US has introduced a registration fee to register for the Diversity Visa (DV) lottery program. A registration fee of $1 has been set for all those registering for the Diversity Visa (DV) lottery program. The $1 fee to register for the DV lottery will be in addition to the $330 Diversity Visa Application fee or the Diversity Immigrant Lottery Fee.

DV Lottery Program Fee

The DV lottery program will now require a $1 registration fee, effective September 16, 2025, to cover operational costs associated with the annual lottery.

In another change, the State Department informs that, ‘No fee will be collected at the time of submission of a petition, but a processing fee may be collected at a later date.’

By creating a new fee for the lottery registration, the Department will more fairly put the

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