OK – in less than 48 hours another new batch of hopeful entrants will want to check the lottery results to see if they are selected. This post is for the hopeful candidates!!!
Based on previous years I can make a few predictions and give some friendly advice.
The lottery checking site is going to be available here –
https://dvlottery.state.gov/
It opens for check at noon (USA Eastern time zone) on May 7. That is late evening in Africa and EU. The site will immediately be overwhelmed with millions of people trying to check their cases. It is frustrating to check in those first couple of hours, so just plan on checking after a few hours have gone by.
To check your entry you need your LASTNAME, confirmation number and year of birth. PLEASE read my earlier article here that will help understand what you should be entering. You are NOT supposed to enter your full name – just the lastname.
If you have lost or forgotten your confirmation number from last year, you can use the link on the ESC page to retrieve that number. In that case you need to enter your lastname, first and middle names, as well as the full date of birth and the email address submitted in the original entry. You don’t need access to that email account, but you need to provide the email address accurately. If you don’t have those things, there is no other way to retrieve your confirmation number.
I am certain I will get the following on Tuesday.
- People checking at noon in their time zone and complaining the site is not open.
- People frustrated the servers are running slow.
- People will speculate Trump cancelled the lottery as soon as they are unable to check the results immediately.
- People that lost their confirmation code and don’t bother to click the link to recover the code.
- People will complain they cannot check their entry and swear they have followed instructions, then they will send it to me and I will get their results the first time I try. Happens every year.
- The usual whining of how unfair it is because <insert reason here>. It’s a lottery folks. Just a lottery.
- Selectees will immediately submit their DS260 and start packing a bag. They will then have to unlock their DS260 after they realize they made mistakes and then also slowly realize it is a LONG and SLOW process.
Best of luck to everyone.
If you see “Not selected” that means exactly what it says. Keep your confirmation code and check one more time around October, but other than that, not selected means not selected.
If you are selected you will see a letter that gives information about how to proceed, but PLEASE come back here and learn about the process before you rush into anything. There is no advantage at all to rush. You have MONTHS to wait as a minimum.
May 8, 2019 at 05:20
Hey guys gongrants all winers .Still I’mwaiting for untill the site is opening, I hope good lucky pls God help me you’re my only hope ☝???
May 8, 2019 at 05:32
Hello Mr. Brit. My name is Yannick, I am in Benin and I can not access the site until now. This being the case I have trouble checking the result of my wife and me. Thank you for helping me please.
May 8, 2019 at 16:05
Please read the update above and be patient.
May 8, 2019 at 05:43
Site can’t be reached.
May 8, 2019 at 16:30
Site is probably overwhelmed by demand, check back in a couple of days or weeks
May 8, 2019 at 05:48
Hi Mr Simon Brits welcome me once again so happy to be here indeed may God bless u for ur gud job!!
May 8, 2019 at 05:52
till now i cant reach the dvlottery.state.gov web site, why?
May 8, 2019 at 16:09
Please read the update above and be patient.
May 8, 2019 at 05:56
I waited and the page doesn’t work at all 🙁
May 8, 2019 at 16:09
So wait some more – Please read the update above and be patient.
May 8, 2019 at 05:58
Hello Simon, Thank you. I am from Ethiopia and i try to access the site. Please help to check if confirmation number 202084RXXX <<<>> is safe and selected. I will appreciate your help.
May 8, 2019 at 16:12
Please read the update above and be patient.
May 8, 2019 at 06:33
Hey Brit you are productive and helpful, Thanks for your guide!
Commenters should know its just a lottery and take it as a fun game; nothing to worry or panic about.
May 8, 2019 at 06:37
It says “site cant be reached…dvlottery.state.gov’s server IP address could not be found.”
Cant access it. Do I need to wait a few days when traffic is slower?
May 8, 2019 at 16:15
Yes
May 8, 2019 at 06:41
hi brit on my side here since yesterday when you try to enter the entrycheck the site isnt availble
May 8, 2019 at 16:15
Please read the update above and be patient.
