Diversity Visa (DV) Lottery Instructions

The online entry registration period for the DV-2011 Diversity Visa lottery is between noon, Eastern Daylight Time (EDT) (GMT-4), Friday, October 2, 2009, and noon, Eastern Standard Time (EST) (GMT-5), Monday, November 30, 2009. Entrants apply on Form DS-5501, Electronic Diversity Visa Entry Form available only during the DV open registration period. Review the DV-2011 Instructions below for more information.

• The English version of the DV-2011 Lottery Instructions is available in PDF format for your convenience.
• Please review the Press Release for the DV-2011 Lottery Instructions.

Additional Languages (all translations are in .pdf format)

The English language version of the DV-2010 Lottery Instructions is the only official version. Some unofficial translations in additional languages will be published and will be added to this page as they become available. Check this webpage at a later time for additional available translations.

• Romanian Translation

Note: If you do not see instructions in your native language, please see the U.S. Embassy website to find out whether your country may have additional Diversity Visa information.

Diversity Visa Program Information

See the Diversity Visa Program webpage for information about:

• Important fraud warning;
• DV qualifyingoccupations;
• DV 2010 Status Check - Entrants who previously completed online DV 2010 entry through the official website can check the status of their entry at http://www.dvlottery.state.gov
• Results for DV-2010 Lottery - DV-2010 lottery winners were already notified by mail and will provided further instructions. Those selected in the random drawing are NOT notified by email. Those individuals NOT selected will NOT receive any notification.