US Green Card Lottery Period for Fiscal Year 2020 Begins October 3rd, 2018
The US State Department has announced that the entry period for the Diversity Visa program for the fiscal year 2020 (DV-2020), popularly known as the Green Card Lottery, will begin on Wednesday, October 3rd at 12pm EDT and end on Tuesday, November 6, 2018 at 12pm EST.
Administrated by the Department of State, the lottery program makes 55,000 permanent resident visas (green cards) available to national of countries with historically low number of immigrants in the United States.
Kenya is among the countries eligible to participate in the program.
For DV-2020, nationals of the following countries are ineligible to participate in the program because they have had more than 50,000 natives immigrate to the United States over the last five years: Bangladesh, Brazil, Canada, China (mainland-born), Colombia, Dominican Republic, El Salvador, Haiti, India, Jamaica, Mexico, Nigeria, Pakistan, Peru, Philippines, South Korea, United Kingdom (except Northern Ireland) and its dependent territories, and Vietnam.
Winners of the DV-2019 lottery program will be eligible to migrate to the United States starting in January, 2020 after passing through mandatory background checks and interviews at the US embassies located in their home countries. It is only after passing the background checks and interview that lottery winners will be issued with a permanent resident visa (green card).
To qualify for a Diversity Visa, an applicant must be a national of a qualifying country and have either completed high school education or have worked in a qualifying occupation for at least two years. Anyone who does not meet this minimum criteria is urged not to submit an application, as they will NOT be issued with a permanent resident visa even if they are selected in the lottery.
There is no cost to register participate in the lottery.
The State Department also strongly urges entrants to complete the entry form themselves, without a “visa consultant” or “visa agent”.
Applications are only accepted online at the Department of State website.
Comments (79)
I wish to apply for this lottery
First hello then hope you are fine and doing well i have sex children and you know Afghanistan security is not good plz help me that is it.
I would love to work and stay in USA and start a new life
Apply after 3rd November..free http://www.dvlottery.state.gov
dream to be USA and does great things Americans would love
Where can I get the forms online?(site).
www.dvllotery.state.gov
Where do I get the forms? Online?
I would love to apply
I would love to work in the US
If you stable in Kenya or somewhere you stable don’t wish life in usa there work but you can regret coming am in us but life is crazy
I would like to participate in this lottery.
this is definitely my time cuz I have applied more than once
i wish to apply pls
i will like to apply for one
How can i get the form online
l am 56 years and a retired high s
chool teacher can l qualify
Dear sir/Madam:
To a point, the issues with the DV program all over the World is not really bad, but this is my question,
If I can obtain a response from your office, what are you doing about people that were not selected because of lamented spaces?
How can an individuals get his or her successfulness through this processes?
What is the current information about the cancellation of the DV program process done by Mr. Donald's have gone?
I will be grateful to be one of your candidates for the 2020 process,in Jesus Christ mighty name Amen.
Best regard
Marshall Y Kehn
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Hey Andy lethabye do you have the site to help in applying the us lottery visa
This has always been my dream,i am praying to get this chance to live my dream,am hoping i get lucky
I love USA and dream
s working there
I wish one day to be an american citizen
I would love to live and work in U S A
How can I do it for my husband he is from Honduras an we have four kids an are legally married in USA.. please help
If your kids are legally married in USA,they can file for their parents ,that’s dad included if they are citizens.it takes less than 6 months and your man will be here in states as a green card holder
I would love to participate and become a citizen of USA
I want me and my family to leave and work in the states
This is an opportunity worth trying! I know it works!!
Oh my God I hope this year Favour me. I have been playing this DV lottery for 5years now yet no assurance of winning. Almighty father in Heaven answer my prayers and this year should be a success and my dreams will come through. Amen. I will love to live and continue my studies in insurance in USA
I real appreciate for such an opportunity. I'll embrace it and try my luck. I have two inquiries, i) how can I apply for that opportunity?
ii) I have heard of people who apply green card through cybers and when their chances come/ when they qualify they are asked for money from cyber agents to receive their pins. How can this be avoided if the allegations are true?
You can apply,,no discrimination, secondly the reason for using cyber is of the photo and access to internet,,of you can get a digital photo meeting the requirements then go to any reliable internet do your thing....application without even telling any one your business, then at the end of the application after submission you will get an auto generated code,,print it ,save it that is what you will use to check your results early mid of next year.
You can apply,,no discrimination, secondly the reason for using cyber is of the photo and access to internet,,of you can get a digital photo meeting the requirements then go to any reliable internet do your thing....application without even telling any one your business, then at the end of the application after submission you will get an auto generated code,,print it ,save it that is what you will use to check your results early mid of next year.
I'm ready to go
I have been trying may be my luck now.
Applied for green card
Wish to Become the Citizen of USA
Good gracious! I really hope to be a citizen of America, my dream country.
I want to apply for the green card lottery
Wow! Would love to become an American citizen.
I tried but was not awarded am not sure why. So sad.
Guys Guys please if u really want to move,I will recommend you try to move to Canada or Australia u will thank me.I lived in USA for about 8 yrs then in Australia Sydney fir 4 yrs n how I wish those 8 yrs I was in state I had moved to Australia.In Australia u kinda work only 30hrs a week n u pay ur bills n save something compared to states where many work like shit to survive n pay bills?But after even moving to This countries u will come to appreciate n love kenya after 4/5/6 years.So invest invest something when u get that chance.Now am home n I enjoy my hard sweat.
This has always my dream . I am praying to get this chance and live my dream...am hoping to get this luck. Thanks
This has always my dream. I am praying to get this chance and live my dream. Am hoping to get luck.
Oh my God I hope this year Favour me. I have been playing this DV lottery for 5years now yet no assurance of winning. Almighty father in Heaven answer my prayers and this year should be a success and my dreams will come through. Amen. I will love to live and continue my studies in insurance in USA
US Green card Lottery is what I have been waiting for because America is my dream country. I will apply and qualify for this 2020, There is nothing difficult in this process, all it needs is to be confident and fill the form with correct and updated information, then meet the minimum requirements which includes being a holder of secondary school certificate or at least two years of work experience, Edit your photo to meet the photograph requirements and that is all.
I would wish to work in US am a trained nurse in Kenya
I wish I could get un opportunity to live and work in USA.
I will be happy if I will be the one to be A American citizens.
i would like to apply kindly assist me