Diversity Visa (DV) Lottery Instructions
DV Lottery 2012 Online Registration
The entry registration period for DV-2012 is closed. The online registration for DV-2012 DV Lottery began noon, Eastern Daylight Time (EDT) (GMT -4), Tuesday, October 5, 2010, and ended noon, Eastern Daylight Time (EDT) (GMT -4), Wednesday, November 3, 2010.
DV-2012 Entry Status Check: You may check the status of your DV-2012 Lottery entry starting on or about July 15, 2011 through June 30, 2012, at the E-DV website at http://www.dvlottery.state.gov. Click here for detailed information about Entry Status Check, lottery winner notification, and more.
Diversity Visa Lottery Instructions
DV-2012 Instructions
- Although the entry registration period for the DV-2012 DV Lottery ended on November 3, 2010, the English version of the DV-2012 Lottery Instructions will remain available in PDF format.
The English language version of the DV-2012 Lottery Instructions is the only official version. Some unofficial translations in additional languages were published and are available below.
Translations (All translations are in .pdf format)
| Albanian | Arabic | Armenian | French | Hungarian |
| Indonesian | Japanese | Romanian | Russian | Spanish |
| Turkish | Ukrainian | Uzbek |
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
- Diversity Visa lottery DV-2012 entrants may check the status of their DV-2012 Lottery entry on or after May 1, 2011 at http://www.dvlottery.state.gov
- Diversity Visa lottery selectees for DV-2011 were notified by mail between May and July of 2010. DV-2011 entrants who do not know the status of their entries may check the status of their entries at http://www.dvlottery.state.gov under 2011 Entrant Status Check.
- Results for DV-2011 lottery: DV-2011 lottery winners were already notified by mail and winners were provided further instructions. Those selected in the random drawing were NOT notified by email. Those individuals NOT selected will NOT receive any notification, but may verify the status of their entries at http://www.dvlottery.state.gov. See DV Lottery Results to learn more.