New Delhi, Oct. 6 -- The US State Department has issued an important alert for the 2026 Diversity Visa program, which is also known as the Green Card Lottery. On Friday, 3 October, officials stated that some applicants from Cuba and the United Kingdom had been updated with the wrong information about their selection status. The Diversity Visa program provides a rare chance for people from countries with historically low immigration rates to obtain permanent residency in the United States, Newsweek reported.

In a notice released on Friday, 3 October, the State Department said, "Cuban natives are not eligible to participate in the 2026 program year "as over 50,000 Cubans have immigrated to the US in the past five years. Individuals from Cu...