A foreigner's certificate of permanent residence in the United States is a plastic card with a photograph of the owner, his personal data and a barcode. A few decades ago, these cards were pale green in color. This is where the name "green card" comes from, from the English green card. For many years, in a number of countries, including Russia, the US Department of State has been holding a drawing for a green card. To participate in the lottery, you need a computer and internet access.
Instructions
Step 1
Find information about the timing of the lottery. As a rule, it takes place in the fall, within a month, and the prize is announced in the spring. The lists of countries whose citizens can take part in the lottery are updated every year. Make sure you get on this list. To be eligible to participate in the drawing, you must have at least secondary education, not be convicted and not suffer from socially dangerous diseases.
Step 2
Go to www.dvlottery.state.gov. This is the official site through which applications are accepted. There are many different resources on the Internet where you will be offered to fill out a questionnaire for little money, and in some cases they will also give you a guarantee of winning. Don't be fooled. The lottery is absolutely free.
Step 3
Find half an hour of free time and carefully study the instructions before filling out the questionnaire. Make sure you have all the information you need about your family members. In the questionnaire, you need to indicate the details of the spouse and children who are less than 21 years old. If you are divorced, and children live with a different parent, you still need to provide information about them.
Step 4
Take high-quality photos for the application that meet all the requirements of the lottery. They must be of a certain format and size, and made no more than six months ago. Photos must be in all family members that you indicate in the application form.
Step 5
Fill out the form, insert photos, carefully check all the data and send. The questionnaire is filled out on-line. You will only get one chance, so take it right. After you send your data, a confirmation will appear on the site that the form has been accepted and your personal code of several letters and numbers. Be sure to save this information. After the drawing has passed, you can go to the page where the names of the lottery winners are indicated only with the help of your code.
Step 6
Now just wait for spring. Everything that could be done in order to win the green card to the land of freedom, you have already done. You can forget about it for six months, you can start to intensively learn English or save money - this is at your discretion. But remember that this is just a lottery, and it all depends on the chance and your luck.
