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Diversity Lottery   Each year, the Diversity Lottery (DV) Program makes 55,000 immigrant visas available through a lottery to people who come from countries with low rates of immigration to the United States. Of such visas, 5,000 are allocated for use under NACARA beginning with DV ‘99. The State Department (DOS) holds the lottery every year, and randomly selects approximately 110,000 applicants from all qualified entries. The DOS selects the approximately 110,000 applications since many will not complete the visa process.

 
However once 55,000 are issued or the fiscal year ends, the DV program is closed. If you receive a visa through the Diversity Visa Lottery Program you will be authorized to live and work permanently in the United States. You will also be allowed to bring your spouse and any unmarried children under the age of 21 to the United States. (more…)

The 2009 DV Lottery Programme ends on December 2, and interested applicants should be sure to apply before the deadline. The DV Lottery, or greencard lottery, allows randomly selected applicants to immigrate to the United States on an expedited basis, provided they meet all the criteria.

 
A person may only enter the lottery if he or she has:

 
1) Citizenship of a qualifying country. See list of ineligible countries; and

2) Either a high school equivalent education (Six subjects in GCE O-Levels including compulsory subjects) or work experience within the past five years in a profession that requires at least two years of training or experience to perform.
 

A photo must be submitted along with your application. Please see Photo Requirements.
 
The lottery registration period ends on December 2, 2007. The lottery is conducted entirely by electronic means over the internet. Paper entries are no longer accepted. Begin the application process here: Application
 

WASHINGTON: Each year, the State Department holds a lottery – a computerised random drawing – to select the names of persons who may apply for one of the 50,000 visas made available through the Diversity Immigrant Visa programme. The lottery for the fiscal year 2009 programme (DV-2009) is from October 3-December 2, 2007.     Persons who register for the lottery should be aware that diversity visas are available only to persons who meet “simple but strict eligibility requirements,” according to the State Department.

The selection of a person’s name in the lottery does not automatically guarantee that a diversity visa will be issued. The lottery is just the first step in the visa application process. Those selected in the lottery who go on to apply for a diversity visa must meet certain education or work experience requirements: either a high school education or its equivalent, or two years of qualifying work experience. The requirements are outlined in the DV-2009 instructions. “If you cannot meet these requirements, you should NOT submit an entry to the DV programme,” according to the State Department’s September 25 announcement concerning the visa lottery. (more…)

You have until noon, Dec. 2 to enter the 2009 Diversity Visa (DV) green card lottery. You submit your entry over the Internet.   For more information about the DV lottery, go to MyUsGreenCard.com and click on “Register Online” Here are more answers to more common questions about the lottery.

 

Q. If I win, can others in my family get green cards?

 

A. Your husband or wife and your unmarried children under 21 can get immigrant visas when you do. That’s true even if they didn’t qualify to enter on their own.  

Q. Who is a “native” of a qualifying country?

 

A. Under lottery rules, you qualify to apply for a lottery green card if: 1) you were born in a qualifying country; 2) your husband or wife was born in a qualifying country; 3) you are under 21 and unmarried, and a parent was born in a qualifying country; or 4) one of your parents is a native of a qualifying country and your parents didn’t reside in your country of birth.

  Q. Can I submit more than one entry? (more…)

The United States Green Card Lottery Begins Today! October 3, 2007 MyUSGreenCard.com is ready to help you with your application. You can ask us questions or navigate through the MyUSGreenCard.com site to get answers to your questions. Helpful links below to all the information you could need.

 

Standard Requirements for Application, includes list of ineligible countries.

 

Instructions for Applying to the 2009-DV lottery.

 

Actual Application for 2009 Green Card Lottery.

 

Photo Requirements for the DV-2009 application

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NIGERIA is among several countries whose citizens are qualified to participate in the next round of US Diversity Visa lottery for 2009, Empowered Newswire has reported.   But with the perceived high rates of Nigerians applying and qualifying for the visa in recent times, it may soon join the category of countries that may become temporarily ineligible for the visa.

For instance, there are some 20 countries which are ineligible for the 2009 US visa lottery. A statement released on Thursday by the US State Department in Washington DC, said citizens and natives from such countries “are not eligible to apply because they sent a total of more than 50,000 immigrants to the United States over the period of the previous five years.”

Those countries included Brazil, Canada, China, Colombia, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, Guatemala, and Haiti. Others are India, Jamaica, Mexico, Pakistan, Peru, the Philippines, Poland, Russia, South Korea, United Kingdom (except Northern Ireland) and Vietnam.

That means though the US Diversity visa lottery has been very popular among Nigerians in the last five years, fewer than 50,000 of them ultimately fulfilled the requirements to benefit from the visa even after initial selection.

