This archive report was first published on 25 September 2019.
The US State Department has announced the registration period for the 2021 Diversity Visa Program, also known as the Green Card Lottery, which will start on October 2nd, 2019 and end on November 5th, 2019.
Published on September 25th, 2019, the State Department urges qualified individuals not to wait until the last week to submit their entry as heavy demand may result in website delays.
To qualify for the Green Card Lottery, an individual must be a native of an eligible country, have at least a high school education or its equivalent, or two years of qualifying work experience.
Entrants who win the lottery will be subject to background checks and interviews at the US embassy or consulates assigned to their home country. The State Department advises that those participating in the program must be admissible to the United States.
Some reasons and actions by an entrant that will disqualify their entry include listing an incorrect country of eligibility, failure to meet education or work experience requirements, submitting multiple entries, entering false or invalid passport numbers, and failure to list their eligible spouse.
Those wishing to participate in the DV-2021 can submit their entries at dvlottery.state.gov during the registration period.
