Country of Eligibility for the DV Program
Your country of eligibility will normally be the same as your country of birth. Your country of eligibility is NOT related to where you live. If you were born in a country that is not eligible for the DV program, please go to Explanation of Country of Eligibility to see if there is another option available in your case.
Are you claiming eligibility based on the country where you were born?
Yes No
If not, you must enter the country from which you are claiming eligibility.Entrant Photograph
Photographs must be submitted at the time of eDV entry. Photographs that do not comply with all specifications, including but not limited to recency of the photos, composition of the photos, and unacceptable backgrounds are grounds for disqualification of the entire entry. Any manipulation of photographs that alters the facial characteristics is grounds for disqualification of the entire entry. See examples on the Photo Tool page.
Please refer to the Instructions for the 2018 Diversity Immigrant Visa program (DV-2018) for technical specifications and compositional specifications for the digital image.
You will use one of the following methods to enter the image into eDV:
Take a new digital image.
Use a digital scanner to scan a submitted photograph.