The US government statement said applications for the 2009 Diversity Visa (DV) Lottery would be accepted only between noon Eastern US Daylight Time on Wednesday, October 3, 2007, and noon Eastern Standard Time on Sunday, December 2, 2007. (more…)

FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS (#1 of 32) 1. WHAT DO THE TERMS “ELIGIBILITY”, “NATIVE” AND “CHARGEABILITY” MEAN? ARE THERE ANY SITUATIONS IN WHICH PERSONS WHO WERE NOT BORN IN A QUALIFYING COUNTRY MAY APPLY? Your country of eligibility will normally be the same as your country of birth. Your country of eligibility is not related to where you live. “Native” ordinarily means someone born in a particular country, regardless of the individual’s current country of residence or nationality. For immigration purposes “native” can also mean someone who is entitled to be “charged” to a country other than the one in which he/she was born under the provisions of Section 202(b) of the Immigration and Nationality Act.

For example, if you were born in a country that is not eligible for this year’s DV program, you may claim chargeability to the country where your derivative spouse was born, but you will not be issued a DV-1 unless your spouse is also eligible for and issued a DV-2, and both of you must enter the United States together with the diversity visas. In a similar manner, a minor dependent child can be “charged” to a parent’s country of birth.

Finally, if you were born in a country not eligible to participate in this year’s DV program, you can be “charged” to the country of birth of either of your parent as long as neither parent was a resident of the ineligible country at the time of the your birth. In general, people are not considered residents of a country in which they were not born or legally naturalized if they are only visiting the country, studying in the country temporarily, or stationed in the country for business or professional reasons on behalf of a company or government.

If you claim alternate chargeability, you must indicate such information on the E-DV electronic online entry form, question #6. Please be aware that listing an incorrect country of eligibility or chargeability (i.e. one to which you cannot establish a valid claim) may disqualify your entry.

2. ARE THERE ANY CHANGES OR NEW REQUIREMENTS IN THE APPLICATION PROCEDURES FOR THIS DIVERSITY VISA REGISTRATION? (more…)

The US Embassy in Nepal has recently completed a thorough review of the 2007 Diversity Visa (DV) program, says a release from the American Centre. More than 1100 Nepali citizens received immigrant visas to the United States through the 2007 Diversity Visa Lottery Program. Over 85% of the Lottery winners met minimum program and legal requirements to qualify and earned the opportunity to start a new life in the United States of America, release says.

The review has affirmed that the Embassy’s adjudications in DV cases were in full compliance with United States law, and confirmed that the small number of DV applicants who were refused visas did not qualify under US law, meaning that fewer than 13 percent of the total DV-2007 applicants failed to meet the minimum education or work requirements clearly stated in the application instructions. Another two percent of the DV applicants misrepresented themselves by presenting false documents, the release added. (more…)

The entry will be disqualified photo requirements are not submitted. Recent photographs of the applicant and his/her spouse and each child under 21 years of age, including all natural children as well as all legally-adopted and stepchildren (except a child who is already a U.S. citizen or a Legal Permanent Resident), even if a child no longer resides with the applicant or is not intended to immigrate under the DV program, must be submitted electronically with the Electronic Diversity Visa Entry Form. Group or family photos will not be accepted; there must be a separate photo for each family member.

A digital photo of each applicant, his/her spouse, and each child must be submitted with the Entry Form. The required photo can be a new digital photo or it can be an exisitng photo scanned with a digital scanner. (more…)

A green card is the Holy Grail for millions of people around the world. It will allow immigrants from countries from all over the world to permanently live and work in the United States of America. Understanding how to obtain a green card is the key to starting a new life in the US. There are many ways to get a green card, and this article will examine some of the most popular ways to obtain one.

Marrying a US citizen

If you happen to marry a US citizen (and we will presume that you are in love with them!), then it is a fairly straightforward process to obtain a green card.

Firstly, your husband or wife will file a Petition for Alien Relative (form I-130). After that, the INS will investigate to ensure your situation is bona fide before giving you the OK. After that you can file the Application for Status as Permanent Resident (form I-485). Finally you will have a routine interview with an immigration office and, if all things are well, you should get your green card.

Having an employer sponsor you:

This is perhaps the most laborious method available when it comes to comprehending how to obtain a green card. Involves going through a three step process that can take up to 18 months, or even longer, to complete.

The first step in the process involves your potential employer petitioning for a labor certification. In a nutshell, this means proving that you are irreplaceable and are economically sound. This is the key part of the process application; if you pass this, it should be plain sailing.

Assuming you make it through the first step, the second step is simply filling out the I-140 form and submitting it with your labor certification to the INS. The final step is the adjustment of status, which will make you a permanent resident. Again, this involves filling out the relevant forms and being prepared to wait as they process. (more…)

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