page_title: Diversity Immigrant Visa
hierarchical_section_title: Diversity Immigrant Visa
caption_attribution_description: English: New immigrants to the United States (2014-2018), in family and employment categories, by country of birth. &#160;&#160; &gt;100,000 &#160;&#160; 50,000–100,000 &#160;&#160; 20,000–50,000 &#160;&#160; 10,000–20,000 &#160;&#160; 5,000–10,000 &#160;&#160; &lt;5,000 &#160;&#160; United States and its territories
context_page_description: The Diversity Immigrant Visa program, also known as the green card lottery, is a United States government lottery program for receiving a United States Permanent Resident Card. The Immigration Act of 1990 established the current and permanent Diversity Visa program.
  The lottery is administered by the Department of State and conducted under the Immigration and Nationality Act. It makes available 55,000 immigrant visas annually and aims to diversify the immigrant population in the United States, by selecting applicants from countries with low numbers of immigrants in the previous five years. Around 12 million people applied for the lottery in 2019.
  Many fraudulent schemes purport to increase the likelihood of winning in the lottery, but in fact the only way to apply and win is to enter one's data into the State Department's website, free of charge.
  Attempts have been made to end the program since 2005.
context_section_description: The Diversity Immigrant Visa program, also known as the green card lottery, is a United States government lottery program for receiving a United States Permanent Resident Card. The Immigration Act of 1990 established the current and permanent Diversity Visa (DV) program.
  The lottery is administered by the Department of State and conducted under the Immigration and Nationality Act (INA). It makes available 55,000 immigrant visas annually and aims to diversify the immigrant population in the United States, by selecting applicants from countries with low numbers of immigrants in the previous five years. Around 12 million people applied for the lottery in 2019.
  Many fraudulent schemes purport to increase the likelihood of winning in the lottery, but in fact the only way to apply and win is to enter one's data into the State Department's website, free of charge.
  Attempts have been made to end the program since 2005.
caption: New immigrants to the United States (2014–2018), in family and employment categories, by country of birth       >100,000   50,000–100,000   20,000–50,000   10,000–20,000    5,000–10,000   <5,000   United States and its territories
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