance of visa,and y is that?

and i need to confirm how much do i have to pay when i come to the interview?

Hope to have your quick reponce in this regards.

Thanks you,
Radanika

August 29, 2009 at 1:54 am
(78) saly saad says:

kcc phone number 606-526-7500

September 29, 2009 at 7:34 am
(79) riki says:

What it says if I am selected and what it says i I AM NOT SELECTED
please tell me

thanks

October 6, 2009 at 11:38 am
(80) myomin says:

i want to go us

October 21, 2009 at 8:21 am
(81) gus says:

“the Entry HAS NOT BEEN SELECTED for further processing for the 2010 Electronic Diversity Visa program…”: is this mean that we did something wrong during fill in the information (i.e. wrong photograph, wrong info etc) so that they won’t allow us to go into the next step (which is lottery stage)?? got what I mean??

October 22, 2009 at 12:14 pm
(82) samuel says:

please, i am among those selected in the DV 2010.in the form, I gave my country Ghana SSN to the question,’ have ever applied for SSN before. Iwould like to know if that can affect me for further processing.hoping to here from you soon.
THANK YOU.

November 2, 2009 at 11:00 am
(83) Md. Nazmul hasan says:

i say. i doing job , out of my motherland. I win dv. then that country from whats document need for dv visa interview.

November 4, 2009 at 4:23 am
(84) Betty says:

The E-DV website is asking for 16 digits code number and i have only 14 digits code number how do i access it then?Also is this statu checking for those who were not sent the first notification or is for those expecting a second mail?Thanks

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