Apply For The US Diversity Immigrant Visa Program (Green Card Lottery)

The Diversity Immigrant Visa Program (DV Program) which makes immigrant visas available to natives of countries with low immigration rates.

It awards up to 55,000 immigrant visas each year. The program is also known as the DV Lottery and the Green Card Lottery. It makes a limited number of immigrant visas available every year to people meeting certain eligibility requirements. These include:

1. Being a native of a country with a low immigration rate to the United States
2. Having graduated from high school or its equivalent or having qualifying work experience

Each year, the U.S. Department of State puts out a list of eligible and ineligible countries. The list of countries may change each year.

For DV-2026,natives of the following countries and areas are not eligible to apply, because more than

50,000 natives of these countries immigrated to the United States in the previous five years:

• Bangladesh
• Brazil
• Canada
• The People’s Republic of China (including mainland and Hong Kong born)
• Colombia
• Cuba
• Dominican Republic
• El Salvador
• Haiti
• Honduras
• India
• Jamaica
• Mexico
• Nigeria
• Pakistan
• Philippines
• Republic of Korea (South Korea)
• Venezuela
• Vietnam
• Natives of Macau SAR and Taiwan are eligible.

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With the exception of Cuba, which is not eligible for DV-2026, there were no changes in eligibility from the previous fiscal year.

How to register for the US Diversity Immigrant Visa Program Lottery

The DV Lottery registration dates change each year. Registration for the 2026 DV Lottery was from October 2, 2024 to November 7, 2024.

Read the instructions for the registration process.

If you registered for the lottery, keep your confirmation number in a safe place. You will need that number to check the status of your entry online. If you lose it, learn how you can recover your confirmation number.

Get further details US Diversity Immigrant Visa by clicking here: https://www.usa.gov/immigration-and-citizenship