{"id":340,"date":"2014-11-03T20:45:07","date_gmt":"2014-11-03T20:45:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/britsimonsays.com\/?p=340"},"modified":"2014-11-03T20:45:07","modified_gmt":"2014-11-03T20:45:07","slug":"dv2016-registration-period-closed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/britsimonsays.com\/dv2016-registration-period-closed\/","title":{"rendered":"DV2016 registration period closed"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/britsimonsays.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/dventry.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone  wp-image-341\" src=\"https:\/\/britsimonsays.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/dventry.jpg\" alt=\"dventry\" width=\"470\" height=\"372\" srcset=\"https:\/\/britsimonsays.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/dventry.jpg 760w, https:\/\/britsimonsays.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/dventry-300x237.jpg 300w, https:\/\/britsimonsays.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/dventry-600x475.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 470px) 100vw, 470px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<h4>DV2016 registration period closed<\/h4>\n<p>OK, the DV2016 registration period closed this morning. To all the entrants (probably around 10 million people, plus family members), I wish the best of luck. You will have to wait now until May 5 next year to check your entry.\u00a0 THe message is simple, you either see a message that says you have not be selected, or you see a letter saying you have been selected for further processing. The feeling when you see that letter is an overwhelming sense of joy, excitement and panic, \u00a0all mixed together.\u00a0 Then you begin the long period of waiting, planning, dreaming and worrying &#8211; an emotional roller-coaster ride. There is nothing like it.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>I hope YOU get to be one of the few that experience it!!<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; DV2016 registration period closed OK, the DV2016 registration period closed this morning. 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