The 2012 Diversity Visa Green Card Lottery
Every year, the U.S. Department of State conducts a congressionally-mandated lottery called the Diversity Visa Lottery program that grants around 50,000 U.S. permanent resident visas to foreign nationals who meet certain eligibility standards specified by the U.S. law. Such diversity visas are available only to nationals of countries with relatively low U.S. immigration rates. Under this visa lottery program, successful participants are granted permanent residence and work status.
Diversity Visa Lottery Process and Distribution a The visas are distributed on a regional basis. The maximum number of visas under the visa lottery program will go to regions with lower rates of immigration to the U.S.
a No visas will go to citizens of countries sending more than 50,000 immigrants to the U.S. in the past 5 years.
a Foreign nationals belonging to countries, such as Hong Kong SAR, Macau SAR, and Taiwan are also eligible.
a It should be noted that in a year, no single country can receive more than 7% of the total number of visas.
Those interested in joining the Green Card visa lottery program have to register electronically, through the internet. It must be noted that the one-month registration period for submitting an entry to register for the U.S. Green Card Lottery 2012, also known as DV-2012, ended at noon on 3 November 2010, Eastern Daylight time.
Every year, applicants are expected to complete the electronic Diversity Visa Lottery application form. After the completion of green card application, applicants are required to submit photos for all family members included on the lottery registration and pay the processing fee. If registration is done at www.usa-green-card.com, their entire registration process will be taken care of by a professional team from USA Green Card. They will not only help process their DV-2012 applications, but also offer free airfare to the U.S. for successful visa applicants who registered through them.
