Live and Work in the U.S.A..

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The annual DV lottery program is a good opportunity for potential immigrants to obtain the status as a permanent legal resident of the USA. This program runs each year and provides 50,000 "Green Cards" to applicants randomly selected in a lottery process - known as Green Card Lottery.

A Green Card is a permanent residence visa and gives a person the legal right to LIVE, WORK AND STUDY permanently in the United States and to enter and leave the country freely. You may work in any government, public and private job that is available. A permanent residence visa is generally good for life. Green Card holders also receive health, education, retirement, taxation, social security and other benefits. The Green Card DOES NOT affect your present citizenship. A Green Card holder may later apply for United States Citizenship, if desired.

The Diversity Immigrant Visa Lottery has been established in the 1996 Immigration Act in order to give immigration opportunity to natives from countries other than the main source of immigration to the U.S.A. This official U.S. government program aims to diversify the American population by creating an immigration opportunity to under-represented ethnic groups. The U.S. government makes available 50.000 permanent residence visas each year through a computer-generated lottery drawing. A permanent residence visa is commonly referred to as Green Card. This visa class entitles the holder to live and work in the United States of America permanently.

Application to this program is open for all individuals worldwide that fulfill the two basic entry requirements.

We are no longer accepting applications for this year's program. Please check back in June 2006.

Enrollment is open to all individuals worldwide. There are two entry requirements:

1. REQUIREMENT: Being a native of a qualifying country
You must be native of a country with a low rate of immigration to the U.S.A. . People born in countries with high U.S. immigration are excluded from this lottery.
A native is someone born in a eligible country. Please note that only the place of birth determines your nativity, it does not matter what country you have citizenship or a passport.

Only the following countries are excluded from this year's lottery program:

All other countries are eligible. If you were born in one of the non-qualifying countries you can still participate by being charged to a different country than your country of birth.

2. REQUIREMENT: Education or Work experience
You must comply to one of the following two requirements (Option 1 or Option 2 below)

OPTION 1: You must have completed a foreign equivalent of U.S. high school education
"High School education or its equivalent" means the successful completion of a twelve year course of elementary and secondary education in the U.S. or successful completion in another country of a formal course of elementary and secondary education comparable to complete a 12 year education in the U.S. Passage of a high school equivalency examination is not sufficient. It is permissible to have completed one's education in less than twelve years or greater than twelve years if the course of study completed is equivalent to a U.S. high school education.

OPTION 2: You must have worked for at least two years in any qualified occupation requiring at least two years of training or professional experience. Most professions are accepted, for a complete list please inquire.

Proof of your requirements should NOT be submitted when entering the lottery but will be requested by a consular officer after your name has been selected and you formally apply for your permanent residence visa. Individuals who do not match these basic requirements should not apply in this program.

DV Information and Registration Service provides an easy and convenient registration service for the annual Green Card Lottery program. We will ensure your application is registered in time and without formal errors on your application form. Each application is checked and you will be contacted if corrections or additional submissions are required in order for your application to be valid. Each year approx. 25% of all entries are disqualified, many for formal reasons: Missing photographs, poor handwriting or use of invalid signatures are only some of the reasons many applications don't even have a chance. Using a registration and application submission service will ensure your application stands a full chance in this program.

A registration service also provides for address changes of people traveling frequently. You can nominate any new address for notification in case your name is selected.

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