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DV UPDATE, a news bulletin providing the latest on the
U.S. visa lottery program. As a number one source and leader in helping people through
the submission process of the green card lottery program, USAFIS Organization's new service can give you an insider's view on the entire procedure. DV UPDATE: YOUR #1 SOURCE ON THE LATEST IN THE GREEN CARD LOTTERY PROGRAM ANNOUCING CHANGES TO DV-2008 As you already aware of, 50,000 visas are granted to those who register for the U.S. Green Card Lottery program each year. However, the U.S. Department of State has added new changes to this year's Lottery program - DV 2008. CHANGE #1 - INELIGIBLE COUNTRIES ADDED This year Brazil and Peru have been added to the list of countries that are not eligible for the Green Card Lottery Program. PAST INELIGIBLE COUNTRIES The following are countries that have been excluded from the program in the past and are still excluded today: Canada, China (Mainland-Born), Colombia, Dominican Republic, El Salvador, Haiti, India, Jamaica, Mexico, Pakistan, Philippines, Poland, Russia, South Korea, United Kingdom and its dependent territories, and Vietnam. COUNTRIES STILL ELIGIBLE Persons born in Hong Kong, Macau, Northern Ireland and Taiwan are still eligible for Green Card Lottery program. To find out if you are qualified for the Green Card Lottery program, please take our free eligibility test. REASONS FOR COUNTRY INELIGIBILTY According to the rules of the program, visas are not granted to countries sending more than 50,000 immigrants to the U.S during the past five years. WAYS TO QUALIFY FOR GREEN CARD LOTTERY BASED UPON COUNTRY ELIGIBILITY
CHANGE #2 - MUST INDICATE SPECIFIC EDUCATION DEGREE The U.S. Department of State is requiring all registration forms for the Green Card Lottery program to specifically indicate what type of educational degree you have. In the past years, the program just required for you to indicate whether or not you had a high school diploma. The following are the choices now given on the registration form: Education: (1) Primary school only (2) High school, no degree (3) High school degree (4) Vocational school (5) Some university courses (6) University degree (7) Some graduate level courses (8) Master degree (9) Some doctorate level courses (10) Doctorate degree This information is required to complete the application Click here to complete your application CHANGE #3 - MUST INDICATE SPECIFIC MARITAL STATUS In regard to answering the question of marital status on the registration form for the Green Card Lottery program, the U.S. State Department is requiring specific information. It's no longer accepted to just indicate whether you are single, married or divorced. The following are the choices now given on the Green Card lottery registration form in regard to marital status: (1) Single (2) Married (3) Divorced (4) Separated (5) Legally Separated This information is required to complete the application Click here to complete your application SUMMARY If a person does not follow the exact instructions of the recent changes to the Green Card Lottery program their application is automatically disqualified. In fact, 6 out of 10 people who register for the program are disqualified because of not filling the registration form out correctly, the photos submitted do not meet the U.S. Department of State's rules, or they come from a country that is not eligible for the program. Let USAFIS help you through the process to qualify for DV-2008. Click here to register with Usafis Click here to read previous issues See you in our next edition Tom Wright, Editor in Chief USAFIS PRESS |
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