The 2025 Diversity Visa Program opens at 12:00 p.m. EDT on October 4. Thinking about entering? Read the program instructions.

The 2025 Diversity Visa (DV) Program will open from October 4 to November 7, 2023, and allows those from countries with low U.S. immigration rates, who meet eligibility requirements, to enter for a chance to apply for a U.S. immigrant visa.

Below are the 10 Tips for Applying for 2025 Diversity Visa Program:

Tip 1 – Read the instructions at dvprogram.state.gov to find out if you qualify. Do NOT enter if you do not meet the qualifications.

Tip 2 – Only rely on U.S. government websites. travel.state.gov and dvprogram.state.gov are the only official source of DV-2025 information.

Tip 3 – Go to dvprogram.state.gov to submit your entry. This is the ONLY way to enter. Do not be fooled by scams or fraudulent sites.

Tip 4 – There is NO fee to enter. Beware of those who claim they can improve your chances if you pay them, or who offer to complete your application for free.

Tip 5 – Use a photo taken in the last six months. Using an old photo will disqualify you.

Find out DV-2025 photo requirements.

Tip 6 – Only submit ONE entry per person. Individuals with more than one primary entry per DV season will be disqualified.

Tip 7 – Remember to list your spouse and ALL unmarried children under the age of 21 in your application, even if they will not be traveling or immigrating with you. Incorrect or missing information in your entry can mean disqualification, even after you are selected.

Tip 8 – Keep your unique confirmation number. You will need this to check the status of the entry when selections are made in May 2024.

Tip 9 – Selections will be made in May 2024. The website dvprogram.state.gov/ESC is the ONLY way to see if you were selected. Do NOT be fooled by any letter or e-mail announcements; these are scams.

Tip 10 – Remember, being selected does not guarantee you an interview or a visa.

Any individuals or services that claim they can increase your chances of being selected are being dishonest. DV selection is performed completely randomly from the eligible entries.

Read Now: Double or Triple Your Chances Of Selection In DV-2025 Application

DISCLAIMER: This post and content is designed for general information only and is NOT legal advice. This site is not offering any Diversity Visa and is not the official site for DV Lottery program. The information presented in this post should not be construed to be formal legal advice.

This guide concerns filling of names during the application of the DV lottery and also during the filling in of the DS-260 form.

If you are currently making your application into the DV Lottery, or if you are currently dealing with the DS-260 form because you are a DV selectee, then this guide is for you.

Make sure you read this guide to the end because the answer is found in the end. Don’t read the first parts and jump into conclusion.

Names on DV lottery Application and DS-260 Form

The issue on names has raised a lot of questions to many, and the concern is on what to fill in the DV lottery application or in the DS-260 form.

In an earlier guide, I discussed in details, that the birth certificate is a very important document when doing your DV lottery application.

That means that the names that you have or that are indicated on your birth certificate in their order, you’re supposed to use that. Because that will eliminate a lot of errors or mistakes that can face you later on.

If you are married and you have a different name, maybe you took the name of your spouse, and on the marriage certificate, you have the name of the spouse added onto your names. You are allowed to use those names because they are your legal names as of now. You can use your married names in the application.

Another thing, many people are wondering that the names that appear on their passports differ from the names that appear on the birth certificate. That on their birth certificate they might be having two names, but on their passport, they have three names.

First of all, remember that in every country there is an embassy, a United States embassy. In those countries, the embassies in those countries, they are well-conversant and they know how your birth certificate and your passports look like.

For example, if you take an example of Ghana, the birth certificate might be having either two or three names, and the passport you might find others having up to four names. The embassy in Ghana, Accra, they know the naming systems that will apply on those both documents.

So when you use your birth certificate as the names during the application, then the embassy knows of that. Even if you come with your passport and it has four names, they well know the naming system of your country.

In Kenya, for example, majority of the birth certificate, if not all, they have two names, your two names, and there below we have the parents, the male parent and the female parent. But when it comes to the birth certificate and any other documents, the academic documents, you’ll find majority having three names. That is, they are given names plus the family name.

The embassy in Nairobi, the United States embassy in Nairobi, they are aware of that the birth certificate contain two names, the names of the parents. But any other document, including the passport, may have three names: the given name plus the family name.

This is not an issue that should bother you so much. But what happens when your birth certificate has two names, for example, and your passport has three name, for example, and your academic documents, some have two names while others have three names?

First of all, if you apply and you’ve used your birth certificate name, then if you get selected and in the process of filling in the DS-260 form, you will put the names that you used in the application and any other extra name.

If you have an inclusive family name, an additional family name, then you will include during the DS-260 form where it says, have you ever used other names? That is the maiden, the religious, the professional, etc.

In that slot, if you select yes, it gives you a slot where you are to insert any other name that you used. So it is in this place that you will add that extra name. Having done so, then you have no problem at all.

You have to include all the names used in the DS-260 form, and this will help because it will give additional information of all the names that you used, covering those on the documents, the academic documents, the passport, and also the birth.

So make sure during the filling in of the DS-260 form, you include all the names that you have ever used.

Secondly, you will have to go ahead and swear an affidavit of name. This is just to keep you on the safe side. If you have two names on your birth certificate and maybe three names on your passport or four, then it’s good that for you to be on the safe place, you swear an affidavit of name.

This is done before an advocate or before the court. It is a stamped document proving that though the names they differ, the number of names on your different documents they differ, you are still the same person holding that name.

An affidavit of name would be very effective. Before you go for your interview and you have different names appearing on your different documents, swear an affidavit of name and go with it to the interview.

In any case they ask you why they differ, you will present the affidavit of name. Also, the names that appear on your DS-260 form will also act as an evidence.

Some Frequently Asked Questions and Answers

Question: If you added a name which is different from the one on your high school certificate, where can you indicate the old name on the DS-260 form, incase of background check?

Answer: Other names used.

I hope this guide is clear.

DISCLAIMER: This post and content is designed for general information only and is NOT legal advice. This site is not offering any Diversity Visa and is not the official site for DV Lottery program. The information presented in this post should not be construed to be formal legal advice.

Below are 10 benefits of doing a PhD:

1. Exposure: You will likely travel to another country or city for your PhD. During your PhD, you will also travel to different countries for conferences, workshops, research visits, and field trips. All of this will get you a lot of exposure. You will learn and experience many interesting things.

2. Career growth: One undeniable benefit of PhD is that it will boost your career. This is especially true for academics. Other than this, PhD qualification is also required to work in advanced positions in industry and government agencies.

3. Developing hard skills: You will develop deep technical skills in your field. For example, you will learn the implementation of ML/DL systems if your PhD is focused on AI. These deep technical skills will make you stand out among your competitors.

4. Developing soft skills: PhD will enrich your personality with several soft skills such as presentation, communication, collaboration, networking, critical thinking, and so on. You will often practice these during your PhD.

5. Growth in your professional network: You will interact with several individuals during your PhD. These interactions will happen in multiple places – conferences, workshops, seminars, and so on. This network will open doors for future opportunities.

6. Knowledge contributions: You will contribute to the body of knowledge in your field. This will get you a strong feeling of accomplishment. Your findings may have a direct impact on the well-being of people.

