The US Green Card Lottery

Each year, 55,000 United States permanent resident visas are given away to citizens of countries with low immigration rates into the U.S. through a lottery process. If, after a random selection process, you receive a permanent resident visa through the DV-2010 (Green Card) Lottery, you can live and work permanently in the United States. You can also bring your spouse and any unmarried children under the age of 21.

The United States Department of State, Bureau of Consular Affairs Electronic Diversity Visa Lottery for 2010 (DV-2010 Lottery) will begin at 12:00pm, EDT, 2 October 2008 and end at 12:00pm EST, 01 December 2008. However, submitting your application through workpermit.com now can give you peace of mind that you will have your application ready on time.

Green Card Lottery guarantee

workpermit.com guarantees that based on the information submitted, your Green Card Lottery entry will be submitted online to the Department of State in the correct format. If we find after you have paid workpermit.com that you do not meet the requirements for entry to the Lottery we will refund the fees. However, workpermit.com cannot guarantee that your entry will be selected.

Ineligible Countries

Each year, citizens of nations with large numbers of citizens immigrating to the United States are not eligible for the Green Card Lottery. For the DV-2010 Green Card Lottery, citizens of the following countries will not be eligible:

- Brazil
- Canada
- China
- Colombia
- Dominican Republic
- Ecuador
- El Salvador
- Guatemala
- Haiti
- India
- Jamaica
- Mexico
- Pakistan
- Philippines
- Peru
- Poland
- South Korea
- United Kingdom (except Northern Ireland) and its dependent territories
- Vietnam

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

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