Apply for DV-2013: How the Diversity Visa Lottery (DV) Program Works?

This official program will make permanent residence visas available to persons meeting the simple, but strict, eligibility requirements. Applicants for Diversity Visa are chosen by a computer-generated random lottery drawing. The U.S. government makes available 50,000 permanent residence visas each year for this program. Application to this program is open for all individuals worldwide that fulfill the two basic entry requirements.

The visas are distributed among six geographic regions with a greater number of visas going to regions with lower rates of immigration, and with no visas going to citizens of countries sending more than 50,000 immigrants to the U.S. in the past five years. Within each region, no one country may receive more than seven percent of the available Diversity Visas in any one year.

Entry InstructionsPlease read the DV-2013 Entry Instructions carefully. Entrants may be disqualified for not completing the entry form correctly or by submitting more than one entry. Use the link below to view the instructions. DV-2013 Instructions Photo Validator Before beginning the entry process, you can verify that your picture(s) comply with all requirements by clicking the link below. Photo Validator Entry Form The entry form is prepared in two parts, one for the primary Entrant and one for derivatives (if any). Each part must be completed correctly and completely before going to the next part. After all parts are completed, the entry will be submitted to the DV-2013 Processing Center. Click the link below to begin the entry process. Begin Entry

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DV Entrant Status Check

2013 Entrant Status Check
Please check back at this link http://www.dvlottery.state.gov/ESC/ on or after May 1, 2012 for Entrants who applied for DV-2013.
2012 Entrant Status Check
Please click this link http://www.dvlottery.state.gov/ESC/ for DV-2012 Entrant Status Check.