USA Applicants.

U.S.A applicants applying for the DV-2013 visa lottery program through the online application form.

DV Lottery application forms for the Green Card lottery can be submitted online from the U.S.A by eligible people who are staying or studying legally in the USA.

Winning a place in the DV Lottery is the quickest way to get the LPR status to obtain the Green card while being in the U.S.A with any kind of valid visas.

The diversity visa lottery winners can change their current status to LPR status by contacting the Bureau of Citizenship and Immigration Services when their case numbers are current. Winners can use the State Department's monthly visa bulletin to check whether their case number is current for the coming months or have to wait. They will have to provide all the necessary information as per the requirements and procedures. Recently it was requested that all the winners must provide one affidavit of support through the form I-864.

To apply for the green card Lottery the person must meet the following simple conditions but are strictly covered.

Applicant must have been born in an eligible country as per the eligible country list which is usually issued by the US State Department.

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

If a person is married, he/she must include his/her spouse and all the unmarried children who are under the age 21 along with their details and individual digital photographs.

Applying for the Lottery,

• You can apply from USA or from any other country during the application submission period through the application form E-DV entry.
• 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. If multiple entries are made with a person name all entries will be rejected regardless of who had submitted them.
• There are many libraries assist the applicants to submit entries for the Green card lottery in the USA.
• 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 that you will be issued with the American Immigrant visa but it will give you a chance to apply for the visa. You will have to pay a non refundable visa and immigration processing fee on the day of your interview.
(Around US$ 815 and must pay this visa fee for each of your dependants 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 to get your American visa.
• 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 to participate in this DV-2013 visa lottery program.

How winners will be announced?
Winners who are selected by the computer draw will be notified by Postal Mail, E-mail or Telephone.
All the applicants must go to the Official web site in the month of May and have to check their status online by filling the required fields.
Winners must follow the instructions shown in the web site.
Those who have not been selected can apply for the next coming DV-2014 in the year 2012.