Up to 55,000 foreign nationals and their families from around the globe have a chance to legally immigrate to the United States with a green card in hand in 2024, thanks to one of the most famous U.S.

WHAT IS THE DIVERSITY VISA LOTTERY? The Diversity Immigrant Visa Program (“DV Program” or “DV-2025 Program”) is a government lottery program that provides up to 55,000 immigrant visas (aka green cards ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I write about investor immigration and international law issues. The recent decision by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C.

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis has called for the end of the diversity visa lottery, a program that allows immigrants to apply for ...

On May 3, 2025, the U.S. Department of State completed the selection process for the Diversity Visa Lottery for fiscal year 2026. Created by the Immigration Act of 1990, the U.S. Diversity Visa (DV) ...

WASHINGTON, Dec. 8 (UPI) --When Mohammed Alarefi, a native of war-torn Yemen, won the U.S. visa lottery in May 2018, it was the realization of his childhood dream: a chance to move to America. "I ...

The U.S. State Department issued a warning on Friday that some applicants to the 2026 Diversity Visa program from Cuba and the United Kingdom may have received incorrect notifications regarding their ...

The wait is over for millions of foreign nationals around the globe who last year entered the 2023 visa lottery to legally immigrate to the United States with permanent resident status. Entrants in ...

In a notice released on Friday, 3 October, the State Department said, “Cuban natives are not eligible to participate in the 2026 program year “as over 50,000 Cubans have immigrated to the US in the ...

Florida Governor Ron DeSantis has called for the end of the diversity visa lottery, a program that allows immigrants to apply ...