The Department of State administers the
Congressionally-mandated Diversity Immigrant Visa Program annually. 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 2018, 50,000
diversity visas (DVs) will be available. There is no cost to register for the DV
Program.
Applicants who are
selected in the lottery (“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. Diversity visa
numbers are distributed among six geographic regions and no single country may
receive more than seven percent of the available DVs in any one year.
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