7. Resilience: Your PhD journey will test you in many ways – paper rejections, criticisms, financial hardships, and so on. All of this will make you resilient. Eventually, you will be unbreakable in front of many such challenges.

8. Problem solver: You will become a problem solver. Since most of the PhD is about identifying and solving complex problems, your mind will get trained for it. Then, this mindset can help you solve many non-research problems too.

9. Being paid to learn: Most PhD students have scholarships covering their tuition fees and living expenses. In return, you work on things you are passionate about and learn many skills.

10. Get you the title “Dr”: If you are interested in titles, PhD will get you that too. You can call yourself ‘Dr.‘ after successfully completing your PhD.

This is guide on how to properly fill out the DV Lottery Application Form (DS-5501) and win Green Card.

DV Lottery Application Form: Applicants must submit entries for the 2025 Diversity Immigrant Visa lottery program electronically between first week of October 2023 and November  2023.

Do not wait until the last week of the registration period to enter, as heavy demand may result in website delays. No late entries or paper entries will be accepted. The law allows only one entry per person during each entry period.

There are so many mistakes many people do and these mistakes are divided into too many parts. There are mistakes people are doing which will cause them to be automatically rejected, and there are some of the mistakes, despite of those mistakes, you will be selected, you will become the winner, but you will be denied the visa.

If you are filling the DV lottery application by yourself or if someone is filling this form for you, avoid these mistakes, which will be point out as we proceed, learn now on how to properly fill this diversity visa lottery application.

This form is famously known as the DS-5501, the electronic diversity visa application form or entry form. The form has main part (part one) and Part two, which will depend on some of the information you’ll be filling.

Part one is the most crucial one because it has the information of what is call the information of the main applicant, or rather the person who will be selected as the winner.

Part two will depend if the main applicant has derivative. Derivative means dependence. So part two will depend if the person has dependence, if the person either has children or the person has got married in that particular way.

If you are married or if you have children, party two is open for you. But if you are not married, if you don’t have children, that means you apply as unmarried with no dependence, you will fill just part one, not part two.

In order to fill this form, few things we should note.

There are no any documents which are needed to do the application. You need to make sure that certain information are correct, but there is no uploading of any documents, exception is on the DV lottery photo, which has been explained very well here.

If you want to go with your passport is up to you, but there is no requirement which needs you to fill the DV lottery application form with the passport.

There is no passport requirement in the DV-2025 lottery application. What is required is passport photo, not passport as a traveler. There are no place to put your ID number. But if you want to give someone who is helping to fill to look the names on the passport or to look at the name of your ID, so that they can match correctly spelling, that’s okay.

But there are no place to upload any documentation.

How to Properly Fill Out the DV Lottery Application Form (DS-5501)

Part One: Entrant Information

All application must done at dvprogram.state.gov. If you open this form, it starts with the following:

1. Name: The names are arranged as follows. It starts with the last name or family name. Then it comes with the first name, then the middle name. The biggest mistake people are doing, they are assuming the names are arranged this way, they start at first, the middle, and the last. That is incorrect arranging of your names.

Make sure the names are arranged orderly. You start with your last name (i.e your Surname), your own first name and then your middle name.

Incase you don’t know what is your last name. Surname is the last name, your family name.

First name: Some people have two first names or two middle names. Some people don’t have middle name. So it will be last name and first name. You will tick no middle name.

Also, some people have four names or more than four names. You have to know which one are two first names or if you have two middle names, make sure you arrange it correctly. Because how you arrange these names, when you win, the names will appear that way, and that will be able to guide you on getting the visa.

But if you make a mistake on arranging the names, they are not going to affect anything, whether you’re going to win or not to win. It doesn’t affect you. You can fix that one after winning, but you cannot fix it after submitting the form.

Find out more about Names filling on DV lottery Application and DS-260 Form

2. Gender: Male or Female, you select one.

3. Birthday: You start with month, day, and year. Make sure you start with the month.

4. City Where You Were Born (Place of birth): Enter birth city only. Do not enter district, country, province or state. If you using your passport to fill the form, write what it is written on your passport.

5. Country where you are born: This is one important part. If you make a mistake on the place you were born, there is no problem. But if you put a mistake on the country of birth, that can cause you to be denied the visa.

Because the eligibility to participate in the diversity visa lottery depends on the place of birth, not citizenship. For example, you can be born in Ghana, but currently you are a citizen of Canada. Canada is not eligible country. Fill in your country of birth.

Find out more about eligibility country for DV Lottery.

According to the instruction for the DV lottery, listing an incorrect country of eligibility or changeability will make you ineligible, meaning you’ll be not eligible because of wrong filling. So be careful when you put the country of birth, because that is going to be used.

6. Country of Eligibility for the DV Program

• For DV-2025, natives of the following countries and areas are eligible to apply…..view list
• For DV-2025, natives of the following countries and areas are not eligible to apply…..view list

7. Entrant Photograph (Photo): This is a very important part you need to do correctly.

Find out more about Photo Requirements for DV Lottery.

Note: The photo of the derivative can cause the entire family to be disqualified, because it did not to meet the requirements.

8. Mailing address: You can put address where you receive physical mail, maybe post office. Mailing address will not cause you not to win the DV lottery.

9. Country where you live today: Type in the country are you currently in.

10. Phone number (is optional): Whether you put a phone number, or you don’t put, means nothing, there is no problem.

11. Email Address: It is important. You must put the email address. Make sure you use your correct email address. If you want to use the email of a person, make sure you know the person. If you don’t have email, you can use your wife, your husband or your brother email, it’s better to use your close relative or the person you trust.

Email address is very important because this email will be used to provide additional information if needed. When selected, you’ll be using this email address.

12. What is the highest level of education you have achieved, as of today?

You must have a minimum of a high school diploma reflecting the completion of a full course of study or be a skilled worker in an occupation that requires at least two years of training or experience to qualify for a Diversity Visa.

Find out more about filling Education and work experience.

13. What is your current marital status?

Fill in your marital status correctly.

14. Number of Children

Fill in the number of children you have correctly.

Proceed to PART TWO: DERIVATIVES SECTION>>>

If all parts are completed successfully, the entry will be submitted to the DV-2025 Processing Center. After you submit a complete entry, you will see a confirmation screen containing your name and a unique confirmation number. Make sure you print this confirmation screen for your records.

You must use your confirmation number to access the Entrant Status Check available on the E-DV website at dvprogram.state.gov from May 4, 2024, through September 30, 2025.

DISCLAIMER: This post and content is designed for general information only and is NOT legal advice. This site is not offering any Diversity Visa and is not the official site for DV Lottery program. The information presented in this post should not be construed to be formal legal advice.

Electronic Diversity Visa Lottery Entry: Interested individuals who are eligible are encouraged to apply, including selectees who were unable to obtain a visa during a prior program year.

The Diversity Visa Program (DV Program) makes up to 50,000 immigrant visas available annually to individuals from countries with low rates of immigration to the United States, based on a random drawing among all applications. The DV Program is administered by the Department of State (DOS) of the United States.

