The US Department of State (DOS) offers the Diversity Visa (DV) Program to invite 50,000 foreign nationals annually from countries with low immigration rates to the United States. These applicants are selected randomly from all the entries made every year.
Applicants living in the US and abroad can participate in the lottery. Lottery winners residing in the US will have to immigrate through the Adjustment of Status process while those residing outside the US will have to immigrate through consular processing.
Applying for the Diversity Visa Lottery, also known as the “Green Card Lottery” is a simple process. You just need to fill an online application which is free of cost. The lottery is open every year from early October through early November. Winning applicants can also add their accompanying family members to their applications.
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Your eligibility for the Diversity Visa Program depends on the following factors:
Your country of citizenship will be eligible if the number of immigrants sent to the US in the last 5 years has been less than 50,000. Certain countries like China, India, Canada, Mexico, and the United Kingdom never make the list since the immigration rate from these countries remains consistently high.
All applicants must have:
Once selected, you and your family members will be required to clear all admissibility requirements to enter the US. Having a past criminal record or a serious medical condition can make you inadmissible to enter the US, therefore, hindering you from getting a Green Card.
To enter the Diversity Visa Lottery, you will be required to fill out an application on the State Department website while it's available between early October and early November. It is relatively easy to fill out this application as it requires general information regarding your country of birth, education, spouse, dependent children, etc. After submitting your application, you will receive a confirmation number.
The winners for the Diversity Visa Lottery are selected by a computer program at random. Every year, each country receives no more than 7% of the available Diversity Visas. The results are usually announced early May in the following year. Applicants can check the status of their application by using the Entrant Status Check Link on the Diversity Visa website.
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