Diversity Immigrant Visa

E333101

United States immigration program immigrant visa visa category

The Diversity Immigrant Visa is a U.S. immigration program that allocates a limited number of permanent resident visas each year to individuals from countries with historically low rates of immigration to the United States, selected by lottery.

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All labels observed (10)

Label	Occurrences
Diversity Immigrant Visa program	2
DV Lottery	1
Diversity Immigrant (DV) visas	1
Diversity Immigrant Visa canonical	1
Diversity Visa	1
Diversity Visa Lottery	1
Diversity Visa program	1
Green Card	1
Green Card Lottery	1
Morrison visa program	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T3173832 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Diversity Immigrant Visa
Context triple: [Immigration Act of 1990, createdVisaCategory, Diversity Immigrant Visa]

A. U visa
The U visa is a U.S. nonimmigrant visa that provides temporary legal status and work authorization to certain noncitizen victims of serious crimes who assist law enforcement in investigating or prosecuting those crimes.
B. T visa
The T visa is a U.S. nonimmigrant visa that allows certain victims of severe human trafficking to remain in the United States and access protection and services while assisting law enforcement.
C. I-140
I-140 is a designation used for auxiliary Interstate Highways in the United States, typically serving as bypasses or connectors around urban areas.
D. Ley de Migración
La Ley de Migración es la normativa mexicana que regula la entrada, estancia, derechos y obligaciones de las personas extranjeras en el territorio nacional, así como las facultades de las autoridades migratorias.
E. I-485
I-485 is the beltway interstate highway that loops around the city of Charlotte, North Carolina.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Diversity Immigrant Visa
Target entity description: The Diversity Immigrant Visa is a U.S. immigration program that allocates a limited number of permanent resident visas each year to individuals from countries with historically low rates of immigration to the United States, selected by lottery.

A. U visa
The U visa is a U.S. nonimmigrant visa that provides temporary legal status and work authorization to certain noncitizen victims of serious crimes who assist law enforcement in investigating or prosecuting those crimes.
B. T visa
The T visa is a U.S. nonimmigrant visa that allows certain victims of severe human trafficking to remain in the United States and access protection and services while assisting law enforcement.
C. I-140
I-140 is a designation used for auxiliary Interstate Highways in the United States, typically serving as bypasses or connectors around urban areas.
D. Ley de Migración
La Ley de Migración es la normativa mexicana que regula la entrada, estancia, derechos y obligaciones de las personas extranjeras en el territorio nacional, así como las facultades de las autoridades migratorias.
E. I-485
I-485 is the beltway interstate highway that loops around the city of Charlotte, North Carolina.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (51)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	United States immigration program ⓘ immigrant visa ⓘ visa category ⓘ
administeredBy	U.S. Department of State ⓘ linked to: United States Department of State
allows	derivative visas for spouse of principal applicant ⓘ derivative visas for unmarried children under 21 of principal applicant ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	DV ⓘ DV Lottery ⓘ linked to: Diversity Immigrant Visa Diversity Visa ⓘ linked to: Diversity Immigrant Visa Green Card Lottery ⓘ linked to: Diversity Immigrant Visa
annualQuota	up to 55,000 immigrant visas per fiscal year ⓘ
applicationMethod	online electronic entry form ⓘ
appliesTo	individuals from countries with historically low rates of immigration to the United States ⓘ
benefit	U.S. lawful permanent residence ⓘ eligibility to receive a U.S. Green Card ⓘ
categoryCode	DV-1 for principal applicant ⓘ DV-2 for spouse ⓘ DV-3 for children ⓘ
country	United States of America ⓘ
distinctFrom	employment-based immigrant visas ⓘ family-sponsored immigrant visas ⓘ
eligibilityCriterion	admissibility under U.S. immigration law ⓘ birth in an eligible country ⓘ high school education or equivalent ⓘ submission of an electronic entry during the registration period ⓘ two years of qualifying work experience in certain cases ⓘ
excludes	nationals of countries that have sent more than a statutory threshold of immigrants to the United States in the previous five years ⓘ
exclusionCriterion	countries with high levels of recent immigration to the United States are ineligible ⓘ
feeForEntry	no government fee to submit the initial lottery entry ⓘ
fiscalYearLabel	each program is labeled by the U.S. fiscal year for which visas are available ⓘ
governedBy	U.S. Immigration and Nationality Act ⓘ linked to: Immigration and Nationality Act
legalBasis	Immigration Act of 1990 ⓘ
lotteryCycle	applications typically submitted about two years before the fiscal year of visa issuance ⓘ
oversight	Bureau of Consular Affairs ⓘ
purpose	to diversify the immigrant population in the United States ⓘ to provide permanent resident visas to nationals of countries with low rates of immigration to the United States ⓘ
regionAllocation	visas distributed among six geographic regions ⓘ
requires	in-person consular interview for most applicants ⓘ medical examination by authorized physician ⓘ security and background checks ⓘ valid passport information at time of entry under many recent program rules ⓘ
resultsIn	immigrant visa for entry to the United States ⓘ lawful permanent resident status upon admission to the United States ⓘ
risk	high demand and low probability of selection for many regions ⓘ
selectionMethod	random lottery ⓘ
subjectTo	annual numerical limits set by U.S. law ⓘ disqualification for fraudulent information ⓘ disqualification for multiple entries in the same year ⓘ per-country limits ⓘ
subsequentFees	visa application and processing fees for selected applicants ⓘ
timeOfYear	registration period typically held once per year ⓘ

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