During each fiscal year, you can register for the Diversity Visa Program (DV) for a limited amount of time. Each year, the Department of State publishes comprehensive guidelines for applying to the DV Program. These instructions contain the dates of the registration period during which you may participate

All entries must be submitted electronically during the specified registration period on the Electronic Diversity Visa (E-DV) website. No late entries or paper entries are permitted. During each registration period, the law authorizes only one entry per individual.

To detect multiple entries, the Department of State employs sophisticated technology. You will be disqualified for submitting more than one entry. This website cannot be used to submit an entry until the date and time specified on the DV Instructions page.

Diversity Visa Program Cost

There is no fee to enter the green card lottery.

Diversity Visa Lottery 2025 Start Date

When can I apply for diversity visa 2025 lottery? The U.S Department of State Website for the 2025 Diversity Visa Program (DV-2025) opens for entry submission from interested individuals who are eligible are encouraged to apply, including selectees who were unable to obtain a visa during a prior program year.

Only those from countries with low U.S. immigration rates, who meet eligibility requirements, qualifies to enter for a chance to apply for this U.S. immigrant visa. The entry form will only be available for submission during this period and this period only.

Eligibility for DV lottery 2025

DV2025 applicants must be native of a Qualifying Country to Enter the Green Card Lottery.

1. LIST OF COUNTRIES/AREAS BY REGION WHOSE NATIVES ARE ELIGIBLE FOR DV-2025

• For DV-2025, natives of the following countries and areas are eligible to apply…..view list

2. LIST OF COUNTRIES/AREAS BY REGION WHOSE NATIVES ARE NOT ELIGIBLE FOR DV-2025

• For DV-2025, natives of the following countries and areas are not eligible to apply…..view list

Diversity Visa Qualifications

• High School Education

A high school education means successful completion of a formal course of elementary and secondary education comparable to a 12-year course in the United States.  Only formal courses of study meet this requirement; equivalency certificates (such as the G.E.D.) are not acceptable.

• Work Experience

If you are qualifying with work experience, you must have two years of experience in the last five years, in an occupation which, by U.S. Department of Labor definitions, requires at least two years of training or experience that is designated as Job Zone 4 or 5, classified in a Specific Vocational Preparation (SVP) rating of 7.0 or higher.

The U.S. Department of Labor provides information on job duties, knowledge and skills, education and training, and other occupational characteristics on their website http://www.onetonline.org/. The O*Net online database groups work experience into five “job zones.” While many occupations are listed, only two years of experience in certain specified occupations qualify an individual for a Diversity Visa.

Find out more about Education/Work Experience Requirement for DV-2025 Lottery Program>>>

DV Photo Requirements

DV entry photos must be of the same quality and composition as U.S. visa photos.  You can see examples of acceptable photos here.  Do not submit a photograph older than six months or a photograph that does not meet all of the standards described at the link below.

Find out more details about DV-2025 photo requirements.

How to apply for DV lottery 2025

You will submit your Electronic Diversity Visa Entry Form (E-DV Entry Form) online at dvprogram.state.gov.

The entry form is prepared in two parts, one for the primary Entrant and one for derivatives (if any). Each part must be completed correctly and completely before going to the next part. After all parts are completed, the entry will be submitted to the DV-2025 Processing Center.

After you submit a complete entry, you will see a confirmation screen containing your name and a unique confirmation number. Make sure you print this confirmation screen for your records.

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• These High School Students Can Apply For DV Lottery

DISCLAIMER: This post and content is designed for general information only and is NOT legal advice. This site is not offering any Diversity Visa and is not the official site for DV Lottery program. The information presented in this post should not be construed to be formal legal advice.

What are the photo requirements for DV lottery?

For the DV Lottery, applicants must upload a recent photo of themselves and all their derivatives (spouse and children). Derivatives are those people that you include in your DV process as the DV principal applicant.

DV entry photos must be of the same quality and composition as U.S. visa photos.  You can see examples of acceptable and not acceptable photos here.

Are you allowed to use the Green Card Photo from previous DV Lottery Application?

Do not use images from the previous DV Lottery year. The U.S authorities take a close look at the photo. Registering with an old picture will lead to your disqualification.

Do not submit a photograph older than six months or a photograph that does not meet all of the standards described below.  Submitting the same photograph that  you submitted with a prior year’s entry, a photograph that has been manipulated, or a photograph that does not meet the specifications below will make you ineligible for a DV.

Photo Requirements for DV Lottery

Your photos or digital images must be: 

• In color
• In focus
• Sized such that the head is between 1 inch and 1 3/8 inches (22 mm and 35 mm) or 50 percent and 69 percent of the image’s total height from the bottom of the chin to the top of the head.  View the Photo Composition Template for more size requirement details.
• Taken within the last six months to reflect your current appearance
• Taken in front of a plain white or off-white background
• Taken in full-face view directly facing the camera
• With a neutral facial expression and both eyes open
• Taken in clothing that you normally wear on a daily basis
• Uniforms should not be worn in your photo, except religious clothing that is worn daily.
• Do not wear a hat or head covering that obscures the hair or hairline, unless worn daily for a religious purpose.  Your full face must be visible, and the head covering must not cast any shadows on your face.
• Headphones, wireless hands-free devices, or similar items are not acceptable in your photo.
• Do not wear eyeglasses.

Photos copied or digitally scanned from driver’s licenses or other official documents are not acceptable. In addition, snapshots, magazine photos, low quality vending machine or mobile phone photos, and full-length photographs are not acceptable. Review the Photo Examples to see examples of acceptable and unacceptable photos.

Also, for entering the Diversity Visa (DV) Program online, you must upload your digital image as part of your entry. Your digital image must be:

• In JPEG (.jpg) file format
• Equal to or less than 240 kB (kilobytes) in file size
• In a square aspect ratio (height must equal width)
• 600×600 pixels in dimension

You want to scan an existing photo?  In addition to the digital image requirements, your existing photo must be:

• 2 x 2 inches (51 x 51 mm)
• Scanned at a resolution of 300 pixels per inch (12 pixels per millimeter)

Taking photos of your baby or toddler

When taking a photo of your baby or toddler, no other person should be in the photo, and your child should be looking at the camera with his or her eyes open.

• Tip 1: Lay your baby on his or her back on a plain white or off-white sheet. This will ensure your baby’s head is supported and provide a plain background for the photo. Make certain there are no shadows on your baby’s face, especially if you take a picture from above with the baby lying down.
• Tip 2: Cover a car seat with a plain white or off-white sheet and take a picture of your child in the car seat. This will also ensure your baby’s head is supported.

Examples of Acceptable DV Lottery Photo

Examples of not acceptable DV Lottery Photo

Your photo is a vital part of your visa application.

Eligibility for DV lottery 2025

DV2025 applicants must be native of a Qualifying Country to Enter the Green Card Lottery.

1. LIST OF COUNTRIES/AREAS BY REGION WHOSE NATIVES ARE ELIGIBLE FOR DV-2025

• For DV-2025, natives of the following countries and areas are eligible to apply…..view list

2. LIST OF COUNTRIES/AREAS BY REGION WHOSE NATIVES ARE NOT ELIGIBLE FOR DV-2025

• For DV-2025, natives of the following countries and areas are not eligible to apply…..view list

Proceed to Diversity Visa (DV) Lottery 2025 entry period and other procedures>>>

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DISCLAIMER: This post and content is designed for general information only and is NOT legal advice. This site is not offering any Diversity Visa and is not the official site for DV Lottery program. The information presented in this post should not be construed to be formal legal advice.

