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What is the DV Program?

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Can you win a Green Card that promises freedom in the U.S.?

The Green Card is a visa that allows indefinite freedom to stay and work in the U.S. The Green Card is a dream visa for foreigners living in the U.S. Every year, the U.S. holds a “lottery” to determine the number of Green Cards to be issued.
The official name of this lottery Green Card Program is the Diversity Immigrant Visa Program.

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The U.S. Department of State’s application guide also refers to the program as the “Diversity Visa Lottery. The U.S. Department of State’s application guide also refers to the program as the “Diversity Visa Lottery,” clearly stating that it is a lottery (= raffle, draw).

What is DV-20XX?

If you have ever researched the Green Card Lottery Program, you may have seen the notation [DV-20XX].
Do you know what this [DV-20XX] means?

First of all, the first letter “DV” is an abbreviation for the official name of the lottery program, “Diversity Immigrant Visa Program.
The four digits that follow represent the western calendar year, and this part of the number is “two years after” the year of application. This part is “two years after” the year of application, which indicates the year in which you will actually be authorized to receive a green card if you are selected. The figure is shown below.

In the case of DV-2026

Application?Fall 2024 (usually early October to early November)

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Announcement of selection?May 2025

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Green card approval(interview with winning candidate)?October 2025 – September 2026

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Go to the U.S., the land of the free!

The October-September time frame is in accordance with the U.S. “fiscal year,” and the year in which permanent residence is granted and the green card is issued is expressed following the initials of DV. The application will proceed with screening and interviews. Please note that you will not be able to go to the U.S. immediately after you apply; it will be a year or more at the earliest, so please use this as a reference for your planning.

Why does the U.S. give green cards by lottery?

The Green Card Lottery Program (DV Program) was enacted by then President George H. W. Bush in 1990 as the Immigration Act of 1990.

This program was created to address the imbalance in immigration due to the concentration of immigrants from certain countries in the United States in the past, and to diversify immigration, 50,000 green cards (U.S. permanent residency) are issued annually by lottery to countries with relatively few immigrants.
Therefore, people born in countries such as Mexico, the United Kingdom, China, Korea, and India, where the U.S. already has a large number of immigrants, are not eligible to apply.
Diversity” is now a common word in Japan, but DV-1995 was the first DV program. It has been in existence for more than 25 years, and it is a flexible program that is typical of the United States, a country of freedom and immigration.

For those born in Japan, the eligibility requirements are simple, and the procedures for obtaining a green card and maintaining it afterwards are much simpler and less expensive than those for other immigrant visa categories. This is a program that you should definitely apply for every year as long as there is a lottery.

If you understand Japanese, you can apply through Green Card Japan. Every year, one out of every six people born in Japan are selected through Green Card JP!