United States Diversity Visa Program: DV-2024 Registration Period
Each year, the Department of State conducts a random selection of Diversity Immigrant Visa (DV) applicants, based on allocations of available visas in each region and country, from all registered entries.
The online registration period for the DV-2024 Program begins on Wednesday, October 5, 2022, at 12:00 noon, Eastern Daylight Time (EDT) (GMT-4) and concludes on Tuesday, November 8, 2022, at 12:00 noon, Eastern Standard Time (EST)
For FY 2024, the DV lottery program will make up to 55,000 green card numbers available through random selection. FY 2024 lottery results will be announced in May 2023. Foreign nationals selected in the FY 2024 lottery can submit their green card applications starting on October 1, 2023.
