Posted on 10/17/2025 7:59:35 AM PDT by marcusmaximus
India will continue to be excluded from the U.S. Diversity Visa (DV) Lottery, commonly called the “green card lottery” for at least the next several years, likely through 2029. The country remains ineligible because the number of Indian nationals immigrating to the United States each year far exceeds the program’s limits.
Meanwhile, ongoing backlogs in H-1B and employment-based (EB) green card categories have made the path to permanent residency even more challenging for skilled Indian professionals already living and working in the U.S.
The U.S. Diversity Visa (DV) program or the green card lottery is designed to encourage immigration from countries with low migration rates to the United States, specifically those that have sent fewer than 50,000 immigrants over the previous five years.
India far surpasses that threshold, sending more than 60,000 immigrants to the U.S. each year. As a result, it remains automatically ineligible for the program, a status that is unlikely to change before 2029.
In 2022, more than 127,000 people from India immigrated to the United States, surpassing the total number of newcomers from entire continents such as South America, Africa, and Europe.
According to data from the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS), this high volume of migration means India will continue to be excluded from the Diversity Visa lottery for at least the next three cycles — 2027, 2028, and 2029.
Along with India, countries such as China, South Korea, Canada, and Pakistan will also remain ineligible for the upcoming DV-2026 lottery because they exceed the annual immigration threshold.
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With the lottery option off the table, Indian nationals seeking permanent residency in the U.S. have only a few alternatives. Most pursue a green card by transitioning from an H-1B work visa, applying through family sponsorship, investing under immigration programs, or seeking asylum.
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What is Trump trying to pressure India to give us?
Aren’t you a British Subject?
"Having retired from IT I have resentment for cheap labor Indian H1Bs replacing American IT workers."
And the muzzies.
If he is, he’s an expert on the subject of letting third world countries Ally ally in come free.
Otherwise the spam question is tedious.
They’re now moving into politics in Bellevue/Redmond
I second that!
Why do we have a green card (read: future citizen) lottery at all?
Exactly. A freaking lottery?
So globalists can randomly recruit the best and brightest Indians to replace overpaid lazy American and STEM workers. Get it?
Thanks for posting you silly Xenophobic DU troll!
Lol!
I’m for suspending all immigration for 20 years.
And yes, there are a lot who are better-educated and more able than the average American wanting to come here.
I wouldn’t let them in.
I may change my screen name to ‘Proud Xenophobe’.
Xenophobe bump!
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