American Diversity Immigrant Visa Program (DV Lottery), 2026

Applications will soon be opened for the 2026 American Diversity Immigrant Visa Program (DV Lottery). Established by Section 203(c) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (INA), the DV Lottery or Diversity Visa Program has been created to allow individuals from countries with low citizens in the US to immigrate to the United State of America.

The main objective of the DV program is to diversify the immigrant population in the US. In fact, diversity visas are opened each year for people born from a country that has totaled less than 50,000 immigrants to the United States in the categories of family and employment visas, in the previous five years.

Up to 55,000 Diversity Visas (DVs) will be available for the Fiscal Year 2026. The application process is very simple, available online through the Electronic Diversity Visa Program and there is no cost to register for the DV lottery program.

Diversity Visas are distributed among six geographic regions, and no single country may receive more than seven percent of the available DVs in any one year. Winners are selected through a randomized computer drawing, and they may later get a green card to live, study, or work in the USA.

All DV-2026 diversity visa program applicants must be found eligible for, and obtain, their visa or adjust status by the end of the fiscal year 2026 (September 30, 2026). The entry submission period for DV-2026 is from 12:00PM EDT (GMT -4) on October 2, 2024 to 12:00PM EST (GMT -5) on November 5, 2024.

Programme Details

• Organizer: The Department of State, United States of America.
• Number of awards: 55,000 visas.
• Processing time: Up to 30 September 2026.
• Target group: The program is opened for individuals who are born in any country in the world at the exception of the following countries and areas: Bangladesh, Brazil, Canada, China (including mainland and Hong Kong born), Colombia, Cuba, Dominican Republic, El Salvador, Haiti, Honduras, India, Jamaica, Mexico, Nigeria, Pakistan, Philippines, South Korea, Venezuela and Vietnam. Natives of Macau SAR and Taiwan are eligible.

American Diversity Immigrant Visa Program Benefits

Selected candidates for the DV lottery program will be eligible to apply for visas and to enter the United States and receive their green cards. The green card will allow them to live, study and work in the US.

They will later be eligible for naturalization if they meet the following criteria: Be at least 18 years old at the time you submit the Application for Naturalization and have been a lawful permanent resident (Green Card holder) for at least five years.

Important Note About Eligible Countries

The DV-2026 applicants must pay attention to the following points about eligible countries:

• Persons born in the areas administered prior to June 1967 by Israel, Jordan, Syria, and Egypt are chargeable, respectively, to Israel, Jordan, Syria, and Egypt.
  • Persons born in the Gaza Strip are chargeable to Egypt;
  • persons born in the West Bank are chargeable to Jordan;
  • persons born in the Golan Heights are chargeable to Syria.
• Macau S.A.R. (Europe region, chargeable to Portugal) and Taiwan (Asia region) do qualify for DV-2026. For the purposes of the diversity program only, persons born in Macau S.A.R. derive eligibility from Portugal.
• Persons born in the Habomai Islands, Shikotan, Kunashiri, and Etorofu are chargeable to Japan.
• Persons born in Southern Sakhalin are chargeable to Russia.
• For purposes of the diversity program only, Northern Ireland is treated separately. Northern
  Ireland does qualify to apply.

American Diversity Immigrant Visa Program Eligibility

To apply for the DV lottery program, applicants must satisfy the following criteria:

1. Be born in an eligible country or;
2. your spouse is born in an eligible country (if married);
3. Have at least high school education (12-year course of formal elementary and secondary education) or;
4. Two years of work experience in the last five years in an occupation that requires a minimum of two years of training to perform;
5. Applicants must include their children who are under 21 and their spouse if married.

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How to Apply for the 2026 DV Lottery Program

To apply, candidates need to click on the apply button below to follow step-by-step instructions on how to register for the DV lottery program.

Required materials

1. Full name, Gender – male or female.
2. Birthdate – day, month, year, City where you were born.
3. Country where you were born, the country of eligibility for the DV program.
4. Digital Photograph.
5. Mailing Address.
6. Phone number (optional).
7. Email address.
8. The Highest level of education you have achieved, as of the application day.
9. Current marital status.
10. Number of children.

Applicant have till November 5, 2024 12:00PM EST (GMT -5) to submit their application for the American Diversity Immigrant Visa Program. To be the first to see latest opportunities, please follow us on Facebook, Twitter, Pinterest and Instagram.