The U.S. Department of State (DOS) Bureau of Consular Affairs
announced that the online registration period for the 2023
Diversity Immigrant Visa Program (DV lottery program) began on
Wednesday, October 6, 2021, at 12:00 p.m. (ET), and will conclude
on Tuesday, November 9, 2021, at 12:00 p.m. (ET). The DV lottery
program selects 55,000 people annually who can then pursue an
immigrant visa at a U.S. embassy or consulate in their home country
or adjust their status in the United States (if a foreign national
is residing legally in a nonimmigrant status in the United States
at the time of the application).
This year's program will again accept only electronic
(online) applications. Both the application and the required
accompanying photographs must be submitted in an acceptable
electronic format. Failure to complete the form in its entirety
will disqualify the applicant's entry. To be eligible in the
lottery drawing, the application must be received between noon
Eastern
