Follow-up for everyone waiting like my brother: registration still has not opened. The appeals court paused the order that would have forced the State Department to open it by Nov 1, so that date is off the table for now and no new dates are out.He is not sitting idle though - passport is valid and photos are already done to spec. Two things I learned preparing: the entry itself now costs $1, and they ask for a scan of the main applicant's passport, both new this cycle.The page we are following to track it, since it lays out the whole process and keeps repeating that dvprogram.state.gov is the only real site (there are plenty of lookalikes eating people's money): https://uscis.love/en/dv-2027I will report here the day the entry actually goes through.