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26.  How many individuals will be selected for DV-2024?   
For DV-2024, 55,000 Diversity Visas are available. The Department of State selects more than 55,000 selectees to account for selectees who will not qualify for visas and those who will not pursue their cases to completion. This means there will not be a sufficient number of visas for all those selected.  The Department does this to try to use as many of the 55,000 DVs as we can.  
 
You can check the E-DV website’s Entrant Status Check to see if you have been selected for further processing and later to see the status of your case.  Interviews for the DV-2024 program will begin in October 2023 for selectees who have submitted all pre-interview paperwork and other information as requested in the notification instructions.  Selectees whose applications have been fully processed and have been scheduled for a visa interview appointment will receive a notification to obtain details through the E-DV website’s Entrant Status Check four to six weeks before the scheduled interviews with U.S. consular officers overseas. 
 
Each month, visas may be issued to those applicants who are eligible for issuance during that month, as long as visas are available.  Once all the 55,000 diversity visas have been issued, the program will end.  Visa numbers could be finished before September 2024.  Selected applicants who wish to apply for visas must be prepared to act promptly on their cases.  Being randomly chosen as a selectee does not guarantee that you will receive a visa or even the chance to make a visa application or to schedule a visa interview.  Selection merely means that you may be eligible to apply for a Diversity Visa.  If your rank number becomes eligible for final processing, you may have the chance to make an application and potentially may be issued a Diversity Visa. A maximum of 55,000 visas may be issued to such applicants.