The registration period for the DV-2011 Diversity Visa Lottery program has been officially declared opened by the Department of State (DOS). Interested individuals may submit their entries for the DV-2011 Diversity Visa Lottery electronically between noon, Eastern Daylight Time (EDT) (GMT -4), Friday, October 2, 2009, and noon, Eastern Standard Time (EST) (GMT -5), Monday, November 30, 2009. DOS states that paper entries will not be accepted and applicants may access the electronic Diversity Visa entry form (E-DV) by visiting www.dvlottery.state.gov for registration purposes.

DOS has also stated that for DV-2011, natives of the following countries are not eligible to apply because these countries have sent a total of more than 50,000 immigrants to the United States in the previous five years:

BRAZIL, CANADA, CHINA (mainland-born), COLOMBIA, DOMINICAN REPUBLIC, ECUADOR, EL SALVADOR, GUATEMALA, HAITI, INDIA, JAMAICA, MEXICO, PAKISTAN, PERU, PHILIPPINES, POLAND, SOUTH KOREA, UNITED KINGDOM (except Northern Ireland) and its dependent territories, and VIETNAM. Persons born in Hong Kong SAR, Macau SAR, and Taiwan are eligible. The DOS has further stated that no countries have been added or removed from the list of eligible countries. The list of eligible countries remains the same as for DV-2010.

For complete information, please click 2011 Diversity Visa Lottery Program Registration