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When can I Check my Green Card Lottery Result?When can I Check my Green Card Lottery Result?

Results of DV-2017 will most likely be out on May 3, 2016 at 12 pm Eastern Standard Time.  You can find out whether or not you have won the lottery through the U.S. Department of State’s E-DV official website.

You will be able to check your results only through the U.S. Department of State’s Electronic Diversity Visa Entrant Status Check system. This system will require you to enter your Green Card lottery confirmation number you received when you filed your DV-2017 entry. You will also have to enter your name and your year of birth.

As a DV-2017 applicant, you will be able to check your lottery results until September 30, 2017. DV-2016 applicants will be able to check their results only until September 30, 2016.

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