Green Card Lottery

DV Green Card Lottery Application Guide - Diversity Immigration Visa Program

How to Apply to Participate in the Official United States Diversity Visa (DV) Lottery Program

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Application dates for the DV Green Card Lottery, DV-2012: The online registration for the DV-2012 DV Lottery begins at 12 noon (Eastern Daylight Time, EDT, GMT -4), on Tuesday, October 5th, 2010, and finishes at 12 noon (Eastern Standard Time, EST, GMT -5) on Wednesday, November 3rd, 2010.

The annual DV Green Card lottery gives the opportunity for foreigners to receive a Green Card to come and live in the United States. This green card lottery program has a few eligibility requirements. The lottery is computer generated and randomly select the winners for the DV (Diversity Visa). The Visas or Green Cards are distributed in six main geographic regions, and higher amount of visas are going to areas with lower rate of immigration to the United States. On each area, there isn't a single country that would receive more than seven percent of the Green Cards.  Countries that are sending more than 50,000 immigrants to the US during the last five years are not eligible to win the Green Card Lottery.

FRAUD WARNING:  The DV Green Card Lottery is administered by the U.S. Department of State Kentucky Consular Center in Williamsbur, Kentucky. This center was created in the year 2000 by the U.S. Department of State. Previously the Diversity Visa Lottery was run by the National Visa Center in Portsmouth, New Hampshire. There have been several websites or individuals pretending to be official U.S. Government websites and charging a fee to process your application.  There is no charge to complete the Electronic Diversity Visa Entry Form. There have been several cases of fraud of individuals or websites sending emails notifying customers that they won the Green Card Lottery and asking them to pay a fee to process their Green Card. The Department of State notifies winners by letter and NOT by e-mail, and the usual time of notification is between May and July of the following year. No other organization, website or company is authorized by the Department of State to notify lottery applicants of their winning entry.

A Green Card Processing fee will only be charged to winning lottery applicants when actually applying for the Green Card at a U.S. consular office. The US consulate will charge each applicant, including accompanying relatives, a non refundable DV Lottery processing fee and immigrant visa fee.

DISCLAIMER: This website doesn't process any application for the Green Card Lottery, the entry form should be filed directly with the official DV lottery website. However we provide answer to frequently asked questions about the Green Card Lottery with helpful information, guides and links explaining how to participate.

DV Green Card Lottery Frequently Asked Questions:

• Who is eligible to participate in the green card lottery?
• Qulifying occupations or minimum education required?
• Citizenship of what countries are eligible to participate?
• Do I need to speak fluent English?
• How many people can win the green card every year?
• How can I submit my application to participate on line?
• What is the official web address for the online registration for the DV Green Card Lottery?
• Can I submit my application to participate by mail?
• What if I win, what is the next step?
• The Green Card give me the right to live, work and study in the United States?
• For how long will be valid my Green Card?
• Can I become a US Citizen eventually after having my Green Card for a few years?
• If I win can I bring my family with me and they will also receive a Green Card?

Order the DV Green Card Lottery Guide to learn how to apply.