Visas
Immigrant Visas
The Diversity Immigrant Visa Program
DV-2011 Registration is closed.
Applicants for Diversity Visas are chosen by a computer-generated random lottery drawing. The visas are distributed among six geographic regions with a greater number of visas going to regions with lower rates of immigration. Within each region, no one country may receive more than seven percent of the available Diversity Visas in any one year.
Additional information on the Diversity Visa Program is available online at: www.dvlottery.state.gov
While many commercial firms offer services to help persons submit entries for the Diversity Visa Lottery, entrants should be aware that the use of these services does not in any way enhance one’s chances of winning the Diversity Visa Lottery.
Diversity visa entrants should also be aware that no processing fees are collected by the U.S. government for this program until the day that a winner of the Diversity Visa appears at a US Embassy or Consulate for a visa interview. Any letter of other announcement to a lottery entrant regarding the Diversity Visa Program which asks the entrant to pay any processing fees in advance of the visa appointment should be disregarded as the work of scam artists.
