By Ayo Kehinde
The United States o America has announced opening and online registration for the annual Diversity Visa Lottery also known as the Green Card Lottery.
It is a US government program that makes 55,000 Permanent Resident cards available every year to persons from “underrepresented countries,” which have been less represented in employment and family-based preference categories in the United States of America and who meet two basic eligibility requirements.
“This years (2021) Green Card Lottery Program is called DV-2023 (the year successful applicants may enter the United States of America on the green card they won), and is now open to all individuals worldwide who meet two basic entry requirements.
According to the country, “the Program makes Permanent Resident Cards available to the winners, authorizing the winners and their families to live, study and work in the United States of America as permanent residents. The Green Card Lottery program is a United States congressionally-mandated program for receiving a United States Permanent Resident Card, also popularly known as a USA Green Card, due to the green color of the Permanent Resident Card.
Applications for the USA Green Card Lottery are accepted online only. In the past, paper applications with signatures and attached passport photos were accepted. In 2003, this process was changed by the United States Government and applicants may only apply online now.
“We have streamlined the online registration process, making it a fast, secure and reliable three step registration process that takes around 15 minutes for each applicant,” the announcement said.
