DV Lottery guides for your application questions.

Understand optional preparation fees, separate later costs, and what paying a private service cannot do.

Find the official registration and Entrant Status Check links, plus guidance for protecting your confirmation number.

Understand why country of birth matters and why some countries are not eligible in a given DV year.

Review the errors that can create avoidable risk: duplicates, missing family members, photo problems, and name mismatches.

Learn how spouse details, separate entries, and children should be handled carefully before official submission.

Living in the U.S. does not automatically block a DV entry, but eligibility still depends on the official program rules.

Find country guides and learn what to check when using browser translation. These pages are in English.

Check what a usable DV photo should look like before uploading documents or asking staff to review the file.

DV Lottery support for Uzbekistan-born applicants, including country eligibility, photos, documents, and family review.

Application preparation guidance for Kazakhstan-born applicants and families before official DV submission.

Country-of-birth guidance, document upload, photo review, and staff follow-up for Kyrgyzstan-born applicants.

DV request preparation for Tajikistan-born applicants with document, photo, spouse, and child review.