U.S. Department of State — Immigrant Visa Dates
Check your priority date
Final action dates: your priority date must be earlier than the date shown to receive a visa number this month. "C" = Current (no wait). "U" = Unavailable.
Dates below reflect when visa numbers are available. Priority dates must be earlier than the cutoff shown.
The Diversity Visa (DV) lottery offers ~52,000 visas annually to nationals of countries with historically low U.S. immigration. Your lottery rank must be below the regional cutoff shown. No single country may receive more than 7% of annual DVs.
Compare how cutoff dates have moved across bulletins. Fetch more months with the scraper to see trends.
The Child Status Protection Act (CSPA), signed into law on August 6, 2002, protects children from "aging out" of immigrant visa eligibility when government processing delays cause them to turn 21.
Calculate CSPA Age