Diversity Visa

25 Apr 2024

Context:

Recently, the US announced that the names of lucky winners of the Diversity Visa or Green Card Lottery, which grants up to 55,000 cards to applicants will be announced on May 12 at 12 pm (EDT).

About Diversity Visa (DV):

Launched: The DV Program was launched in the year 1990 based on the immigration act and is popularly known as the “Green Card Lottery”.
Administered by: The entire program is administered by the US Department Of State and is conducted under the Immigration and Nationality Act (INA).
- The US Department of State randomly selects people from countries that have low immigration rates to the US.
Provision: If an applicant’s entry is selected and wins a Green Card, his/her spouse and all unmarried children who are younger than 21 years of age will automatically receive Green Cards as well.
- If at the time of receiving the lottery results an applicant is unmarried but in a relationship, he/she can get married before submitting the Form to make that person eligible for a Green Card.

Eligibility Criteria for the US Diversity Visa 2025 Program:

For US Green Card lottery, the applicants must fulfill two requirements:
- Birth Criteria: The applicant must be born in a country which is eligible for the DV 2025 program (by visiting the official website).
- Qualification Criteria: Applicants must have either a high school degree or two years of work experience in the past five years in a profession that requires a minimum of two years of training.