Visa Lottery

Peru is not eligible to participate in the DV program because of the high number (more than 50,000) of Peruvian immigrants to the United States over the previous five years. 

Each year, the U.S. Government compiles the immigrant admission figures for the previous five years to identify the countries that can participate in the DV program.  A separate determination is made before each lottery application period, resulting in the list of countries eligible for the program changing from one year to the next. This year, Ecuador and Guatemala join Peru and 17 other countries that have "graduated" from the Diversity Visa program because of the large numbers of their citizens becoming legal permanent residents during the last five years.  No new countries have been added to the list of eligible countries this year.

For more information on the DV-2009 lottery, please enter here or www.dvlottery.state.gov.