When do they...?

[Love_Bug 95]

Im super new to this DV process and Im actually inquiring for someone. My friend applied for the DV 2018 and yesterday he started checking his status. My question is, how many people do they select at a given time? Is it by week/by month? Should he be checking everyday for a possible change or is it 1 drawling and its closed. Forgive me if these questions seems stupid but I'm trying to find out some info based on the selectees and their regions. Trying to get a %, if you will, of his chances. He's coming from Morocco.

 

Thanks!

Edited May 3, 2017 by Nikkito Lamari

[SusieQQQ 11,586]

There is one drawing in May of all the selectees they think they need to fill the quota for the year.

if they later discover they need more, there will be a second draw around October. This doesn't happen every year. Last year, uscis was careful to publicize that there had been another draw, and I believe the new selectees got emails from kcc asking them to recheck their confirmation pages (kcc will never send an email with any actual information about a selection in it). So if he's not selected, that's probably it, but he should keep his number till October in the event they have another draw. 

[Jeanne Adil 1,651]

You can only apply in October when applicaitons are acceted and if your country is on the list for DV lottery

the number for morocco varies each year / it has been just over 5000 one year and as little as 3000 the next

requirements after getting chosen are strict in interview so look up DV lottery on the USCIS website and review