GreenCard-Lottery Requirements

Who can participate?
Basically everybody. The only exceptions are persons born in a country with a very high rate of emigration into the US.
One’s country of citizenship is not important in this process. What is most important is the country of your birth, in accordance with current world political maps


Excluded Countries
(Land of Birth)

Great Britain (except Northern
Ireland), Russia, People’s
Republic of China, Pakistan,
India, the Philippines,
Vietnam, South Korea,
Canada, Mexico, Jamaica,
El Salvador, Haiti, Colombia
and the Dominican Republic.



Individuals who were born in any of the above-mentioned excluded countries may apply if their spouses were born in one of the DV-2006-eligible countries, or if the individuals were born in an excluded country while parents of said individuals were only temporary residents of the excluded, non-eligible countries.

Other Conditions

The only other requirement is a certification of completion of secondary school education (comparable to the US high school diploma) or a minimum of two years’ work experience (within the past five years) in a profession which requires at least two years of training. Proof of these prerequisites are only necessary when and if a lottery participant wins a GreenCard. They are not necessary when you are simply submitting the application.

Introduction

Online Application Form