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US DV lottery 2026 results out
Information reaching Ghana Media Trend Portal On May 3, 2025, the U.S. State Department released the winners of the Fiscal Year 2026 Diversity Visa (DV) Lottery.
All lottery entry applicants who applied in 2024 can now check the status of their application on the official website.
According to the lottery, the results will be released from May 3, 2025, to September 30, 2025. You have to keep checking your status nearly every week throughout the indicated period above.
How to check your Diversity Visa (DV) Lottery application status
To check, you need the following:
16-digit number beginning with the year of the DV Lottery you applied for, such as 2026
Your last name, also known as your surname
The year of birth or birth year
Now that you know the information you need, let us check.
To check, go to the checking site at https://dvprogram.state.gov/ESC/.
On the site, enter your confirmation number (a 16-digit number beginning with the year of the DV Lottery that you applied for, such as 2026 ), your last name, and your year of birth. Authenticate by typing the characters shown in the box.
People who are selected in the lottery will receive the good news and information on how to apply for an immigrant visa (if living abroad) or how to adjust their status.
Beware of US Diversity Visa (DV) Lottery Scams
Additionally, the Entrant Status Check is the only way to find out whether you are selected for the DV Lottery. The U.S. government does not send you any notifications to their applicants.
Many fraudulent people have assured DV applicants that they can get moved to the front of the line, get more entries, or obtain similar preferential treatment if they pay a fee. Other fraudsters have sent emails posing as the U.S. government, supposedly notifying recipients that they have won the DV lottery and advising them how to pay a fee for an immigrant visa.
All these are scams used to get your personal information by blocking your chance of entry to live and work in the United States.
