India will remain ineligible for the United States Diversity Visa (DV) lottery, popularly known as the Green Card Lottery, at least until 2029. Every year, over 50,000 immigrant visas are made available through this popular visa program. For this, lottery is drawn from random selection among all entries to individuals who are from countries with low rates of immigration to the US during the last five years.

However, India’s high immigration volume to the US continues to exceed the eligibility threshold, even when backlogs in H-1B and employment-based (EB) visas have made permanent residency more difficult for the Indian applicants.

Why the Disqualification?

The Diversity Visa lottery programme encourages immigration from countries that have sent fewer than 50,000 immigrants to the US ov

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