A fried of mine asked me this question, but I don't know the answer...
Perhaps, some of you, gurus, might help.

He won a GC in DV-2005, and is already in the US.
After the interview (but before entering the US) he got married.

His question is if he can bring his wife here without having to go through the usual I-130 procedure...

I looked through a bunch of documents on the INS web site, and they all seem to say - "if you were married before you became an LPR, your spouse may....". So, it looks like, there is a hope for him.

But what exactly should he do? I looked at the form I-824, but it says, that it needs to be filed with the INS office that took the last action on your case.
But in his case, the last action was taken by a consulate, not an INS office...
Should his wife just bring I-824 to the consulate?
Or should he file it with the INS (which office then?), and have them notify the consulate?

What do you, guys, think?

Thanks for ideas.

His immigration process is complete. Too late now. He has to go the I-130 rout and wait for a visa number for her to become available.

Cheers.