In this guide, you will learn how to create a URL/Link for your Resume, so that can share it online for job applications.

Steps Create a Link for your Resume

To create a link for your resume, you can follow these steps:

Upload your resume to a file hosting service: There are many free file hosting services available, such as Google Drive, Dropbox, or OneDrive. Choose one of these services and upload your resume to it.

Get the shareable link: Once you have uploaded your resume, you can get a shareable link to it. In most file hosting services, you can right-click on the file and select “Get shareable link” or “Share.”

Shorten the link (optional): If the shareable link is long, you may want to use a link shortening service such as Bitly or TinyURL to create a shorter, more manageable link.

Add the link to your resume: Once you have your shareable link or shortened link, you can add it to your resume by including it in the contact information section or in a separate section for links or attachments.

By creating a link for your resume, you can easily share it with potential employers or colleagues online.

If you need further assistance with creating a professional resume, consider working with a professional resume writer. You can learn more about resume writing services here.

What is a literature review?

A literature review is a piece of academic writing demonstrating knowledge and understanding of the academic literature on a specific topic placed in context. A literature review also includes a critical evaluation of the material; this is why it is called a literature review rather than a literature report.

Types of Literature Review

Below are the steps you can follow to conduct a literature review:

1. Specify the need for the review: Why you are conducting the review? Most of the PhD students conduct literature review at the start of their PhD. The aim here is to identify the research gap that they can fill in their PhD. There can be other reasons for literature review too.

2. Define the research questions: In consultation with your advisor, you will specify the broader research topic for your PhD. Then, you will specify the initial set of research questions for the literature review. Mostly the questions are of the style that what are the key challenges and solutions in a particular domain.

3. Conduct a pilot study: Once you specify the initial research questions, then you will manually identify around 10 primary studies relevant to your topic. Based on these 10 papers, check whether you can answer the initial set of questions. If not, try to modify your questions accordingly.

4. Design the search string: Define a search string based on your research questions that can retrieve relevant papers from well-known databases such as IEEE, ACM, Google Scholar, etc. You can verify the search string by making sure that it returns the already known 10 relevant papers.

5. Define inclusion and exclusion criteria: The search string will return a larger number of papers. All of these will not be relevant to your literature review. So, you will define inclusion and exclusion criteria to help you guide in the selection process. You can include study quality assessment in this step.

6. Select the relevant studies: Using the inclusion and exclusion criteria, select the most suitable studies that can answer your research questions. You can do this selection based on reading paper title, paper abstract, or the whole paper.

7. Start extracting the data from the papers: Once the study selection is complete, design a form that you will use for data extraction. This form determines what items you will extract from the papers. Start reading each paper and extract items as per the designed data extraction form.

8. Analyzing and reporting the data: Once data is extracted from all the papers, you will analyze the data using various techniques (e.g., thematic analysis) to answer the research questions. Alongside the analysis, you can also report the data in form of a report or secondary study.

Do you want to have a CV that can get you a PhD position? This guide will teach you how to prepare CV for PhD position.

Below is how you should prepare your CV for PhD Position:

1. Links to your profiles: In the personal information section at the top of your CV, include links to your online profiles such as google scholar, LinkedIn, DBLP, homepage, and research gate. It will help the assessor to view your profile via a familiar forum.

2. Research areas: After the personal information section, mention your 4-5 research areas such as machine learning, cyber security, big data analytics, and so on. This directly shows whether or not your profile is relevant to the advertised position.

3. No Paragraphs: Do not include paragraphs in your CV. It makes it hard to read. Instead of paragraphs, include concrete bullet points.

4. No objectives: Often students mention one big paragraph at the start as an objective/aim. This is not required as the assessor already knows the position for which you have applied. Hence, this becomes redundant.

5. Hyperlink: As much as possible, add hyperlinks. For example, you can add links to your university, your workplaces, and so on. This helps the assessor to directly check where you studied or worked.

6. Highlight your strengths: If you have something in your profile that makes you unique, bring it to the first page. For example, if you are a gold medalist in your undergraduate or you have won some programming competition, add them as achievements on the first page. This will make you stand out in comparison to other applicants.

7. Research publications: If you have publications even under review, do mention them upfront. If the papers are already online, add a link to each paper so that the assessor can directly check it out. Add all relevant details to each publication such as journal/conference ranking and impact factors.

8. No MS word format: Do not share or submit your CV in MS word format. It does not look good even at times MS word formatting is distorted. Submit or share your CV in PDF format.

9. Mention English Score: If you have undertaken IELTS/TOEFL kinds of tests, do mention your scores. These English scores are one of the admission requirements and help a professor in student selection.

10. Ask to review your CV: At least ask 2 experienced people to review your CV. This will help to polish your CV by removing any typos, grammar, and evident issues.

DV2025 Lottery Application Checklist: The online registration for DV-2025 lottery will only be available on the State Department website (dvprogram.state.gov) between October and November 2023. This guide will focus on key things you need to easily apply for DV-2025 lottery (DV-2025 Lottery checklist).

The DV lottery is intended to diversify the American population and provide immigration opportunities for people from countries that only send a small number of immigrants to the United States of America.

This year’s (2023) Green Card Lottery is called the DV-2025 (where 2025 is the year selected applicants can enter the U.S) and it is scheduled to close for further applications by November, 2023.

Entries are open for all eligible applicants in addition to selectees from a prior program year who were unable to obtain a visa.

There is a limited period of time during which you can register for the Diversity Immigrant Visa (DV) Program during each fiscal year.

Applicants may be in the United States or any another country when they apply for the DV2025 lottery. The application can be submitted from the United States or from any country abroad.

Applicants that want to participate in the Diversity Visa Lottery must complete the on-line registration process at: dvprogram.state.gov

It is the applicants’ responsibility to check on-line, by themselves, if they were selected in the DV-2025 lottery.

The qualified applicants are selected randomly by a computer and all applicants have an equal chance of being selected.

However, if you are married, you have the advantage that you and your spouse can both apply and enter the lottery on separate applications where you include each other on both applications and you thereby double your chances of getting selected in the lottery draw.

Below are things you should know about before time and before applying for DV Lottery (Green Card) 2025.

DV Lottery Application Checklist

Passport Tips

• Passport size photo
• Dimension 2 x 2 inches (51 x 51 mm) in size
• Taken with a white background
• Recent (within the last six months)
• For you and derivatives
• No Selfies
• No Glasses

Your photo is a vital part of your visa application. Checkout sample below:

Find out more about Photo Requirements for DV Lottery.

Access to Smartphone/Computer

• Good enough
• Internet Enabled
• Doesn’t have to be expensive

Access to good internet connectivity

• Able to search through browser
• Good speed
• Away from distraction

Have your details and of your derivatives

• Have birth certificates for reference
• Use information on birth certificates
• Leave none of your derivatives out

Relevant qualification

• Either academically (High school diploma)
• Or work experience (two years experience within last 5 years, job with SVP 7 or more)

Find out more about filling Education and work experience.

