INSTRUCTIONS FOR THE 2006 DIVERSITY IMMIGRANT VISA PROGRAM
(DV-2006)

The U.S. Department of State will issue 50,000 permanent residency visas to the winners of a lottery that opens for registration November 5.

Applications from eligible countries will be accepted from
November 5 through January 7, 2005.

This program is formally known as the Diversity Visa Lottery because it offers visas to citizens of nations that have a traditionally low level of immigration to the United States, it is designed to bring greater racial and ethnic diversity to the nation.

You will find the instructions for the 2006 Diversity Immigrant Visa Program if you visit the following page,
DV-2006, or download: [English PDF|Macedonian PDF|Albanian PDF].

For the second year in a row, applications will only be accepted electronically through a specially designated Web site,
-- http://www.dvlottery.state.gov -- that will be activated when the application process begins. No paper applications will be accepted.