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  What is the Green Card Lottery Program ?    

Each year, 50,000 immigrant visas (Green Cards) are awarded in a lottery held by the US Department of State. The green card lottery is an official program pursuant to Sec. 203 of the Immigration and Nationality Act. If you receive a Green Card through the program, you and your family will be able to live and work permanently in the United States.



     

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  Important Registration Update    

All petitions must be submitted to the State Department in an electronic format, using a dedicated State Department website.

Use the USGCLS online registration to enter all of the required information and submit the necessary photographs (if you do not have digital photographs, you can send regular photos by mail). When your registration is complete, your application will be processed and submitted to the State Department.


  2007 Lottery Program Results    

Winners of the 2007 green card lottery have been selected and notified by regular mail sent to the address listed on their application. Only winners were notified.

If you did not receive a winning notification, you did not win. You may register now for the 2008 green card lottery. 		Green Card Lottery Winners Notification
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 DV Lottery News
DV Lottery News

July 1, 2008
All winners of the 2007 lottery (called DV-2009) have been notified. If you did not receive your winning notification, you did not win. You may register now for the 2008 lottery. Register Now

December 3, 2007
Registration for the 2007 green card lottery (called DV-2009) ended at noon EST on December 2, 2007. Winners will be notified between April and July 2008. You may Register Now for the 2008 lottery.

July 9, 2007
All winners of the 2006 lottery (called DV-2008) have been notified. If you did not receive your winning notification, you did not win. You may register now for the 2007 lottery. Register Now

December 4, 2006
Registration for the 2006 green card lottery (called DV-2008) ended at noon EST on December 3, 2006. Over 6.4 Million Entries were received for the 2006 Lottery. Winners will be notified between April and July 2007. You may Register Now for the 2007 lottery.

July 18, 2006
Over 82,000 winners were selected in the 2005 lottery (called DV-2007). All winners have been notified. If you did not receive your winning notification, you did not win.

You may register now for the 2008 lottery. Register Now

A statistical breakdown of 2005 winners by country is available on the Results Page

December 4, 2005
The 2005 Green Card Lottery closed on December 4, 2005 at 12:00 PM EST. Winners will be selected in early 2006 and notified in May-June 2006.
Registration for the 2006 lottery is now open. Register Now

September 21, 2005
The 2005 Lottery deadline has changed. Entries for the 2005 lottery will be accepted only until December 4, 2005. Applicants are urged to complete their application as soon as possible - in recent years many thousands of applicants missed the deadline because they waited for the last moment. Register Now

August 1, 2005
Over 90,000 winners were selected in the 2004 lottery. All winners have been notified. If you did not receive your winning notification, you did not win.

You may register now for the 2008 lottery. Register Now

February 10, 2005
Over 6.3 million entries for the 2004 Diversity Visa Lottery were received. 2004 Statistical information can be found on the lottery statistics page.

Applicants can register now for the 2008 lottery. Register Now

August 10, 2004
Winners of the 2003 lottery have been selected and notified by regular mail. Only winners were notified. If you did not receive a winning notification, you did not win. You may register now for the 2004 lottery.  Register Now

October 9, 2003
FTC shuts down operators of web sites who allegedly falsely claimed to help people enter State Department’s Green Card Lottery.  Details

August 18, 2003
The submission rules for the Green Card Lottery have changed. Applicants will not be allowed to send their applications by mail. Instead, all petitions must be submitted in an electronic format, using a dedicated State Department website.  Details
 
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