The U.S. Department of State will begin accepting online registrations for the Fiscal Year 2026 Diversity Visa (DV) Lottery on Wednesday, October 2, 2024, at noon Eastern Daylight Time (4 PM GMT).
Foreign nationals interested in applying for the DV lottery have until Tuesday, November 5, 2024, at noon EST (4:00 PM Ghana Time) to submit their entries through the official DV lottery website.
The FY 2026 program will provide up to 55,000 green cards through a random selection process.
Results will be released in May 2025, and those selected will be eligible to start applying for green cards beginning October 1, 2025
Eligibility criteria
The DV lottery is open to individuals born in countries with historically low rates of immigration to the United States.
Nationals of countries with high U.S. immigration rates are not eligible. For FY 2026, those ineligible include individuals born in Bangladesh, Brazil, Canada, China (including Hong Kong SAR), Colombia, Cuba, the Dominican Republic, El Salvador, Haiti, Honduras, India, Jamaica, Mexico, Nigeria, Pakistan, the Philippines, South Korea, Venezuela, and Vietnam. However, individuals born in Macau SAR and Taiwan remain eligible to participate.
Those unable to register due to their country of birth may still qualify through a spouse or, in certain cases, through a parent's country of birth. Additionally, all applicants must possess at least a high school education or two years of qualifying work experience within the last five years.
How to register
To participate, entrants must submit an online form and a digital photo through the official DV lottery website. Each applicant is allowed only one entry, and submitting multiple registrations will result in disqualification
The process is free, and applicants can include their spouses and children in their entry.
Once the application is submitted, entrants will receive a confirmation number, which can be used to check their status when results are published in May 2025
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