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Requirements - U.S. Green Card Lottery |
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Apply online for the American Green Card Lottery Program - Click here to register |
| Each year, 50,000 immigrant visas are made available through a lottery to people who come from countries with low rates of immigration to the United States. None of these visas are available for people who come from countries that have sent more than 50,000 immigrants to the United States in the past five years. Anyone who is selected under this lottery will be given the opportunity to apply for permanent residence. If permanent residence is granted, then the individual will be authorized to live and work permanently in the United States. You will also be allowed to bring your spouse (husband or wife) and any unmarried children under the age of 21 to the United States. |
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| Two Main Requirements for Entry: |
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1. Applicant must be a native of a qualifying country.
Native of a qualifying country: In most cases this means the country in which the applicant was born. However, if a person was born in an ineligible country but his/her spouse (husband/wife) was born in an eligible country, such person can claim the spouse's country of birth providing both the applicant and spouse are issued visas and enter the U.S. simultaneously. Also, if a person was born in an ineligible country, but neither of his/her parents was born there or resided there at the time of the birth, such person may be able to claim nativity in one of the parents' country of birth.
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| Click here to check your Eligibility. |
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Applicant must meet either the education OR training requirement.
Education or Training: An applicant must have EITHER a high school education or its equivalent, defined in the U.S. as successful completion of a 12-year course of elementary and secondary education; OR two years of work experience within the past five years in an occupation requiring at least two years of training or experience to perform. The U.S. Department of Labor's online database will be used to determine the occupations that require at least two years of training or experience to perform.
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| If the applicant cannot meet these requirements, he or she should NOT submit an entry to the DV program. |
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Apply online for the American Green Card Lottery Program - Click here to register |
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