US Diversity Visa Programme (Green Card Lottery) until 2025

US Diversity Visa Programme (Green Card Lottery) until 2025. The US Department of State is in charge of overseeing the US Diversity Visa Programme 2025. The US government chooses individuals from other nations to become citizens of the US through the yearly US DV programme, often dubbed as the “Green Card Lottery.” Candidates may apply from any place. Up to 55,000 Diversity Visas (DVs) will be granted for the fiscal year 2025.

US Diversity Visa Programme (Green Card Lottery) until 2025

The US DV programme application process is free. Enrollment in the DV programme is free of charge. The chosen candidates who have an interview planned, however, will have to pay a fee for applying for a visa. Citizens of nations with low rates of immigration to the US are eligible to apply for the US Diversity Visa Programme 2025. Below are some facts about the application process for the DV Lottery 2025.

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Details About US Diversity Visa Program 2025

• Country: United States
• No of Immigrants: 55,000
• Who can Apply: Foreign People
• DV Program 2025 Deadline: November 7, 2023

Diversity Visa Program 2025 Applications

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Who can Apply for the USA Diversity Visa Program?

Through the programme, immigrants from nations with low rates of immigration to the US during the previous five years would be brought to the US, helping to diversify the country’s immigrant population.

Under this program, you will be able to become a Citizen of the United States.

Diversity Visa Cost

There is no fee to enter the green card lottery. Applying is Free. However, if you are selected in the Program you will need to pay the Visa Application Fee for DS-260.

Timeline of the US Diversity Visa Program 2025

• Start Date: October 4, 2023
• End Date: November 7, 2023
• Selections: The results of the Diversity Visa 2025 will start in May 2024

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Eligibility Criteria for the US Diversity Visa 2025

Nationality Requirements:

• Natives of countries with historically low rates of immigration to the United States are eligible to apply. (Eligible Countries list is given below)

If you are not a native of a country with historically low rates of immigration to the United States, there are other ways you might be able to qualify.

• Is your spouse a native of a country with historically low rates of immigration to the United States?  If yes, you can claim your spouse’s.

Education/Work Experience Requirements:

At least a high school education or its equivalent, defined as successful completion of a 12-year course of formal elementary and secondary education.

OR 

Two years of work experience within the past five years.

Note: You should not submit an application for the DV 2025 unless you meet both of the above requirements.

How to Complete Your Electronic Entry for the DV-2025 Program?

• You can submit your Electronic Diversity Visa Entry Form (E-DV Entry Form or DS-5501),
  online at dvprogram.state.gov
• Incomplete applications will not be accepted. There is no cost to submit the online entry form.
• The US Department of State strongly encourages you to complete the entry form yourself, without a “visa consultant,” or “visa agent.
• You will get a confirmation number after submitting an application.
• Starting May 4, 2024, you will be able to check the status of your entry by returning to dvprogram.state.gov, clicking on Entrant Status Check, and entering your unique confirmation number.
•   The U.S. government will not inform you directly. You must check the status from Entrant Status Check.

DV 2025 Visa Issue Date

All selectees, including family members, must be issued visas by September 30, 2025. Approximately 55,000 diversity visas will be granted for DV 2025.

Age Requirements for DV 2025

There is no minimum age to apply.

If you are in the United States, are you able to apply?

Yes, an entrant may apply while in the United States or another country.  An entrant may submit an entry from any location.

May your spouse and you each submit a separate entry?

Yes, each spouse may submit one entry if each meets the eligibility requirements.  If either spouse is selected, the other is entitled to apply as a derivative dependent.

Please Read the Official Documentation and Instructions for the US Diversity Visa Program 2025: PDF Document (English Version)

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US DV 2025 Website

List of Countries/Areas by Region Who’s Native are Eligible for us DV-2025 Program

AFRICA

• Algeria
• Angola
• Benin
• Botswana
• Burkina Faso
• Burundi
• Cameroon
• Cabo Verde
• Central African Republic
• Chad
• Comoros
• Congo
• Congo, Democratic Republic of the
• Cote D’Ivoire (Ivory Coast)
• Djibouti
• Egypt*
• Equatorial Guinea
• Eritrea
• Eswatini
• Ethiopia
• Gabon
• Gambia, The
• Ghana
• Guinea
• Guinea-Bissau
• Kenya
• Lesotho
• Liberia
• Libya
• Madagascar
• Malawi
• Mali
• Mauritania
• Mauritius
• Morocco
• Mozambique
• Namibia
• Niger
• Rwanda
• Sao Tome and Principe
• Senegal
• Seychelles
• Sierra Leone
• Somalia
• South Africa
• South Sudan
• Sudan
• Tanzania
• Togo
• Tunisia
• Uganda
• Zambia
• Zimbabwe

In Africa, natives of Nigeria are not eligible for this year’s Diversity Visa program.

ASIA

• Afghanistan
• Bahrain
• Bhutan
• Brunei
• Burma
• Cambodia
• Indonesia
• Iran
• Iraq
• Israel*
• Japan***
• Jordan*
• Kuwait
• Laos
• Lebanon
• Malaysia
• Maldives
• Mongolia
• Nepal
• North Korea
• Oman
• Qatar
• Saudi Arabia
• Singapore
• Sri Lanka
• Syria*
• Taiwan**
• Thailand
• Timor-Leste
• United Arab Emirates
• Yemen

EUROPE

• Albania
• Andorra
• Armenia
• Austria
• Azerbaijan
• Belarus
• Belgium
• Bosnia and Herzegovina
• Bulgaria
• Croatia
• Cyprus
• Czech Republic
• Denmark (including components and dependent areas overseas)
• Estonia
• Finland
• France (including components and
• dependent areas overseas)
• Georgia
• Germany
• Greece
• Hungary
• Iceland
• Ireland
• Italy
• Kazakhstan
• Kosovo
• Kyrgyzstan
• Latvia
• Liechtenstein
• Lithuania
• Luxembourg
• Macau Special Administrative Region**
• North Macedonia
• Malta
• Moldova
• Monaco
• Montenegro
• Netherlands (including components and dependent areas overseas)
• Northern Ireland***
• Norway (including components and   dependent areas overseas)
• Poland
• Portugal (including components and dependent areas overseas)
• Romania
• Russia***
• San Marino
• Serbia
• Slovakia
• Slovenia
• Spain
• Sweden
• Switzerland
• Tajikistan
• Turkey
• Turkmenistan
• Ukraine
• United Kingdom (including dependent areas)
• Uzbekistan
• Vatican City

NORTH AMERICA  

• Bahamas

OCEANIA 

• Australia (including components and   dependent areas overseas)
• Fiji
• Kiribati
• Marshall Islands
• Micronesia, Federated States of
• Nauru
• New Zealand (including components and  dependent areas overseas)
• Palau
• Papua New Guinea
• Samoa
• Solomon Islands
• Tonga
• Tuvalu
• Vanuatu

SOUTH AMERICA, CENTRAL AMERICA, AND THE CARIBBEAN

• Antigua and Barbuda
• Argentina
• Barbados
• Belize
• Bolivia
• Chile
• Costa Rica
• Cuba
• Dominica
• Ecuador
• Grenada
• Guatemala
• Guyana
• Nicaragua
• Panama
• Paraguay
• Peru
• Saint Kitts and Nevis
• Saint Lucia
• Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
• Suriname
• Trinidad and Tobago
• Uruguay

In Conclusion: United States of America – It was land of opportunities yesterday, It is land of opportunities today, it will be land of opportunities tomorrow. There is nothing like it. For jobs, for business, for entrepreneurs, for hustlers and for dreamers.