Green Card Lottery

Overview of the USA Green Card Lottery

Each year, the US Department of State Diversity Visa (DV) Lottery Program makes 50,000 immigrant visas (also known as Green Card) available through a lottery to people who come from countries with low rates of immigration to the United States.

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.

A Green Card is the legal document which provides you with US permanent residence status. You will be entitled to all the benefits a US citizen has such as working, owning property, studying and living in the USA.

Apply for the official Green Card Program (DV-2011)

*Winners will receive a FREE Airline ticket

Changes in the green card lottery process:

"Alien petitioners for the Diversity Visa Program will no longer be permitted to submit a petition by mail. Instead, the Department will require that all petitions be submitted to it in an electronic format, using an Internet website dedicated specifically to the submission and receipt of Diversity Visa."

US Department of State Bureau of Consular Affairs Visa Services