DV Lottery has started!
News
The 2024 Diversity Visa Lottery (DV-2026 Lottery) has started. It began today, October 2, 2024 at precisely 4:00 pm (16 hours) GMT, and will run until 5:00 pm (17 hours) GMT on November 5, 2024. This period – known as the Entry period or Registration period – was announced in the official DV 2026 Program Instructions published around a week ago.
Details
To participate in the Lottery, one has to be chargeable to an eligible country and meet either the education or work experience criterion. Those who are eligible to participate in the DV 2026 Lottery may do so anytime during the Entry period by accessing the official Diversity Visa Program website.
It is however not advisable to wait until the final week before attempting to participate in the Lottery as high traffic to the official website could prevent your entry from being submitted. In addition, you are advised against submitting more than one entry as the primary entrant. If detected, all such entries will be disqualified.
Selection of qualifies entries will be carried out in the coming months, and the results of the Lottery will be published on May 3, 2025.
Reminder
The DV Lottery is administered from early October to early November every year, and it is the ‘entry event’ for those who wish to apply for immigration to the United States as part of the Diversity Visa (Immigration) Program.
For more explanation surrounding the Diversity Visa Entry process, refer to this article.
Best of success to all DV2026 entrants!
