Entries for Green Card Lottery Now Accepted

The congressionally mandated Diversity Immigrant Visa Program makes available 50,000 permanent resident visas annually to persons from countries with low rates of immigration to the United States.

The annual DV program makes permanent residence visas available to persons meeting the simple, but strict, eligibility requirements. Applicants for Diversity Visas are chosen by a computer-generated random lottery drawing.

Entries for the DV-2007 Diversity Visa Lottery must be submitted electronically between noon, eastern standard time, (e.s.t.) Wednesday, October 5, 2005 and noon, e.s.t. Sunday, December 4, 2005. Applicants may access the Electronic Diversity Visa Entry Form (EDV Entry Form) at http://www.dvlottery.state.gov during the registration period. Paper entries will not be accepted.

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