VisaTracker
DS-5501 · 2023 Data

Diversity Visa (DV Lottery)

Annual lottery providing up to 55,000 immigrant visas to nationals of countries with low immigration rates to the United States.

40K
Applications
45%
Approval Rate
365
Avg Days
Stable
Trend

Key Facts

Form Number
DS-5501
Processing Time
12 months
(365 days average)
Application Volume
40K
1.9% of all applications

Approval Rate Breakdown

Approved45%
Denied / Other55%

Other Visa Categories

Green Card (I-485)
1.2M apps · 82% approved
Naturalization (N-400)
876K apps · 91% approved
Family Petition (I-130)
515K apps · 87% approved
Work Visa (I-129)
232K apps · 85% approved
Asylum (I-589)
20K apps · 37% approved
Refugee Admission (I-590)
60K apps · 65% approved
Nonimmigrant Admission
61.1M apps · 94% approved

About This Data

Data from USCIS quarterly reports (2023). Last updated May 2025. See our methodology.