The Department of State annually administers the statutorily-mandated Diversity Immigrant Visa
Program. Section 203(c) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (INA) provides for a class of
immigrants known as “diversity immigrants” from countries with historically low rates of immigration
to the United States. For Fiscal Year 2020, 50,000 Diversity Visas (DVs) will be available. There is no
cost to register for the DV program.
Applicants who are selected in the program (“selectees”) must meet simple but strict eligibility
requirements to qualify for a diversity visa. The Department of State determines selectees through a
randomized computer drawing. The Department of State distributes diversity visas among six
geographic regions, and no single country may receive more than 7 percent of the available DVs in any
one year.
DV-2021 Know about:

Note: Dv-2021 Lottery Program is start 30 July 2019.

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