Green Card Lottery 2024 Results. Registration begins at noon eastern daylight time (edt) on. The immigration act of 1990 established the diversity visa (dv) program, which makes up to 55,000 immigrant visas available through random selection.

The diversity immigrant visa program makes 50,000 diversity visas (green cards) available annually in a lottery. The diversity immigrant visa program (dv program) makes up to 50,000 immigrant visas available.