Diversity Visa - Green Card Lottery

DV-2009 Schedule

The DV-2009 Green Card Lottery online entry begins at Noon EDT on October 3, 2007, and ends at Noon EST on December 2, 2007. Only electronic submission is accepted. Paper entries will not be accepted. Detailed instructions for the DV-2009 lottery has been published by the Department of State.

The program provides up to 55,000 Diversity Visas (DV) each fiscal year to natives from countries with low rate of immigration to the United States, which means sending less than 50,000 immigrants over the last five years. For DV-2009, the following counties are NOT eligible:

BRAZIL, CANADA, CHINA (mainland-born), COLOMBIA, DOMINICAN REPUBLIC, ECUADOR, EL SALVADOR, GUATEMALA, HAITI, INDIA, JAMAICA, MEXICO, PAKISTAN, PHILIPPINES, PERU, POLAND, RUSSIA, SOUTH KOREA, UNITED KINGDOM (except Northern Ireland) and its dependent territories, and VIETNAM. Persons born in Hong Kong SAR, Macau SAR and Taiwan are eligible.

To enter the DV-2009 lottery, you must be born in an eligible country (see exceptions in the instructions) and meet the education or work experience requirement (generally high school or above). There is also strict requirement for digital photos of you and your dependents. All qualified entries will be randomly selected by a computer program. Winners will be notified by mail (never by email) between May and July 2008, and will receive further instruction and fee information associated with the immigration process. Individuals not selected in the drawing will NOT receive any notification.

Note that there is absolutely no charge to download and complete the Electronic Diversity Visa Entry Form from the State Department's website. There is no fee either to enter the DV lottery. Be very cautious if a website charges any type of fees for participation in the DV program.

One individual may submit only one entry, and multiple submissions will automatically disqualify all entries, regardless of who submitted them.

Before proceeding to completing the DV forms, make sure you have read the instructions carefully and have all information available, including: full name, date of birth, city of birth, country of birth, country of eligible or chargeability, entry photos, mailing address, country of current residency, as well as information of your spouse and all children.

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