The U.S. Embassy in Nairobi has
announced the 2014 Diversity Visa
requirements for the lottery winners who
were notified by the Department of State
of their selected status in May, 2013.
To qualify for the 2014 Diversity Visa, you
must meet the following requirements:
1. On your initial E-DV application,
you must have listed your spouse
even if you are currently separated
from him/her, unless you are
legally separated. If you are legally
separated or divorced, you do not
need to list your former spouse.
2. On your initial E-DV application,
you must have listed ALL of your
living children who are unmarried
and under 21 years old. This
includes your natural children, your
spouse’s children, or children you
have formally adopted in
accordance with the laws of your
country. The only exception is if
your child is already a U.S. citizen
or a U.S. Legal Permanent Resident.
You must have entered the correct
photograph of each individual into
the E-DV system. Failure to do so
may result in disqualification.
4. You must have completed a formal
course of elementary and
secondary education comparable to
12 years of elementary and
secondary education (high school)
in the U.S. Vocational degrees,
without secondary certificates, are
not considered equivalent to a U.S.
high school education. The U.S.
Embassy Nairobi consults with our
regional embassies to define what
the comparable standard is for high
school education in your country.
- For Kenya, you must have passed the
Kenyan Certificate of Secondary
Examination (KCSE) with a minimum
average score of D – (Minus). For
pre-1986, the Kenya Certificate of
Education (KCE) score must be a
minimum of Division IV.
- For Burundi, you must have a Diploma
D’Etat or Diploma A2.
- For Eritrea, you must have a minimum of
five D grades on the Eritrean Secondary
Education Certificate.
- For Mauritius, you must have a passing
credit (Grade 6 or above) in English on
the Cambridge School Certificate (SC),
plus the O-level certificate with a
minimum Grade 6 in four other subjects.
- For Rwanda, you must have a minimum
of 13 points on the A2 diploma, or
Advanced General Certificate of
Secondary Education (AGCSE). For
pre-2008 graduates, a minimum score of
1.5 is required on the Diploma of
Secondary Education.
- For Uganda, you must have the Uganda
Advanced Certificate of Education (UACE)
A-level certificate with a minimum of one
principal pass and one secondary pass out
of four total subject exams.
5. If you do not qualify based on
education, then you may qualify based on
work experience. You must have worked
for two years within the past five years in
an occupation requiring at least two years
of training or experience to perform. The
U.S. Department of Labor’s O*Net On-
line
http://www.onetonline.org/find/
database will be used to determine
qualifying work experience. Please be
advised that it is very difficult to fulfill the
educational requirements based on work
experience. Qualifying occupations are
defined as those with Specific Vocational
Preparation (SVP) rating of 7 or above,
and are listed as job zone 4 or 5.
Please note the following:
Applicants who are citizens of Somalia
are advised that it is not possible for
the U.S. Embassy in Nairobi to verify
claimed educational or work
experiences that occurred in Somalia.
Without such verification, it may not be
possible to process such cases to
completion.
If you submit any fraudulent
documents with your application, you
will be ineligible to receive a visa.
Documents presented are subject to
independent verification; do not take
the risk of presenting a false document.
Marrying a person in order to confer
an immigration benefit through the
Diversity Visa WILL result in a
permanent ineligibility for both you
and your spouse.
Visa fees cannot be refunded. DV
applicants must meet all qualifications
for the visa. If a Consular Officer
determines an applicant does not meet
requirements for the visa, or is
otherwise ineligible for the DV under
U.S. law, the officer cannot issue a visa
and the applicant will forfeit all fees
paid.
Please be advised that there is no
guarantee that Diversity Visas will be
available after the month of your
scheduled appointment. Under no
circumstances can a visa be issued after
September 30, 2014.
Courtesy of U.S. Embassy in Nairobi
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