If you are looking for the official start date of the DV-2027 U.S. lottery registration, this page follows the topic using official U.S. government sources, not posts shared on social media or predictions that are not based on an official announcement.
As of the last update of this page, the U.S. Department of State has not opened DV-2027 registration and has not published any date for it. In November 2025, the Department said it would announce the registration start date as soon as practicable, but U.S. fiscal year 2026 ended on September 30, 2026, without registration being opened.
On October 23, 2026, the U.S. government filed an emergency motion at the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals (case No. 26-6943, Red Eagle Law, L.C. v. Rubio) asking to stay the lower court's order while the appeal is decided (docket entries 8 and 9). The same day, the court ordered the plaintiff to respond to this motion by 5:00 p.m. Pacific Time on Monday, October 26, 2026 (entry 10).
Before that, the law firm Red Eagle Law (the plaintiff) reported that federal judge Jinsook Ohta denied the government's request to stay her order at the lower court, which is why the government has now turned to the appeals court.
π What does this mean? As of the last check, the appeals court has not granted or denied the stay. October 26 is the deadline for the response, not the date of a decision. So the amended dates listed below still apply (registration opens by November 1, 2026 at the latest), unless a new court decision changes them.
β οΈ Registration is not open yet. Wait for the official announcement by the U.S. State Department; we will update this page as soon as the appeals court decides.
On October 20, 2026, the U.S. government (Secretary of State Marco Rubio) appealed the federal judge's order that requires the State Department to hold the DV-2027 lottery. The appeal was docketed at the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit (No. 26-6943), and the government also asked for the order to be suspended while the appeal is decided.
π In short: a U.S. court ordered the State Department to open DV-2027 registration by November 1, 2026 at the latest, for 30 days. It may open before that date.
On October 14, 2026, Judge Jinsook Ohta granted the motion for a preliminary injunction in Red Eagle Law, L.C. v. Rubio (No. 3:26-cv-04738) before the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of California, and ordered the U.S. Department of State to hold the DV-2027 lottery.
Details: after that, at the joint request of both sides, the deadlines of the order were modified. The new dates (the latest date for each step) are:
The original order set earlier dates (announcement by October 15, registration by October 18, notification of selectees by November 19), which were then moved to the dates above.
β οΈ Warning: so far, the State Department has not published the registration announcement, and registration is not open yet. Today, nobody can register you for DV-2027. Be careful with anyone who asks you for money for this, and wait for the official announcement. We will update this page as soon as it is published.
For comparison only, not as a date for DV-2027:
These figures concern DV-2026 and should not be used to predict the results or numbers of DV-2027.
The U.S. Department of State published a Final Rule in the Federal Register, Volume 91, Number 47, dated March 11, 2026, titled: "Visas: Enhancing Vetting and Combatting Fraud in the Diversity Immigrant Visa Program" β Public Notice 12948 β RIN 1400-AF76.
This rule took effect on April 10, 2026, and the Department is applying it starting with the DV-2027 program. The main points are explained below.
You must enter the details of a valid, unexpired passport and upload a scan of the biographic data and signature page, with very limited exceptions.
The image must be in JPEG format only (PDF is not accepted) and must not exceed 5 MB.
Every entrant pays a fee of 1 U.S. dollar when submitting the entry.
The form now uses the word "Sex" instead of "Gender", and "date of birth" instead of "age". The rule also adds the word "shall" to unify and simplify the guidance given to consular officers.
On April 15, 2026, the Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs (OIRA), part of the U.S. Office of Management and Budget (OMB), approved the updated version of the electronic lottery entry form (DS-5501).
Get your passport ready now if you do not have one, and keep a copy of the passport you will register with. The rule warns that a selectee may be refused if they cannot prove that the passport number on their entry was their valid passport at the time of registration.
This page is not a one-time news item. We continuously follow the announcements of the U.S. Department of State and the official Federal Register, through the following sources:
When an official announcement about the DV-2027 date is published, we will update this page and add:
We do not sell you a date before America announces it. We do not repost every social media post as news. We first look for the official U.S. source, then we verify the information, and only then do we publish it.
If there is an official date, we will tell you. If there is no official date, we will tell you clearly: the date has not been announced yet.
Because correct information matters more than a fake scoop, and because a decision about your future immigration to the United States deserves an official source, not just a post looking for views.
Last checked against official sources: October 25, 2026