May 8, 2019 at 06:48
Greetings from Russia!
I’ve been selected and my number is 2020EU00042XXX.
Do I have a chance of being selected this year?
May 8, 2019 at 16:16
It is too early to know anything – we will know more over the coming days and weeks.
May 8, 2019 at 06:49
C.N 20206LPEDZHGKARM
IS THIS SAFE
May 8, 2019 at 16:17
That is not a valid question. You have to check your result.
May 8, 2019 at 06:51
My site dont want to open. I guess it is over congested? Till what date will we be able to check our status?
May 8, 2019 at 16:18
September 2020! Just wait a few days.
May 8, 2019 at 07:16
Hi is anybody from Abu Dhabi ..The lucky you who wins the Dv lottery 2020..
May 8, 2019 at 07:17
hi friends
do you have problem with opening the site yet ?
May 8, 2019 at 16:19
Please read the update above and be patient.
May 8, 2019 at 07:30
how we can know Result of DV 2020 ?
May 8, 2019 at 16:20
Please read the update above and be patient.
May 8, 2019 at 07:45
It is exhausting waiting for the DV lottery website to work. I hope the case numbers allocated do not depend on when you check for the result.
May 8, 2019 at 16:22
Please read the update above and be patient.
May 8, 2019 at 07:59
Hello guys, i am lucky to be selected this year from Tsnzania my case number is 2020AF000139* is this number safe or not?
May 8, 2019 at 08:28
Congratulations! Moza i wish you best of luck in the entire process.. research about the whole process here and you will be just fine when the time comes
May 8, 2019 at 09:03
Congratulations Moza! Fellow Tanzanian here. I wish you luck on this journey!
May 8, 2019 at 10:19
Thank you Anna, how about you?
May 8, 2019 at 12:03
I was selected for this year so I’m waiting for my interview which is next month 🙂
May 8, 2019 at 13:17
Congratulations Anna, praying for you to have a successful interview
May 8, 2019 at 16:38
Thank you!
May 8, 2019 at 17:42
Congra anna.
May 8, 2019 at 15:07
I think the safest. Among the first batch of interviewees
May 8, 2019 at 16:10
Wow congratulations to all the winners.
May 8, 2019 at 16:30
First you need to write the number to give an idea of the range.
2020AF139* means a number between 2020AF0001390 and 2020AF0001399
2020AF139XX means a number between 2020AF00013900 and 2020AF00013999
Either way the number would be a low (good) number.
May 8, 2019 at 16:55
Congratulations Moza, As Britsimon says your number seems to be very safe, Just remember, Dont rush into anything yet! you have enough time. make sure you stick to this site for all your questions! I have never seen a helpful person online like Britsimon yet! I am expecting my interview in July or August! I am also a Tanzanian.
May 8, 2019 at 08:09
Hey
i have been trying to reach the page you advised to retrieve my confirmation number but the site is unreachable .what should i do please?
May 8, 2019 at 16:30
Please read the update above and be patient.
May 8, 2019 at 08:13
I try to open the site but it can’t open oh my God help me..I want to live in USA
May 8, 2019 at 16:56
Please read the update above and be patient.
May 8, 2019 at 08:14
Please the Lottery check status site is not working.What is going on.
May 8, 2019 at 16:56
Please read the update above and be patient.
May 8, 2019 at 08:18
Is the site still down?
May 8, 2019 at 16:56
Please read the update above and be patient.
May 8, 2019 at 08:23
Congrats to everyone who have already won
May 8, 2019 at 08:38
will you check mine please
May 8, 2019 at 16:58
Please read the update above and be patient.
May 8, 2019 at 08:56
Congratulations to the winners…Brit you are just a good man thanks for everythings waiting for the result.. i m Rwandan I were selected in DV2015AF 58XXX a big CN but never give up….
May 8, 2019 at 08:58
Hi Everyone, This is my 7th or 8th time of trying DV lottery. website is still down & patiently waiting. I’m from Turkey
May 8, 2019 at 08:59
The site is disable. any problem?
