Green Card Lottery Requirements
1. You must be a native of a qualifying country
Requirements to participate in the Green Card DV lottery are simple but strict
Each applicant must be a native to one of the the eligible countries and have at least a high school education or its equivalent or, within the past five years, have two years of work experience in an occupation requiring at least two years training or experience.
The following countries are excluded from the lottery program:
- BRAZIL
- CANADA
- CHINA (mainland-born)
- COLOMBIA
- DOMINICAN REPUBLIC
- EL SALVADOR
- HAITI
- INDIA
- JAMAICA
- MEXICO
- PAKISTAN
- PHILIPPINES
- PERU
- POLAND
- RUSSIA
- SOUTH KOREA
- UNITED KINGDOM (except Northern Ireland) and its dependent teritories
- VIETNAM.
Natives from all other countries may register. If you were born in one of the non-qualifying countries you can still participate based on the country of birth of your parents.
Persons born in Hong Kong SAR, Macau SAR and Taiwan are eligible.
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2. Education or Work experience
A "high school education or equivalent" is defined as successful completion of a twelve-year course of elementary and secondary education in the United States or successful completion in another country of a formal course of elementary and secondary education comparable to a high school education in the United States.
OPTION 1: You must have completed a foreign equivalent of U.S. high school education
"High School education or its equivalent" means the successful completion of a twelve year course of elementary and secondary education in the U.S. or successful completion in another country of a formal course of elementary and secondary education comparable to complete a 12 year education in the U.S.Passage of a high school equivalency examination is not sufficient. It is permissible to have completed one's education in less than twelve years or greater than twelve years if the course of study completed is equivalent to a U.S. high school education.
OPTION 2: You must have worked in one of the occupations listed HERE for at least two years.
Documentary proof of education or work experience should not be submitted with the lottery entry, but must be presented to the consular officer at the time of the visa interview.
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