http://www.usimmigrationsupport.org/greencard.htm/Each year, the United States government issues Green Cards through the Diversity Immigrant Visa Program, commonly known as the Green Card Lottery. Applicants are normally selected at random by a computer generated drawing. If selected, the applicant, who applied, along with their spouse and all unmarried children less than 21 years of age will have a chance to apply for permanent residences in the United States.
What is the Diversity Visa (Green Card) Lottery Program?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 the 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.The lottery is held annually by State Department, approximately 110,000 or more applicants from all qualified entries are randomly selected. The State Department selects the approximately 110,000 applications since many will not complete the visa process. However once 50,000 are issued or the fiscal year ends, the lottery is closed. If an immigrant receives a visa through the Diversity Visa Lottery Program, they will be authorized to live and work permanently in the United States. They will also be allowed to bring they spouse and any unmarried children under the age of 21 to the United States. The next Green Card Lottery will be for fiscal year 2008. Paper applications are no longer accepted. Persons who are selected are entitled to claim immigrant visa (Green Card) that will be issued between October 1, 2008 and September 30, 2009.
http://www.usagreencardlottery.org/diversityvisalottery_2009/
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There is great information for us to learn from here...have you gone through this experience or known anybody who has? What do you think of this "lottery"? Is it a good thing, a bad thing, or netural? Why/why not?
Just a small note: watch spacing, especially with the hyperlinks...
Interesting post!
A quick story on how I got to the U.S. my mom got hurt, and she decided she didn't want to be in Kenya anymore. My mom decided to put for the Green Card Lottery, this was in 1995 by the beginning of 1996 my mom had been notified that she had won the Lottery. My mom was estatic to say the least. In May of 1996 my mom and dad and two sisters were in the U.S. starting our new lives.
The Lottery not only gave my family an opportunity for a fresh new start but in a way it saved my moms live. I wholeheartedly believe in this program and I support it 150%.
Julie P,
I do think the USA Green Card Lottery is a good thing. It gives immigrants from other countries that the united stated will allow to participate in the Lottery a chance at a better life. The lottery is fare; no one can manipulate the system, to their advantage. Applicants are a selected randomly by a computer.
The Main Applicant who is selected alone with their spouse and all unmarried children under the age of 21 will have the privilege of apply for permanent resident in the United States. If selected they are notified by the Department of State. It gives the family time to prepare for their new lives.
In answer to your question, until recently in class I did not know of anyone who came to the United States through the Green Card Lottery, one of my class mates. She absolutely loves and supports the lottery.
I did not even know that there was a such thing as a "Green Card Lottery" until now. It is interesting to see how it works. I can see how there would be people that like it and people that do not. As far as the post about "Green Card through Marriage," do they still make house visits and ask a ton of questions to see if it is a legit marriage or a sham? Once again, I didn't know that they did this at all, past or present. I thought it was just something out of the movies.
I like the lottery process for green cards and immigration. I'll go out on a limb and assume that you're reasonably aware of the history and contributions of immigrants in America. This country could never have been what it is today without the diversity of its citizens. Since you've opened the discussion on immigration, do you feel that the illegal side of the issue is a threat to the lottery process and the future of legal immigration?
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