What it Takes to Qualify for U.S Visa Lettery

To compensate for its tight immigration measures, The United States of
America open its doors yearly in a U.S Green Card (Visa) Lottery to
about 50000 foreigners who wish to come and live in the United States
of America and become citizens of the country. In general, more than
150 countries are eligible to participate in the U.S DV Lottery
program while there are a few that are not eligible; one of the
reasons for the ineligibility is that some of the following countries
have more of their citizens immigrate into the United States over the
past 5 years: Brazil, Canada, China (Mainland), Colombia, South Korea,
Ecuador, El Salvador, Guatemala, Haiti, India, Jamaica, Mexico,
Pakistan, Peru, Poland,United Kingdom (except Northern Ireland) and
its dependent territories, Dominican Republic and Vietnam.The list of
countries and their eligibility status changes every year with each
application and can only be confirmed at the time of application from
the US Lottery official website.
This lottery program was developed in the spirit of multiculturalism
and although governed by the principles of chance, is not as simple as
the lottery on Sunday, since it is not enough to buy a ticket to be
able to participate on it.
While the United States Department of State which is in charge of the
lottery accepts application every year, there is no definite timing to
this but online applications are usually open towards the end of every
year between the first week of October and ends within a one month
period within the first week of November.
The Diversity Visa Lottery allows a maximum of 50,000 randomly
selected applicants from qualifying countries an opportunity to live
and work permanently in the United States, with a path for U.S.
citizenship.
Applications are usually made online and at this web address
www.dvlottery.state.gov . Eligibility criteria including qualifying
countries can also be found at that link.
Requirements For a U.S Diversity Visa Lottery (US Green Card Lottery)
As part of the application, you would be required to do the following:

1. Fill an online form that will contain your birth, nationality and
education details.

2. Attach a compliant and recent digital photograph of yours. The
photographs require a great dealof attention to ensure that it meets
the required specifications.

3. You would be required to include details of your dependents if you have any.

You or your spouse must be native to a country that is eligible; you
can also be an applicant if one of your parents was born in a country
that is eligible to participate.
you can then submit you online form at the web address where you would
be given a unique reference/ serial number for you to remember as that
is what you will use to check the outcome of your application in due
course.
Each applicant can be able to check the status of their application at
www.dvlottery.state.gov usually starting from 1st May of the
following year.