Diversity Visa Lottery

A Diversity Visa (DV) Lottery makes available 55,000 immigrant visas each year to people randomly selected from countries with low rates of immigration to the United States. Eligibility to apply for the DV Lottery is determined by a person’s place of birth, not by the current country of citizenship.

For additional general information about the program, please consult the Department of State's web page about the Diversity Visa Lottery.  For specific information about the current year's lottery, including deadlines for submitting an entry, please see the Embassy press release.

For information about known Diversity Visa Lottery fraud scams, please click here.