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Diversity Visa lottery

Italy

How many people from Italy entered the lottery and how many were selected, every year with data.

Source: U.S. Department of State, Diversity Visa Program statistics · Unofficial

Selected in the lottery · DV 2016
410
People from Italy selected for the chance to apply. Selection is not a visa.

Selected by year

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Every year

“Entries” are the people who registered. “With family” adds spouses and children listed on their entries. “Rough odds” is entries divided by people selected, a guide only: nobody's own chance can be worked out from it.

DV yearEntriesWith familySelectedRough odds
DV 2026––267–
DV 2025––263–
DV 2024––256–
DV 2023––154–
DV 2022––324–
DV 202122,69335,2792891 in 79
DV 202028,94747,1802201 in 132
DV 201935,32657,0593331 in 106
DV 201837,69160,9055461 in 69
DV 201737,33560,5994431 in 84
DV 201636,99460,2144101 in 90
DV 201530,38648,9587791 in 39
DV 201428,81346,6337871 in 37
DV 201322,39435,4523961 in 57
DV 201219,00930,3715291 in 36
DV 201117,76728,4644501 in 39
DV 201013,83121,734––
DV 200915,49224,172––
DV 200814,21622,117––
DV 200713,15820,306––

A dash means the State Department did not publish that number. A country marked “N/A” was not eligible that year.

Italy in short

How many people from Italy were selected in the DV lottery?

267 people from Italy were selected in DV 2026, the latest year with results. Being selected is not a visa: it only gives the chance to apply.

Visa Status is an unofficial site and does not give immigration advice. The only official place to register is the State Department's Diversity Visa website; registration is free.

Also see

Visas issued to Italy →Italy green cards by year →All DV lottery numbers →Green cards issued →