Diversity Visa (DV) Lottery Instructions

DV Lottery 2012 Online Registration

The online registration for DV-2012 DV Lottery begins noon, Eastern Daylight Time (EDT) (GMT -4), Tuesday, October 5, 2010, and ends noon, Eastern Daylight Time (EDT) (GMT -4), Wednesday, November 3, 2010. All entries must be submitted electronically during the registration period, when applicants may access the Electronic DV Entry Form DS-5501 at http://www.dvlottery.state.gov. Paper entries will not be accepted. 

Applicants are strongly encouraged not to wait until the last week of the registration period to enter.  Heavy demand may result in website delays.  No entries will be accepted after noon, EST, on November 3, 2010.

Diversity Visa Lottery Instructions

Review the DV-2012 Instructions below for detailed information.

• The English version of the DV-2012 Lottery Instructions, updated 9/22/10, is available in PDF format for your convenience and required use.

The English language version of the DV-2012 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.

Translations (All translations are in .pdf format)

Armenian

Indonesian

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 qualifying occupations;
• DV 2011 Status Check - Entrants who previously completed online DV 2011 entry through the official website can check the status of their entry at http://www.dvlottery.state.gov
• Results for DV-2011 and DV-2010 Lotteries: DV-2011 and DV-2010 lottery winners were already notified by mail and winners are provided further instructions. Those selected in the random drawing are NOT notified by email. Those individuals NOT selected will NOT receive any notification. See DV Lottery