DV-2015 Eligibility

DV-2015 Eligibility

Requirement #1: Individuals born in countries whose natives qualify may be eligible to enter.

If you were not born in an eligible country, there are two other ways you might be able to qualify.

• Was your spouse born in a country whose natives are eligible? If yes, you can claim your spouse’s country of birth—provided that both you and your spouse are named on the selected entry, are issued diversity visas, and enter the United States simultaneously.

• Were you born in a country whose natives are ineligible, but in which neither of your parents was born or legally resident at the time of your birth? If yes, you may claim nativity in one of
your parents’ countries of birth if it is a country whose natives are eligible for the DV-2015 program. For more details on what this means, see the Frequently Asked Questions.

Requirement #2: In addition, to meet the education/work experience requirement of the DV program, you must have either:

• a high school education or its equivalent, defined as successful completion of a 12-year course of elementary and secondary education;

OR

• two years of work experience within the past five years in an occupation requiring at least two years of training or experience to perform. The U.S. Department of Labor’s O*Net Online database will be used to determine qualifying work experience.

For more information about qualifying work experience for the principal DV applicant, see the Frequently Asked Questions.

Do not submit an entry to the DV program unless you meet both of these requirements.