The State Department has published the latest update of the diversity visa lottery 2026 in its November visa bulletin and India is not on the list of countries from Asia. Afghanistan, Bahrain, Bhutan, Burma, Cambodia, Indonesia, Iran, Iraq, Israel, Japan, Jordan, Kuwait, Laos, Lebanon, Malaysia, Nepal, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Singapore, Sri Lanka, Syria, Taiwan, Thailand, Timor-Leste, UAE and Yemen are on the list from Asia.Pakistan, Bangladesh, China and South Korea are also not on the Asia list.
What is the diversity visa lottery?
Up to 55,000 permanent resident visas are made available annually to persons from countries with low rates of immigration to the United States. Going by the visa bulletin, approximately 129,516 prospective applicants (i.e., selectees and their spouses and children) have been registered, can confirm their selection, and may be eligible to make an application for an immigrant visa.
List of countries from Asia on green card lottery for 2026
Since selection is random and blind to the number of family members who might immigrate with the selectee, and it is likely that some of the selectees will not complete their cases or will be found ineligible for a visa, this larger figure should ensure that all DV-2026 numbers can be used during fiscal year 2026 (FY26: October 1, 2025, until September 30, 2026).The State Department announced that the applicants were selected randomly from 20,822,624 qualified entries received during the 37-day application period that ran from noon, Eastern Daylight Time on Wednesday, October 2, 2024, until noon, Eastern Standard Time on Thursday, November 7, 2024.During the visa interview, principal applicants must provide proof of a high school education or its equivalent, or two years of work experience in an occupation that requires at least two years of training or experience within the past five years. India failed to qualify for the diversity visa as it is meant for countries which has a low rate of immigration to the US.
