The congressionally mandated Diversity Visa (DV) Program provides up to 55,000 diversity visas each year, drawn randomly from all applicants who meet the strict eligibility requirements and come from countries with low rates of immigration to the United States.

General information on the Program is available on travel.state.gov.

DV Status Updates can be found at www.dvlottery.state.gov/.

Program instructions can be found at: travel.state.gov.