How green card applicants can see if they won a slot in the 2023 visa lottery

The wait is almost over for millions of foreign nationals around the globe who last year entered the 2023 visa lottery to legally immigrate to the United States with permanent resident status.

Entrants in the Diversity Immigrant Visa Program can find out if they were randomly selected for a U.S. green card starting at noon Saturday, May 7, according to the U.S. Department of State’s Bureau of Consular Affairs. That’s when the DV Entrant Status Check function at the Bureau’s website will be live for status searches.

Foreign nationals must enter their unique confirmation information saved from their DV-2023 entry registration through a blue button titled “Check Status” to find out if they were selected for one of the 55,000 diversity visas available for Fiscal Year 2023.

The Entrant Status Check search tool is the only means by which the Department of State notifies DV-2023 entrants if they were selected, according to the official instructions for the 2023 Diversity Immigrant Visa Program.

“The Department of State will not mail notification letters or notify selectees by email,” the instructions say, clarifying that “U.S. embassies and consulates will not provide a list of selectees.”

“Individuals who have not been selected also only will be notified through Entrant Status Check,” the document states.

The results will be available through at least Sept. 30, 2023.

How to check if you won the 2023 visa lottery

To check on whether you or a family member won the visa lottery, the following information is required:

• The confirmation number or code issued to you when you registered for the lottery.

• Your surnames, just as you wrote them when you registered.

• Your birth year, with all four digits.

• The authentication code indicated by the system.