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how to calculate the number of 50,000 winners

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achour

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is that the number of 50,000 winners in the lottery will be only the number of winners or it will be considered as the number of winners with their wives and children if they exist?
 
No it is not the number of winners with their wives and children, since all the 'winners' are not made up of men only. The number is made up of the selectees and their derivatives which could be husbands or wives (depending on who got selected) and their children.
 
Sm1smom said:
No it is not the number of winners with their wives and children, since all the 'winners' are not made up of men only. The number is made up of the selectees and their derivatives which could be husbands or wives (depending on who got selected) and their children.
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thank you mom for your answer. Selected people are men and women. So if I understand correctly, there are 50,000 people Selected in the world and this number may increase if a person will derivates as his family (of course after the agreement to have his visa)
 
achour said:
thank you mom for your answer. Selected people are men and women. So if I understand correctly, there are 50,000 people Selected in the world and this number may increase if a person will derivates as his family (of course after the agreement to have his visa)
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No, well over 50,000 people are selected each year. However, the 50,000 to 55,000 visas that gets issued, following a successful interview, is made up of the selectees and their derivatives.
 
The term "selectee" is somewhat clumsy.
If you enter the lottery you are the principal applicant of your ticket, you own it. On the ticket you also list the names of your children (unmarried, under age of 21,?) and the name of your spouse, if existent at that time. These are your derivatives.
If the ticket gets drawn it becomes a case and the names on it become selectees. The Department of State keeps a master list of these names and speak of registered applicants. The number of registered applicants grows in time because principals could add a newborn to the case, or a single principal marries her/his loved one and adds the spouse to the case.
So the 83,910 (published) selectees are a first snapshot of the registered applicants at the time of the draw.

The principals compete for the available diversity visas. If a case is approved the principal applicant and each derivative (who passed background checks) get a visa. So a case can get several visas.
The number of issued diversity visas cannot exceed 55,000.
 
DV4ROGER said:
The term "selectee" is somewhat clumsy.
If you enter the lottery you are the principal applicant of your ticket, you own it. On the ticket you also list the names of your children (unmarried, under age of 21,?) and the name of your spouse, if existent at that time. These are your derivatives.
If the ticket gets drawn it becomes a case and the names on it become selectees. The Department of State keeps a master list of these names and speak of registered applicants. The number of registered applicants grows in time because principals could add a newborn to the case, or a single principal marries her/his loved one and adds the spouse to the case.
So the 83,910 (published) selectees are a first snapshot of the registered applicants at the time of the draw.

The principals compete for the available diversity visas. If a case is approved the principal applicant and each derivative (who passed background checks) get a visa. So a case can get several visas.
The number of issued diversity visas cannot exceed 55,000.
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Good explanation!
 
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