Effective August 28, 2026, in accordance with the Court’s order in Medani et al. v. Trump et al., the December 2025 pause of diversity visa issuance is no longer in effect.
On December 23, 2025, the Department of State announced that, effective immediately, it had paused all visa issuance to diversity visa (DV) applicants.
DV applicants could continue to submit visa applications and attend interviews, and the Department continued to schedule applicants for appointments, but no DVs were issued. Existing diversity visa appointments generally were not rescheduled or canceled.
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