Mistake in foreign state of chargeability

[Ali21 0]

Last night, I realized my father had won the US Diversity Visa Lottery. However, when I was checking the paper for him, I realized that mistakenly the foreign state chargeability was written as Hungary instead of Iran. However, his address is correct, and it's his address in Iran.

Unfortunately, the reason was when i was registering him for the Diversity Visa Lottery, my browser's autofill changed the nationality to Hungary as i am living in Hungary. (My dad born in iran and lives in iran , however he had hungarian resident permit for over 10 years) 

My question is, is there any problem regarding this issue, or does he have a chance to apply for this amazing opportunity to get a US green card? Is it worth it to continue the process? 

 

I appreciate your help and guidance.

[Crazy Cat 41,814]

 

 

9 FAM 42.33 N4.3 Errors in Choice of Country of Chargeability (CT:VISA-1478; 08-26-2010)

If the entrant chooses the wrong country of chargeability at the time of the initial entry, the error will generally be disqualifying. However, if a DV applicant chooses a country of chargeability during DV registration that is within the same geographic region (one of the six) as the correct country of chargeability, and you determine that the applicant gained no benefit from his or her error, you may continue processing the application.

Edited May 5 by Crazy Cat

[Mohd_NazmiSaeed 7]

i am trying to navigate FAM website, and i couldn't find this section, can you please share the link ?

 

On 5/5/2024 at 3:58 PM, Crazy Cat said:

 

 

9 FAM 42.33 N4.3 Errors in Choice of Country of Chargeability (CT:VISA-1478; 08-26-2010)

If the entrant chooses the wrong country of chargeability at the time of the initial entry, the error will generally be disqualifying. However, if a DV applicant chooses a country of chargeability during DV registration that is within the same geographic region (one of the six) as the correct country of chargeability, and you determine that the applicant gained no benefit from his or her error, you may continue processing the application.