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American DV-2020 Green Card Lottery Requirements
The following statements are according to the United States Green Card Lottery entry program:
The annual Diversity Visa Lottery, also known as the Green Card Lottery, is a US government program that makes 55,000 Permanent Resident cards available every year to persons from “underrepresented countries,” which have been less represented in employment and family-based preference categories in the U.S., and who meet two basic eligibility requirements. 2018’s Green Card Lottery Program is called DV-2020 (the year successful applicants may enter the United States of America on the green card they won) and is now open to all individuals worldwide who meet two basic entry requirements. The Program makes Permanent Resident Cards available to the winners, authorizing the winners and their families to live, study, and work in the United States as permanent residents. The Green Card Lottery program is a U.S. congressionally-mandated program for receiving a United States Permanent Resident Card, also popularly known as a USA Green Card citizenship.
If you meet the two following entry requirements, you are eligible to enter the USA Green Card lottery to obtain your green card citizenship:
You must be a native of one of the qualifying countries:
- Bangladesh
- Brazil
- Canada
- China (mainland only)
- Colombia
- Dominican Republic
- El Salvador
- Haiti
- India
- Jamaica
- Mexico
- Nigeria
- Pakistan
- Peru
- Philippines
- South Korea
- United Kingdom (except Northern Ireland)
- Vietnam
Natives from all other countries may register and apply for their green card citizenship if they meet the second requirement, being:
Education or Work experience that qualifies for entry into the Green Card Lottery.
For a foreign citizen or national not born in the U.S. to qualify for the USA Diversity Visa Lottery, the applicant must be born in a qualifying country from the first requirement stated above, and must comply with one of the following two requirements:
- Applicant must have completed a U.S. High School education or foreign equivalent
- Applicant must have worked in one of these occupations for at least two years within the last five years of their green card citizenship.
US Immigration Bonds and Insurance Services agrees that the DV-2020 is the most generous immigrant visa program in the world. For many people who dream of living in the United States of America as a permanent resident, the American DV-2020 is a great opportunity to take the next step in achieving your goals. You must meet the rules and requirements stated above in order to be eligible for entry. Note that this year’s lottery is called the DV-2020, meaning that the successful applicants can enter the USA as a resident in January of 2020 after they’ve won their resident card in the lottery, submitted their immigration forms, and have taken a green card citizenship interview at the Embassy closest to where they reside.