May 8, 2019 at 17:05
Please read the update above and be patient.
May 8, 2019 at 09:16
Am sencerely happy for all the winners, am also a participant but am yet to see any of my fellow kenyan win
May 8, 2019 at 11:02
Hlo eve are u a 2019 winnee
May 8, 2019 at 09:24
Congratulations to all winners.
May 8, 2019 at 10:25
Mine is not opening it says the website can not be reached then down it reads” Reload”why???need to know mine
May 8, 2019 at 17:11
Please read the update above and be patient.
May 8, 2019 at 11:05
Congrats to all the winners. Hope God visit my family this year. Still to check mine.
May 8, 2019 at 17:16
She does home visits? Cool!
May 8, 2019 at 09:27
I got chosen, and first time applying! Yass!!
May 8, 2019 at 18:43
Congratulations! ?
May 8, 2019 at 18:44
Lier 🙂
May 8, 2019 at 22:28
What an idiotic response!
1. You can’t spell.
2. How would you know it is a lie
3. What difference does it make to you?
May 8, 2019 at 09:35
hi simon the site is not working.I try so many time for two days
May 8, 2019 at 17:07
Please read the update above and be patient.
May 8, 2019 at 09:36
The site still not responding. (as 9:35 am GMT 08-05-2019)
May 8, 2019 at 17:07
Please read the update above and be patient.
May 8, 2019 at 09:39
I couldn’t know result, website is not working. What should I do?
May 8, 2019 at 17:08
Please read the update above and be patient.
May 8, 2019 at 09:45
Hi i’m from Iran and i tried and tried ti check my lottery results but every time i see this “the server could not be found” , i tried even with vpn but it doesn’t work also.
May 8, 2019 at 17:08
Please read the update above and be patient.
May 8, 2019 at 09:46
Am from Liberia and trying to check my result but the site is not going through.
May 8, 2019 at 17:08
Please read the update above and be patient.
May 8, 2019 at 09:53
i try to check my result but it s telling me incorrect ip address
May 8, 2019 at 17:09
Please read the update above and be patient.
May 8, 2019 at 09:56
The site is off, when it will come back ?
May 8, 2019 at 17:09
Please read the update above and be patient.
May 8, 2019 at 10:05
Why not show edv result any website.
May 8, 2019 at 17:10
Please read the update above and be patient.
May 8, 2019 at 10:06
Servers are still down… hope to get my results today!
May 8, 2019 at 17:10
Please read the update above and be patient.
May 8, 2019 at 10:08
Please how can I check my results for dv lottery 2020
May 8, 2019 at 17:10
Please read the update above and be patient.
May 8, 2019 at 17:29
I think I know you Vera from cameroon right ? It’s lord martial
May 8, 2019 at 10:19
What happen why website dasnot work, I can not check entrants status.?
May 8, 2019 at 17:11
Please read the update above and be patient.
May 8, 2019 at 10:25
Am very happy for all the winners and hope to be one this year. God bless y’all
May 8, 2019 at 10:25
thanks so much for the infor.
May 8, 2019 at 10:52
Was selected for DV2019 but my case number was too high.Tried dv2020.fingers crossed……AND SOME OF YOU STOP ASKING STUPID QUESTIONS.
May 8, 2019 at 10:57
Congratulations to all the winners it is indeed a rewarding experience
May 8, 2019 at 11:00
I am very hopeful and waiting for God
May 8, 2019 at 17:13
I don’t think God works for the IT department at KCC.
May 8, 2019 at 19:38
Obviously.. ???
May 8, 2019 at 11:06
Hopeful me myself
May 8, 2019 at 11:08
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May 8, 2019 at 17:17
Good point.
May 8, 2019 at 11:10
Pls if you get selected will they send you an email through your email address?
May 8, 2019 at 17:18
No
May 8, 2019 at 11:24
I’ve been Selected too I’m from ds260?…hopefuls should have patience it will all end up well. Brit when should I begin with ds260
May 8, 2019 at 17:18
Wait – no need to rush. Read the lottery guide first (linked above)