Eligibility by country

• You qualify by country of birth
• Or country of your spouse birth
• Or country of your parents’ birth
• Not all countries are eligible
• For DV-2025, natives of the following countries and areas are eligible to apply…..view list
• For DV-2025, natives of the following countries and areas are not eligible to apply…..view list

DISCLAIMER: This post and content is designed for general information only and is NOT legal advice. This site is not offering any Diversity Visa and is not the official site for DV Lottery program. The information presented in this post should not be construed to be formal legal advice.

When it comes to the Diversity Visa lottery (i.e Green Card Lottery), every applicant is treated equally. Everyone has an equal chance of getting selected. The DV Lottery selection is fair.

The diversity visa is only meant to diversify the immigration to the United States, and the selection process is not incumbent to anything. Everyone that enters into the lottery has an equal chance of getting selected. That is the beauty of this program.

Always try to apply because regardless of anything that you have or any other person have or the position, you are all the same when it comes to the Green Card lottery.

Everyone have equal chances of getting selected, regardless of the education level beyond the high school or the secondary education that is a requirement.

If you have any advancement in education beyond high school, probably the college degree, the university degree, the PhD or the master’s degree or any level beyond high school, that is not a factor in selection.

If you have your PhD and the other person has the high school diploma, all of you have equal chances. You are treated equally. You are equal when it comes to the diversity visa.

If you qualify through work experience and the other one qualifies through academics, all of you have equal chances of getting selected. You are treated equally.

The title that you hold

Having a higher title or a stronger title does not give you higher chances of getting selected than the other one without that title. Maybe you are a professor or you are an engineer or a doctor or any other specialization or any other title.

Regardless of the title you hold back in your country, you have all equal chances.

Your current profession

If you are in the teaching profession, it does not mean that you will have higher chances of getting selected because of your teaching profession. Or you are a doctor, you will not get higher chances of getting selected simply because you are a doctor and the other person who is just a casual laborer.

Regardless of the profession you are doing, be it an engineer or a doctor or any other profession or a casual laborer, it does not matter. All of you become equal when it comes to the diversity visa selection.

Your country

Whether you come from the first-world countries like those in the Europe or Asia, or you come from a second-world country or a third-world country, whether you come from a wealthy country or from a poor country, that one is not a factor.

You are all equal when it comes to the diversity visa. All of you qualify equally when it comes to the Green Card lottery.

It does not matter the race, whether you’re white or Asian or Latinos or blacks, it does not matter your race. A black person doesn’t have higher chances of getting selected than a white person and vice versa.

An Asian does not have higher chances of getting selected than the white or the white higher than the Asian or the Latinos. It does not matter the race. All people in the application, they are treated equally.

It doesn’t matter how many times you have ever tried your luck in the diversity visa lottery. Even if you have applied several times, it does not increase your chances of getting selected. It does not bring you closer to getting selected.

You might try the first time and get selected. You might try the seventh time and don’t get selected. The higher you try does not mean the closer to winning. Whether you are a first timer or you have applied separately, all of you have equal chances. You are treated the same and equal.

Having visited the United States for several times or for many times doesn’t guarantee you a higher chances of getting selected. Even if you’ve toured the United States 10 times or 20 times or whichever number of times, that doesn’t give you a higher chance of getting selected.

Whether you’ve never visited the United States or you have visited there several times, you are all treated the same. You have the same chances of getting selected.

What happens during the entry and selection is, whenever a person submits his or her entry into the DV Lottery Program, a special number is assigned to that particular application.

Every application into the diversity visa or any entry into the diversity visa, will be having an assigned number, and that number is what will be used when the computer program is selecting the winners. It will use just the numbers and not any other factor.

When the numbers are plugged into that program and then they are randomly selected, meaning you all have equal chances of being picked as a winner.

If you have applied and you’re waiting for the results, know that you have the same chances as the other applicant.

Yes, DV Lottery selection process is fair. I hope the information is clear and very useful to you.

DISCLAIMER: This post and content is designed for general information only and is NOT legal advice. This site is not offering any Diversity Visa and is not the official site for DV Lottery program. The information presented in this post should not be construed to be formal legal advice.

A good internship program with a limited intake is bound to have intense competition, and this is where a well-written statement of purpose (SOP) for an internship can make a huge difference. This guide will focus on how to write Statement of Purpose for Internship, with format and sample.

There is a high chance that an organization might be flooded with applications of equally adept candidates, but your SOP will act as a unique document that will reflect candidates’ skills over and above the degree or academic record.

The Statement of Purpose (SOP) is an essay that describes why an applicant is the most suitable for the position offered and what he/she intends to gain out of the experience, both personally and professionally.

A statement of purpose for internship should also include your educational qualifications, achievements, work experience if any, and professional goals. Now that we have an outline of what we should include while writing an SOP, let us try having an in-depth understanding of its format, followed by a sample SOP for internship.

Statement of Purpose for Internship – Format

A Statement of Purpose is written in short paragraphs. Though writing in bullets is not restricted, too much usage of it is discouraged. The font size is usually 12, and it is a 2-page long document. The document length can be between 800 and 1000 words unless it has been specified. Below is the format to write SOP:

1. Professional Goals

Introduction and goals related to the internship should be discussed under here. An introduction about how the internship fits into your career goals should be written. Applicants need to discuss their academic record and how it is related to the internship. The short-term and long-term goals related to the internship should be discussed in the statement of purpose for the internship in about two short paragraphs.

2. Education and Experience

Discuss your educational qualifications, degrees, training, past work experience, and past summer internships, if any. By doing that, it will help the selection committee ascertain if the current internship program is relevant to your education and experience.

3. Relevance of the Internship

This paragraph will stress why an applicant needs this internship. Here is one of the winnings or losing propositions. Ensure you use appropriate vocabulary and be humble in making declarations about your interest in the internship.

4. Express Goal Tangibility

Since the applicants will state their goals related to the internship in the SOP, this section will focus on how they intend to achieve them.

How To Write A Statement Of Purpose For Internship

While writing a Statement of purpose (SOP) for an internship, the candidate must ensure that the SOP includes his/her academic background and professional future plans with the knowledge she/he is going to gain. The SOP for internship is not similar to a resume. There is a misconception that SOP is about requesting an internship in an organization. But writing an SOP means presenting a candidate’s abilities, skills, and achievements in writing.

Below is a structure on how to write an SOP for internship:

• Introduction

An excellent introduction is what an applicant should strive for while writing an SOP. The section should be unique which makes a candidate stand out from others. The SOP must talk about the motivation behind a candidate’s selection for a particular field.

• Research Experience

An applicant SOP for internship should include a detailed description of research they have done in the past. Also, they need to write about how the internship is related to their career and education plans.

• Current Interests

Applicants should write about their current areas of interest and how it is related to the internship.

• Career Goals

In the concluding paragraphs of an SOP for internship, applicant should elaborate on why this internship is an important step to achieving his/her career goals. The candidate should describe this internship as a crucial part of the current education and training.

Statement of Purpose for Internship Sample

It is always better to get your statement of purpose for an internship proofread by an experienced professional, who can further guide you through the process.

A statement of purpose (SOP) is an essay that highlights your educational background, goals, and achievements. In an SOP, you should share why you would like to study your desired program at the University of your Choice. In this post, you will learn 5 mistakes to avoid while writing statement of purpose.

