Applicants must bring a processing fee of Bahraini Dinars 17.100 or U.S. Dollars 45.00 per applicant, in exact change, payable when submitting the visa application. The Decision to grant a visa is made by the Consular Officer alone. All individuals applying for U.S. Non-Immigrant visas at the U.S. Embassy in Bahrain must be present in Bahrain when applying for the visa. Normally, passports of qualifying applicants can be picked up the afternoon of the next working day. 55,000 permanent resident immigrant visas annually chosen by random selection and apportioned among six geographic regions, with a greater number of visas going to countries that have low rates of immigration to the United States.
Eligibility depends on being born in a qualifying country.
U.S. Department of Labor standards will apply. Application is done by writing directly to the appropriate office in the U.S. assigned to your respective geographic region. This year, there are new addresses for all DV-2002 applications. Applicants must sign the applications personally. Application is not done through the U.S. Embassy or any company.