Secrets of winning the Green Card lottery: effective strategies and tips

Stages of the Greencard competition

The lottery is held in 3 stage (that’s why you have to wait more than a year for results):

1. Filling out the form on the organizer’s website, transfer of information about yourself and family members - after successful registration, each participant receives a message with the name of the main applicant, identification number. This confirmation must be printed and kept until the results are summed up..
2. Winners are determined by random selection using a computer program. The organizer will not personally notify participants about winnings. The applicant checks the status of the application independently, on https://dvprogram.state.gov/, in the Entrant Status Check tab, using registration for authorization (identificational) number. This section will contain detailed instructions on further actions and the date of the interview at the consulate.. By the way, notification in itself is not a reason for joy. At the interview stage, at least half of the applicants are eliminated.
3. Actually, interview, based on the results of which a decision will be made on issuing a Greencard or disqualifying the participant.

For a successful interview, information, indicated in the questionnaire must completely coincide with reality, be documented.

Requirements for residence permit holders

Green card holders undertake to comply with the following requirements:

• Declaring income and paying taxes.
• Register for military service (for males from 18 to 26 years). If the green card was issued based on an invitation to work, then the deadline, specified in the contract, needs to be worked out.
• Do not violate the laws of the country - even a small conflict with a police officer can become a reason for revoking your residence permit.

Note. If the green card holder spends most of his time outside the United States, questions may arise from immigration services. If the above requirements are not met, you may lose your green card.

How to fill out the form: General requirements

You must approach filling out the form very responsibly, because the slightest error in the provided data automatically gives the right to disqualify the applicant. The questionnaire must be filled out in English. If language knowledge is insufficient, then you should protect yourself and ask a person for help, who knows him at a sufficient level.

Many Green Card applications are rejected due to the photo not meeting the requirements., which must be attached to the application form. The photograph is submitted in jpg format with a resolution of 600 on 600 pixels. This is the first rule. The rest look like this:

• Background field – plain light;
• Clothes - ordinary. It is prohibited to take photos in military equipment, clothes, denoting religious affiliation, and in a headdress;
• Face – without a smile and without expressing any other emotions. No less 50% The head should occupy the photo area.

Besides, if any image correction is detected (retouching, photoshop, etc.. p.), then this will be considered a violation and the application will be removed from consideration.

Important when filling out green card applications there will be uninterrupted Internet access. Otherwise it might happen, that the application was submitted twice, and this is unacceptable.

Spouses can submit two applications - from each individual. This will increase the likelihood of winning. If a person was born in a state, which was not included in the lottery list, then you can apply for a Green Card when:

• The home country of the applicant's spouse is the participating country;
• The applicant's parents are from the country, taking part in the lottery.

The US card will allow the winner to enter the country with their family. They can go with him: husband/wife and minors (according to American standards) unmarried/unmarried children. In this case, the place of birth of family members does not matter.

Green Card

"US Green Card" is an official document, giving the resident the right of residence, acquisition of real estate, training, official employment and receipt of medical services in the country.

The USA Permanent Resident Card began to be called green because of the corresponding shade in the design.. Worth considering, what's wrong 1964 by 2010 year they tried to change the color scheme and design of the identification card, but still returned to the green tint and today the document looks like this.

The process of obtaining a residence permit in the USA is quite lengthy and complex.. IN 2025 There are several ways to become a Green Card holder:

1. Family reunion (difficult path, but real, if a close relative is already a US citizen).
2. Marriage with a person, having US citizenship (worth considering, that fictitious marriages for the purpose of moving are punishable by law).
3. Employment in one of the American companies (relevant for specialists in in-demand specialties, for which the employer will be willing to deal with the relocation of the employee and his family).
4. Request for political asylum.
5. Participation in the DVlottery state gov project, which will continue in 2025 year.