A statement of purpose must show a candidate’s educational qualification, data analytical skills, and leadership since universities look for students with strong and varied interests and relevant experience.

5 Mistakes to Avoid While Writing Statement of Purpose

Below are five(5) key pointers that cannot be considered nugatory while drafting your SOP.

1. Dull Introduction

The intro paragraph of your SOP can make or break your chances to be a part of the university. The member of the admission committee must have read a slew of applications. So, to hook their attention, you should start with an impressive line that surfaces your academics, confidence, and intentions. Moreover, do not fixate on self-introduction; it should mirror your academic field of interest and your inclination toward the university.

2. Last-minute Writing Hassle

There is abundant information about how to write a Statement of Purpose over the internet. So, if you think that copying those cliche statements will get you through the admission process, then it’s time to rethink it!

Rather, you should start your SOP writing process months before your admission process. Moreover, check the university’s official website not to exceed the desirable word limit.

3. Informal Writing Style

You might have come across many Statement of Purpose Samples with informal writing styles. So, if you thought it would make it easier to draft one with an informal tone, you are mistaken over here. It is suggested to keep your SOP crisp and adhere to a formal tone. In tandem with this, avoid the usage of slang.

4. Not Proofreading

Why lose a chance to secure a seat due to a misspelling or a grammatical issue in your SOP? Thus, to write a unique-and-flawless SOP, it is paramount to proofread it. You can also ask your friends or family members to do so. Moreover, ensure to read it after a few days after completing it. This will curtail the chances of a blind spot while eliminating any errors.

5. Incorrect or Plagiarized Information

Finding an impressive Statement of Purpose Sample on the internet and tweaking the same won’t help you to be noticed by the admission panel. Your SOP should be unique to ensure that you avoid plagiarism.

How to write Statement of Purpose with Samples, & Format

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What is Statement of Purpose?

A statement of purpose (SOP) is an essay that highlights your educational background, goals, and achievements. In an SOP, you should share why you would like to study your desired program at the University of your Choice.

For students planning to study abroad, writing an SOP is a crucial part of their admission application process. Thus, one should have a clear idea about the usage, function, format, and importance of the SOP. So, if you want to write an impressive SOP, read this blog post till the end.

The main aim of the SOP is to introduce yourself, your academic background, career goals, and qualities that make you a meritorious candidate for the selected course. It is important to have a readable statement of purpose format.

The admission committee and supervisors go through the statement of purpose to check your thought process and how good you are at expressing yourself. It allows them to know more about you via your SOP. It also tells the supervisors about your maturity level and your plans for the future.

The candidates need to express their strengths and achievements to impress the faculty members and admission officers. This is an important step to get admission at overseas universities.

The SOP comprises various elements – starting from academic qualifications to personal experiences.  You should check the university’s official website to see the format they accept, as it might vary per the institute.

Statement of Purpose (SOP) Format

Here are some points that you need to keep in your SOP review checklist:

1. The SOP should be written in precise paragraphs like an essay. You can use bullet points but you need to limit them to a bare minimum.
2. Usually, an SOP is two pages long, written in 12-point fonts, and double-spaced. Depending upon the size and type of font used, you can write 800-1000 words.
3. The complete SOP lies between 5-7 paragraphs of 150-250 words each.
4. You should keep your SOP simple and avoid using colorful text and images. If you are using pen and paper, use black ink.

Statement of Purpose (SOP) Samples

Below are five excellent SOP Samples:

• Statement of Purpose (SOP) Sample for Undergraduate

For undergraduate admission, students must present their statement of purpose that can help them achieve their future goals. The document serves as a weapon to get educated in one of the top institutions of a country. This education will help them widen their knowledge and augment their learning.

• Statement of Purpose (SOP) Sample for MSc by Harvard University, USA:

• Statement of Purpose (SOP) Sample for PhD

How do you start a statement of purpose?

After brainstorming and writing down your ideas, you must start drafting your SOP that must cover the following elements when applying to a desired university or school:

1. Introduction, introduce yourself and talk about your goal.
2. Write about what motivated you to choose a specific degree/program.
3. In the next step, explain why you deserve to be considered for the program.
4. Also, mention what you want to achieve by studying this field.

Thanks for reading this guide.

DV-2025 Application: Doubling your chances of getting selected in the DV2025 lottery or tripling your chances of getting selected is exactly what this guide will focus on.

At the time of posting this guide, we have exactly one month to the DV Lottery 2025 application.

To apply for DV2025 lottery, you need to be well prepared and by preparation, have your photo ready. Your photo as the principal applicant together with all those members of your family that you will apply with.

Make sure you get your photo ready and because that is one major requirement. You don’t need to have a passport, only the passport photo that meets the requirements for you to apply the DV2025 lottery.

But remember, it is good also to have by your side the birth certificate, and this is not a requirement, but it is a good item, a piece of document that will guarantee you that you fill in the correct information.

Some people messed up with their place of birth or the city of birth. Others also messed up with their names and many other minor mistakes and they ended up not getting their visa.

So having the birth certificate by your side as you’re filling the DV lottery, together with those birth certificates of your derivatives, it is of great help. It will help you eliminate such errors, those mistakes that will cost you your visa.

How do you double or triple your chances of getting selected for DV2025?

Let discuss two sets of people:

1. The couples or the parents, and number two, the children.

Every person from a qualifying country, an eligible country, and has met all their requirements, and they are simple requirements, having achieved a high school education or if not, have a qualifying work experience within the past five years, and that is a two-year work experience within the last five years. That is the only requirement.

Remember, it is either of the two, either a high school diploma or if you don’t have a high school diploma, then a two-year work experience within the last five years and you should be coming from an eligible country.

If you are a couple, that is to mean you are married, you can double your chances, the both of you. This is by you applying for the DV2025 lottery and including your spouse.

If you are the husband, you apply and then include your wife or your wife applies and includes the husband. That is how you double the chances, both of you apply, including one another.

2. The Children

If you have children that are not married yet, they should be under the age of 21 years, then you also include. Also, if the wife fills as the principal applicant, she should includes the husband and the kids. The husband applies, includes the wife and the kids. All those kids that have fulfilled those qualification.

Remember, even if your kid is under 21 years of age but he or she is married does not count as a qualified derivative. The child must be under 21 and not married. By you doing that, you’ve doubled your chances of getting selected as the couple.

For tripling your chances of getting selected for DV2025 : How does it happen?

Your parents, both of them and each one of them applies and includes you as their kid. That is the father applies, includes the mother and you.

Again, the mother applies includes the father and you, those are two, and you also apply, that is three. So long as you have the high school diploma or certificate or you are just about to do your final exam in the high school education.

So if you are about to sit for your final exam, let’s say, for example, you will be doing your final exam at the end of this year. If you are there and you will be sitting for your high school final exam within this year, then you are qualified to apply for it because by the time the results will be out, that is May next year, you will have already sat for your exam and you will be having your certificate, that is the diploma.

So if you are in high school and you will be sitting for your final exam this year, just go ahead and apply.

In summary

How do you triple your chances as a kid?

