USA Applicants.

DV Lottery application forms for the Green Card lottery can be submitted online in the U.S.A by eligible people who are living or staying or studying legally in the USA.
Winning a place in the DV Lottery is the quickest way to get the permanent residency the Green card while in the U.S.A with any kind of visas.

The diversity visa lottery winners can change their current status to LPR by contacting the Bureau of Citizenship and Immigration Services. They will provide all the necessary information on the requirements and procedures.

To apply for the green card Lottery the person

Applicant must be from an eligible country as per the eligible country list which is issued by the US State Department.

Must have successfully completed 12 years of education including elementary and secondary education; OR two years of work experience within the past five years in an occupation requiring at least two years of training or experience to perform. The U.S. Department of Labor’s O*Net Online database will be used to determine qualifying work experience.

If a person is married must include spouse and all the unmarried children who are under the age 21 along with their details and individual photographs.

Applying for the Lottery,
You can apply from USA or any other country.
You or some one else can apply for you.
You can submit entries for your family members or friends who are living abroad using your American address. Don't forget to inform them about the application you are making on behalf of them. That’s because a person can submit one entry only as primary applicant in this greencard lottery.
There are many libraries assist the applicants to submit entries for the Green card lottery in the USA.
Only one entry can be applied with a person name as primary applicant. If multiple entries are made with a person name all entries will be rejected regardless of who submitted them.
it is free to enter your entry in the one and only American Government web site in the application accepting period. No paper entries will be accepted.
Winning the lottery does not guarantee you a visa but will give you a chance to apply for the visa. You will have to pay a non refundable visa and immigration processing fee.
(Around US$ 755 and must pay for each family member too).
The visa fee should be paid at the Embassy ONLY on the day of interview. Don't pay money through Bank or any other Money transfer institutions.

If you were born in any of the following country YOU ARE NOT ALLOWED PARTICIPATE IN THE DV LOTERY.

BRAZIL, CANADA, CHINA, COLOMBIA, DOMINICAN REPUBLIC, ECUADOR, EL SALVADOR, GUATEMALA, HAITI, INDIA, JAMAICA, MEXICO, PAKISTAN, PHILIPPINES, PERU, POLAND, SOUTH KOREA, UNITED KINGDOM and its dependent territories, and VIETNAM.

Persons born in Northern Ireland, Hong Kong SAR, Macau SAR and Taiwan are eligible.

When to apply
It will be normally for a 60 days period between Octobers and January.
Visit this web site regularly to find the next lottery date and Instruction.

How winners will be announced?
Winners who are selected by the computer draw will be notified with further instructions by KCC to the winners address as in the entry by regular postal mail between May and July.
Winners will not be announced by E-mail or Telephone.
Those who are not selected will not receive any notifications.