Diversity Visa Lottery (DV-Lottery)

The 2024 Diversity Visa Lottery Program (DV-2024) will commence at noon, Eastern Daylight Time (EDT) (GMT-4), Wednesday, October 5th, 2022, and will close at noon, EDT, Tuesday, November 8th, 2022. Applicants must submit entries electronically during this registration period using the electronic DV entry form (E-DV) at www.dvlottery.state.gov. Paper entries will not be accepted. Applicants are strongly encouraged not to wait until the last week of the registration period to enter. Heavy demand may result in website delays. No entries will be accepted after noon, EDT, on November 8th, 2022.
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The 2023 Diversity Visa Lottery Program (DV-2023) will commence at noon, Eastern Daylight Time (EDT) (GMT-4), Wednesday, October 6th, 2021, and will close at noon, EDT, Tuesday, November 9th, 2020. Applicants must submit entries electronically during this registration period using the electronic DV entry form (E-DV) at www.dvlottery.state.gov. Paper entries will not be accepted. Applicants are strongly encouraged not to wait until the last week of the registration period to enter. Heavy demand may result in website delays. No entries will be accepted after noon, EDT, on November 9th, 2021.
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The court ordered DOS to reserve 9,095 of the approximately 40,000 unused diversity visa numbers for future processing of both the named plaintiffs’ and class-members’ diversity visa applications, pending final adjudication of the matter.

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The 2022 Diversity Visa Lottery Program (DV-2022) will commence at noon, Eastern Daylight Time (EDT) (GMT-4), Wednesday, October 7th, 2020, and will close at noon, EDT, Tuesday, November 10th, 2020. Applicants must submit entries electronically during this registration period using the electronic DV entry form (E-DV) at www.dvlottery.state.gov. Paper entries will not be accepted. Applicants are strongly encouraged not to wait until the last week of the registration period to enter. Heavy demand may result in website delays. No entries will be accepted after noon, EDT, on November 10th, 2020.
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On September 4, 2020, the U.S. District Court in the District of Columbia ruled in Gomez v. Trump that the Department must make good-faith efforts to expeditiously process and adjudicate DV-2020 diversity visa applications by September 30, 2020 notwithstanding Presidential Proclamation 10014.
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The Department of State annually administers the statutorily-mandated Diversity Immigrant Visa Program. Section 203(c) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (INA) provides for a class of immigrants known as ‘‘diversity immigrants,’’ from countries with historically low rates of immigration to the United States.
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Recently DOS issued a notice stating that due to a technical issue, the DV-2019 entry period that began on October 3 has been closed. Entries submitted during October 3 to October 10 are not valid and have been excluded from the system. All this entries will not count as a duplicate entry. The technical issue has been resolved and a new full entry period will begin at noon, U.S. Eastern Daylight Time on Wednesday October 18, 2017 and will run until noon Eastern Standard Time on Wednesday November 22, 2017. As a result, only entries submitted during this period will be accepted and considered for selection in the lottery. Please throw away any confirmation number or other documentation that you have if you submitted an entry during Oct. 3-10.
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The 2019 Diversity Visa Lottery Program (DV-2019) will commence at noon, Eastern Daylight Time (EDT) (GMT-4), Tuesday, October 3rd, 2017, and will close at noon, EDT, Tuesday, November 7th, 2017. Applicants must submit entries electronically during this registration period using the electronic DV entry form (E-DV) at www.dvlottery.state.gov. Paper entries will not be accepted. Applicants are strongly encouraged not to wait until the last week of the registration period to enter. Heavy demand may result in website delays. No entries will be accepted after noon, EDT, on November 7th, 2017.
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We would like to share two important updates to filing Form N-400, Application for Naturalization, now that it is processed electronically. All applicants (except those who reside overseas):
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The 2018 Diversity Visa Lottery Program (DV-2018) will commence at noon, Eastern Daylight Time (EDT) (GMT-4), Tuesday, October 4th, 2016, and will close at noon, EDT, Monday, November 7th, 2016. Applicants must submit entries electronically during this registration period using the electronic DV entry form (E-DV) at www.dvlottery.state.gov. Paper entries will not be accepted. Applicants are strongly encouraged not to wait until the last week of the registration period to enter. Heavy demand may result in website delays. No entries will be accepted after noon, EDT, on November 7th, 2016.
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El programa de Lotería de Visa de Diversidad 2016 (DV-2016) comenzará a las 12 del mediodía, (EDT) (GMT), el Miércoles, 1 de octubre de 2014, y cerrará a las 12 del mediodía, (EDT), el Lunes, 4 de noviembre de 2014. Todo aplicante deberá someter su planilla electrónicamente durante el periodo de inscripción usando el formulario DV (E-DV) www.dvlottery.state.gov. Planillas en papel no serán aceptadas. Es importante para todo aplicante no esperar hasta la última semana del periodo de inscripción para llenar la solicitud. Fuertes demanda puede causar demoras en la página. Inscripciones no serán aceptadas después de las 12 del mediodía, EDT, del 3 de noviembre de 2014.
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