If you are a kid and you are about to sit for your exam or you are under the age of 21 and you have your diploma, that is the high school certificate. Then you can triple your chances of getting selected by you applying for the DV lottery and then let your father apply and include you, because that is what is required, and your mother apply and includes you and the family.

By so doing, you will have a chance from your father, a chance from a mother, and a chance from you yourself. That is triple the chance of getting selected.

For doubling chances

If you are a couple, ensure that you apply the both of you, including each other in the application.

I hope that the information is clear and well understood.

DISCLAIMER: This post and content is designed for general information only and is NOT legal advice. This site is not offering any Diversity Visa and is not the official site for DV Lottery program. The information presented in this post should not be construed to be formal legal advice.

The Visa Bulletin for the month of October 2023 for DV-2024 has been released and there’s some little concern that we need to go through, regarding this visa bulletin.

For the previous cut-off numbers from the previous visa bulletin i.e the visa bulletin for the month of September, it affected the interviews that are scheduled for the month of October.

Also, the visa bulletin for the month of October affects the interviews that will be scheduled for the month of November.

When you look on the last visa bulletin, that is for the month of September, that affects the interviews for the month of October, you will see that the cut-off numbers were 10,000 for Africa with its exceptions (Algeria 7,500, Egypt 5500, Morocco 5600), 2,000 for Asia with the exception of these countries (Iran 1750, Nepal 1300), 4,500 for Europe and with its exceptions (Russia 4400, Uzbekistan 1250), and so on.

Diversity Visa Bulletin For October 2023

The current visa bulletin for the month of October 2023 has cut-off numbers 10,000 for Africa, 2,300 for Asia, 5,000 for Europe and so on.

Why Have Cutoff Numbers Just Slightly Changed?

What you immediately notice is that, for Africa, nothing has changed, it has not increased. For Asia, it has already increased, but by a very slight increment. The same case for Europe, just by some few hundreds.

Why has there been just a slight increase? Why is it that Africa has not increased even by a little bit? That’s what will be discuss on this post because many questions in the minds of the winners because, especially since many have seen how it went with the DV lottery 2023.

The first thing that you should know and importantly it is that for the cut-off numbers, it does not mean that there are as many DV winners as the cut-off number.

For example, Africa cutoff number is 10,000, it does not imply that there are 10,000 cases under this cut-off number. Within this 10,000 cut-off number, you might find there are fewer DV winners. Maybe there is about between 5,000 to 6,000 cases and the rest are holes.

Under the cut-off number, you might find even fewer cases that are scheduled for the interview.

Why has it not changed, having known that? Let’s start with Africa. It has remained on 10,000 as the cut-off number, and we’ve seen that we can have roundabout 5,000 to 6,000 individual cases within that number. Within those cases under this cut-off number, you might find out, that of those cases, KCC might not have processed all of them.

You might find among that example of 6,000, they managed only to process fully around 2,000 cases. Those 2,000 cases are the cases that have been scheduled for the interview for October and they have already received their second notification letters.

The remaining about 4,000 in this example, they will have their DS-260 form processed and then they will be scheduled in the following month, that is the month of November.

It mean that, even without increasing the cut-off number, it is sufficient enough to have cases scheduled still under the cut-off number for the month of November, and that speaks of why the cutoff number has not changed.

So the reason as to why the cut-off number has not changed is because of all the cases under the cut-off number, you might find out that KCC could not be able to process all of them.

They processed some of them, and those processed, they were scheduled for the interview for the month of October, and the remaining cases that had not been processed, then they processed them and they are scheduled for the month of November.

Those cases are still under 10,000. So there’s no need for them to increase the cut-off number. Yet they can suffice the numbers to be scheduled for the month of November, even within the 10,000 cutoff numbers. That is the reason.

It also applies to Asia and Europe and other regions. For Asia, just a slight increase from 2,000 to 2,300. It’s because you find out within the last cut-off number 2,000, not all the DS-260 forms of those individuals had been processed.

Those whose DS-260 forms were processed, they were scheduled for the month of October and 2NLs have been sent to them. But the remaining one, still under 2,000 that had not been processed, they were pushed forward to the month of November.

When they were pushed to the month of November, only a small number of cases were to be added and that’s why only a slight increase in the cuto-ff number was placed for Asia.

Same case apply to Europe and to the other regions.

I hope you have understood that well because that is the major reason as to why the cut-off number has not changed for Africa and has slightly changed for other region and has not changed for the North America.

DISCLAIMER: This post and content is designed for general information only and is NOT legal advice. This site is not offering any Diversity Visa and is not the official site for DV Lottery program. The information presented in this post should not be construed to be formal legal advice.

Visa Application Gets Denied: Imagine you go in for your visa interview and after all that preparation, the consular officer or the immigration officer overseeing your visa interview and your visa application ultimately denies the case. What do you do?

Well, that’s what this guide will talk about. So make sure you read it very well from beginning to end.

What should you do in the unfortunate event that your visa application ultimately gets denied?

The first thing that you should know is that generally when a visa gets denied, the recourse that you have is basically to reapply.

Ultimately, when you reapply, it’s imperative to know what you need to do to improve your application, and in order to know that, you need to know why the application was originally denied.

Was the application denied because the immigration officer felt that you did not satisfy one of the requirements?

For example, for a visitor visa, you are required to overcome the presumption of immigrant intent. You have to satisfactorily convince the immigration officer that you are not an intending immigrant to the United States and that you truly plan to just visit the United States.

So was your visa application denied because you didn’t successfully do that? Or did the consular officer determine that you’re ineligible or you’re inadmissible to the United States for some reason?

For example, maybe you had a prior issue with overstaying a visa in the past and now you might be subject to some sort of bar from reentering the United States. Is that the case?

It’s very important for you to understand ultimately what the reason was why the visa application got denied? Because as I mentioned, your recourse is essentially to reapply.

When you’re reapplying you need to know what you need to fix with the application, is it just presenting some documentation more strongly or is it something entirely different?

For example, in the example mentioned above where there was an issue with a prior overstay, do you need to apply for some sort of a waiver to overcome that grounds for inadmissibility? All of this comes down to what the basis was for the denial.

Oftentimes when an immigration officer will deny a case, they may provide you with some sort of documentation that specifies the grounds for the denial, but sometimes they won’t, and that’s where it’s beneficial for you, depending on the circumstances, to ask the immigration officer to elaborate on the basis for the denial, so that ultimately you have a better understanding and you can communicate that with your immigration lawyer to develop a game plan for reapplying.

Also, to better understand whether it makes sense to reapply for this particular visa or if there’s potentially another visa that might be more suitable for you.

So there you have it.

If the visa gets denied:

• make sure to understand why the visa got denied;
• strategize with your immigration lawyer to determine whether it makes sense to reapply for this visa, whether you’re going to be required to apply for a waiver of some kind, whether it makes sense to apply for another visa or a different sort of immigration benefit and ultimately go from there.

Hope you found this information helpful.

This article will teach you the best way to introduce yourself in a job interview.

If you have an interview coming up anytime soon for any role or company, they will say to you right at the very start, please start off and introduce yourself. The response you give could be the difference between a pass or fail.

