Foreign nationals born in Macau SAR and Taiwan are eligible for the Diversity Visa Lottery. Helena, Turks and Caicos Islands – but not Northern Ireland), Venezuela and Vietnam. Within each region, no country may receive more than 7% of the available Diversity Visa "green cards" in any one year.Ĭountries Ineligible to Participate in DV-2024 Lottery Programįor the DV-2024 Lottery Program, natives of the following countries are not eligible to apply because they are the principal source countries of Family-Sponsored and Employment-Based immigration, or "high admission" countries: Bangladesh, Brazil, Canada, China (including Hong Kong SAR), Colombia, Dominican Republic, El Salvador, Haiti, Honduras, India, Jamaica, Mexico, Nigeria, Pakistan, Philippines, Republic of Korea (South Korea), United Kingdom (which includes Anguilla, Bermuda, British Virgin Islands, Cayman Islands, Falkland Islands, Gibraltar, Montserrat, Pitcairn, St. The Diversity Visa "green cards" are available only to citizens of countries with lower rates of immigration and no visas are available to citizens of countries sending more than 50,000 immigrants to the United States in the past five years. Furthermore, the Entry Status Check will be the only way in which selected individuals will be provided further instructions on immigrant visa procedures. The DOS will NOT mail any correspondence to the selected applicants nor will it send out an email. The Entry Status Check is the ONLY manner in which entrants will be notified of their selection. All entrants must check on the DOS website via the Entry Status Check to determine whether they have been selected to participate in the Lottery. Entry Status Check will also notify selected participants and provide them with instructions on the procedures for the application process and will confirm appointments for visa interviews.
Beginning in May 2023, applicants can check the status of their registration online via Entry Status Check at to determine whether they were selected. The DOS will notify a participant's selection exclusively online.
Applicants for Diversity Visas are chosen by a computer-generated random lottery drawing.
The DOS makes 55,000 "green cards" available annually to persons from countries with low rates of immigration to the United States. There are no significant changes from last year's Lottery Program. The Lottery Program for DV-2024 registration will be open for only 34 days from Octoat noon (EST) through close at noon (EST) on November 8 th. Department of State (DOS) has released its instructions for the Diversity Immigrant Visa "Green Card" Lottery Program (DV-2024) for fiscal year 2024 (October 1, 2023, through September 30, 2024).
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