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DV-2025 Entrants have until September 30, 2025 to check the status of their entry through this website. The DV-2025 registration period was from October 4, 2023, until November 7, 2023. Click the link below to check DV-2026 and DV-2025 Entrant Status.
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INA Section 222 (f) provides that visa issuance and refusal records shall be considered confidential and shall be used only for the formulation, amendment, administration, or enforcement of the immigration, nationality, and other laws of the United States. Certified copies of visa records may be made available to a court which certifies that ...
The U.S. Department of State Electronic Diversity Visa Entrant Status Check for DV-2025 applicants is available until September 30, 2025. The Entrant Status Check for DV-2024 applicants will remain open until September 30, 2024. Entrant Status Check Instructions.
Immigrant Visa Application Forms. Complete online (if you have not done it earlier) the biographic data form DS-260 for each person applying for a visa, regardless of age. The form is accessible through CEAC website at https://ceac.state.gov/IV.
Step 1. Submit an Entry. Step 2. Selection of Applicants. Step 3. If Selected. Step 4. Confirm Your Qualifications. Step 5. Submit Your Immigrant Visa and Alien Registration Application. Step 6. Prepare Supporting Documents. Step 7. Interview. Step 8. Prepare for the Interview. Step 9. Applicant Interview. Step 10. After the Interview.
If you entered the Diversity Visa (DV) Lottery, check online to see if you were selected. Then, find out what to do to apply for an immigrant visa. Learn if you are eligible and how to apply for the Diversity Immigrant Visa (DV) Program.
Applicants must submit entries for the DV-2024 program electronically at dvprogram.state.gov between noon, Eastern Daylight Time (EDT) (GMT-4), Wednesday, October 5, 2022, and noon, Eastern Standard Time (EST) (GMT-5), Tuesday, November 8, 2022.