How to Introduce Yourself in a Job Interview

To give the perfect job interview introduction, below are the things this article will cover:

• Reasons explain why you will be asked to introduce yourself at the start of your job interview. There are two reasons why they will ask you to introduce yourself. You need to know what those reasons are to give the perfect answer.
• Eight powerful words to use in your job interview introduction.
• Three (3) brilliant example answers to the interview question, “Introduce yourself”.

Reasons explain why you will be asked to introduce yourself at the start of your job interview

Below are the two reasons why the hiring manager will say to you right at the very start of your interview, please introduce yourself:

1. Simply because it gets you talking.

You are going to be the most nervous right at the start of your interview, and by giving you the chance to talk about something you should know a lot about yourself, it helps to really calm your nerves.

Make sure you practice your job interview introduction several times before you attend your interview because this will give you the confidence to give a great response and it sets you up for the remainder of the interview by practicing your answer. It also tells the hiring manager that you have good communication skills.

2. They want to hear how you are going to add value to their team.

In your job interview introduction, you need to talk about the skills, qualities and qualifications you have, any courses you have completed, or certifications attained.

Eight powerful words to use in your job interview introduction

Below are eight best words you can use to answer that question, introduce yourself.

1. Team player.

If you are a team player, it means you fit quickly into a new team. You support your co-workers and also focus on the team goal or objective.

2. Cost-conscious.

You should say in your job interview introduction that you take a cost-conscious approach to your work. This means that you use company supplies and resources carefully to help your employer save money.

3. Problem-solver.

This means that you take ownership of difficult challenges instead of either ignoring them or leaving them for other people to deal with. Employers nowadays want to take people on who take ownership of difficult problems and challenges.

4. Resilient.

If someone is resilient, it means they remain calm in difficult situations and focus on achieving a positive outcome.

5. Adaptable.

You can also use the word flexible if you want. I am a flexible and adaptable person. This means that you are prepared to work additional hours for pay, overtime and also complete tasks that are sometimes outside of your job description.

It shows that you are adaptable and you are willing to help the company in its times of need.

6. Results-driven.

If you are results-driven, it means everything you do at work is centered on achieving great things for your employer. You are not going to work and just doing the bare minimum.

You are always saying to yourself, how can I achieve a positive outcome for my employer in my work? Say, you are a results-driven person and it will grab the attention of the hiring manager.

7. Continuous improvement.

Some people don’t like to develop, they don’t like to improve. But you are going to be different.

If you take on board continuous improvement and development, it means you have the mindset that there is always something new to learn and that’s important if you are going to be a productive employee. You are open to change and you are willing to continually improve.

8. Attention to detail skills.

If you have attention to detail skills, it means that you don’t make stupid mistakes. Instead, your work is always completed to a high standard.

There’s eight brilliant words you can use as part of your job interview introduction.

How to Introduce Yourself in a Job Interview Sample Answer

1. For those people who are new to the workplace and who have no previous work experience.

“Thank you for the opportunity to be interviewed for this position today.

I studied the job description before applying, and have the skills, qualities and knowledge to add long-term value to your team.

I am resourceful, fast working, have strong attention to detail skills, and always support my co-workers to ensure the team achieves its objective.

I have qualifications in subjects that are aligned with this industry, and the courses I have completed, including Microsoft Office and Customer Service certification will empower me to hit the ground running in the position.

Outside work, I take good care of myself, meaning my concentration and energy levels are always high. I also play team sports, demonstrating my ability to collaborate with other people, and I have a keen interest in self-development.

I would like to build a long term career at your company and if you hire me, I will ensure you see a positive return on your investment and do all I can to help you maintain your position as a market leader.”

That is a brilliant answer to that first interview question, “Introduce yourself”.

Example Answer 2:

“Thank you for this opportunity.

After graduating from college with qualifications in Mathematics, Computer Science and psychology, I worked in several positions where I developed the workplace skills of customer service, working under pressure, managing multiple tasks and solving day-to-day problems.

I am a high achiever. For example, in my previous job I won Employee of the Month and helped the business improve customer service standards by obtaining regular feedback from customers.

I am very passionate about this work and industry, and having researched your company, I believe my interpersonal skills and personal values will be a great fit for the team.

If you hire me, I will be a great role model for the company brand, take responsibility for my ongoing development, so I am always a useful asset to the team and take ownership of difficult problems to ensure a successful outcome.”

3. Example answer for inexperienced candidates.

If you are someone who has little or no previous work experience, this job interview introduction is perfect for you.

“Thank you. My name is [Insert Your Name] and I would describe myself as a positive, industrious, forward-thinking team-player who wants to make a difference in their work.

Although I am new to the working environment, I have the passion, dedication and qualifications to become a productive and valuable member of your organization.

I already have a track record of achievement. In addition to attaining excellent academic grades, I have won several sporting events with the team I am a part of and I received high praise during a work placement for my contribution to the team.

I have ambitious plans for the future and want to build a long-term career in this industry.

The benefit of hiring me with no experience is I am hungry to learn and you can train me to be the perfect employee.

I believe your organization will help me realize my full potential and I look forward to sharing with you further details during this interview as to how I will be a great fit for this role.”

There’s three top scoring, brilliant answers to that first interview question, “Introduce yourself.” They are great samples.

United Arab Emirates Lifts Visa Ban: The United Arab Emirates, on Monday (11th September, 2023), lifted its months-long visa ban on Nigerians. Also, Etihad and Emirates Airlines will resume flight operations in Nigeria immediately.

“President Bola Tinubu of Nigeria and President of the United Arab Emirates, Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, on Monday in Abu Dhabi, finalised a historic agreement, which has resulted in the immediate cessation of the visa ban placed on Nigerian travellers.

“Furthermore, by this historic agreement, both Etihad Airlines and Emirates Airlines are to immediately resume flight schedules into and out of Nigeria, without any further delay,” the President’s Special Adviser on Media and Publicity, Ajuri Ngelale, revealed in a statement he signed Monday, 11 September, 2023.

In October 2022, the UAE banned nationals of about 20 African countries from entering its borders.

“This is to inform you that we will not be posting 30 days visa applications for these nationalities effective today, October 18, 2022,” the notice partly read.

Affected countries include Uganda, Ghana, Sierra Leone, Sudan, Cameroon, Nigeria, Liberia, Burundi, Republic of Guinea, Gambia, Togo, Democratic Republic of Congo, Senegal, Benin, Ivory Coast, Congo, Rwanda, Burkina Faso, Guinea Bissau, Comoros, and the Dominican Republic.

Below are the United States Visas Terminology:

1NL – First Notification Letter (Selection letter)

221g – AP Refusal after interview, not final

2NL – Second notification letter (Interview letter)

AP – Administrative Processing

AV – Visa numbers have been allocated, and the case is ready to be scheduled for appointment

CEAC – Consular Electronic Application Center

CN – Case Number

DOS – Department of State

DS260 – Immigrant Visa Application Form

DV – Diversity Visa

INTS – Case has been scheduled for an appointment

KCC – Kentucky Consular Center

NVC – National Visa Centre

PCC – Police Clearance Certificate

POE – Point of Entry

RV – Case processing is complete, and the case has been reported for the allocation of visa numbers

USCIS – United States Citizenship and Immigration Services

VB – Visa Bulletin

Those are some of the United States Visas Terminology.

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