DV Lottery
Diversity Visas (Green Card Lottery)
The process to receive a diversity visa begins by participating in the annual Diversity Visa lottery, which is usually held in the last quarter of the calendar year, lottery winners are notified via letter between April and July in the following year and then begin preparing their cases by sending a variety of personal and civil documents (e.g. birth and marriage certificates, etc.) to the Kentucky Consular Center in the United States, when their case is complete, DV lottery winners are then notified by letter of their visa interview date at the Consular Section and what additional documents they will need to be present at the interview. Because the Diversity visa lottery is an annual program, applicants must complete their applications and receive their visas by September 30 of the program year in order to immigrate to theUnited States; otherwise, their winning entry is forfeited. Please see the page on DV Visas for more information.
Issues visas may be picked up at the Consular Section on Wednesdays at 1630, with the exception of YY visas, Recipients of YY visas should come to the Consular Section on Monday at 1630 to receive their visas
How to Contact the Consular Section
You can contact the consular section of the US Embassy inYerevanin one of four different ways: by email, b phone, by fax, and by mail.
The most effective way to contact our section is via email as it allows us to investigate your questions and provide you with a more complete answer. We have three different email addresses, each dealing with a specific consular service.
- For questions about non-immigrant visa services – consyerevan@state.gov
- For questions about immigrant visa services – ivyerevan@state.gov
- For questions about American citizen services – acyerevan@state.gov
The Consular Section accepts phone calls during certain periods of time. To contact our office by phone, you need to call from 10am to 12 noon and from 4 pm to 5 m on Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays.
The Consular Section does not discuss visa denials over the phone. It takes time to research the reasons behind a denial and in fairness to other callers; we ask that all such questions be submitted via e-mail. We will answer all e-mails and respond as quickly as our workload permits
Our phone number is (+374 10) 49-46-86
The Consular Section accepts emergency phone calls any time during business hours. Emergencies are situations involving life or death issues.
Fax number is (+374 10) 46-47-37
Mailing address is:
Consular Section
US Embassy
1 American Avenue
Yerevan0082
Armenia
Please don’t send specific case related correspondence via email or fax as we don’t have enough resources to match them with relevant cases. Instead, please provide these materials to the applicant and ask them to present them when they are being fingerprinted. Interviewing officers review all documents submitted during finger printing prior to the interview.
