Green Card Lottery. Frequently Asked Questions.

I received an email today. There I saw I was selected as winner for the DV 2013 visa lottery. Is this true?
DV lottery results are not sent through emails. Check the email good whether it got your full name as winner. If you used any private companies or agents they too may announce your winning. Never send money to get your visa. The visa will be issued to you after the DV Lottery interview in any of the U.S consular office.

How the Green card lottery system works?
You are applying for the Green card lottery in the later part of 2011 through the E-DV application form. The Green card lottery results will be available to check in the official web site from May 2012 till June 2013 where winners will be provided with a case number. From October onwards you may be called for the Green card lottery interview. So if you are a lucky, eligible and meeting the entire Green card lottery requirement, will be issued with an immigrant visa to the U.S.A in just 12 months. In the U.S.A They can change their Immigrant visa to U.S LPR status.

Can I apply for the Green card Lottery now?
Applying for the Green card lottery will be allowed only for a given 30 day's period in the official web site. You can't apply for the DV 2013 green card lottery till the official web site is providing the green card lottery application forms. The U.S State department will announce those dates as when the green card lottery is going to start and when the greencard lottery is going to close. You can now apply through the green card lottery agents, greencard lottery lawyer's web sites where they will charge you a service fee for their greencard lottery application service. This practice of using out side people to submit the greencard lottery application form is allowed by the U.S State department. Only thing that they can't guarantee to you, that they can make you as a winner in the green card lottery program.

I am staying in the USA. Can I participate in this Green card lottery?
Any one who is staying in the USA legally can participate in this Green Card lottery if they meet those simple eligibility requirements. A person can submit one entry for the Green Card lottery by himself or through a law firm. If selected can contact the USCIS office to change their current status to American LPR status when their case number is current. Any how they are allowed to change their status before 30th September. After this date no one will be allowed to change their status under that fiscal year Green Card lottery program.

How Many Green Card Lottery Applications Are Allowed For A Person?
Green Card Lottery 2013 allows an eligible person to submit ONLY one entry through the DV 2013 Application form for the 2013 fiscal year green card lottery program as primary applicant. If he or other people submit more than on entry with his name as primary applicant, all the entries will be rejected from the system with out announcing it to him. Eligible husband and eligible wife can submit one entry each for the Green card lottery thus a family can submit 2 entries for the DV 2013 greencard lottery.

When the DV 2013 Green Card Lottery program will start?
DV 2013 Green card lottery program will start to accept entries only on the date and will close on the date which the US Department will decide and publish soon. Normally this visa lottery program will start to accept entries in the later part of this year 2011. In the mean time now you can apply through the agents, law firms and visa experts. They will collect your entries and will submit it at the time of the official entry time.

Why this USA visa lottery is called as green card?
The selected eligible winner will be given with the green card which is the nick name for the US LPR identity.

What is the minimum age for to participate in the Green card lottery?
There is no minimum age limit to participate in the US green card lottery program according to the DV lottery instructions. But one of the eligibility requirements is high school certificate. So when you obtain this high school certificate after 12 years of education you will be 18 years of age. So you can take the minimum age limit to participate in the green card lottery is to be 18 yeas of age or more.

Can I apply for the DV 2013 green card Lottery now?
Applying for the DV 2013 Green card lottery will be allowed only for a given 30 day’s period only. Now you can't apply for the DV 2013 green card lottery as the official web site is not providing the green card lottery application forms. The U.S State department will announce those dates as when the green card lottery is going to start and when the greencard lottery is going to close. You can now apply through the green card agents where they will charge you a service fee for their visa application service.

When the green card lottery winners list will be available?
Green card lottery winners name list will not be available in the internet or with the Embassies or consulates. The Green card lottery winners list was provided for the Nepal and Albania country people through their country post offices in the previous years. All the green card lottery winners will have to check their results individually in the official web site to find out their winning. The U.S Green card lottery program is designed by the American Government to issue 50,000 PR visas through the computer lottery for the eligible winners.

Why India, Pakistan, China and some other countries are not allowed to participate in the Green card lottery?
The U.S State Department didn't allow natives of some countries to participate in the Green card lottery program because India, Pakistan, China and some other countries did sent 50,000 people to the USA within the last 5 years. According to the diversity visa lottery program instructions natives of the countries which did sent less than 50,000 people to the USA can only participate in the Green card Lottery program. Those natives of the countries which are not eligible can claim their chargeability country if they are married to an eligible native country person then they can claim their spouse eligibility to apply. If become as a winner and issued with the required visas than they must arrive in the USA together.