US DV Lottery 2023 Application, Registration and Requirements

The US DV lottery 2023 registration period will begin on Wednesday, October 6, 2021 at 12pm Eastern Daylight Time and end on Tuesday, November 9th, 2021 at 12pm Eastern Standard Time. A total of 55,000 permanent resident visas (green cards) will be available through this program. There is no cost to register for the Diversity Visa program. Registration is done free online. The Diversity Visa program provides permanent resident visas to nationals of countries with low immigration rates to the United States over the last five years.

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The requirements include:

• Passport: The primary applicant will also need to have a valid, unexpired passport. Individuals who are stateless, nationals of a Communist-controlled country are exempt from the passport requirement. Also exempt are beneficiaries of an individual waiver approved by the Secretary of Homeland Security and the Secretary of State.

The State Department urges those who do not meet eligibility requirements to not register.

Once the registration period for US DV Lottery 2023 application is open, registration will only be done online at dvlottery.state.gov. Participants are also urged not to use third parties, “agents, or “visa consultants” to complete registration on their behalf. Individuals who submit more than one entry during the registration period will be disqualified.