Department of State Releases FY 2025 Diversity Visa Results

Written By Iandoli Desai & Cronin

In the September Visa Bulletin, the US State Department included results from the diversity visa (DV) lottery for fiscal year (FY) 2025 (October 1, 2024, to September 30, 2025). The Kentucky Consular Center in Williamsburg, Kentucky, has registered and notified the approximately 131,060 selectees who are eligible to participate. The bulletin notes that those selected “will need to act on their immigrant visa applications quickly. Applicants should follow the instructions in their notification letter and must fully complete all required steps.” Many more were selected than can receive visas (55,000) to account for factors such as some selectees not completing their cases or being found ineligible for a visa.

Iandoli Desai & Cronin
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