The United States Department of State announced the commencement of Green Card 2008 lottery. The citizens of all post-Soviet countries, except Russia, may participate in the lottery that that gives a chance to permanently live and work in the USA, Trend reports.
The registration of the participants of the lottery will be held from 4 October to 3 December. The lottery will be held directly through Internet. Those interested in participating in the lottery should enter into registration on a special site www.dvlottery.state.gov and the photo of the applicant should be included in the registration form. The registration is free of charge. The winners of the lottery will receive notification through the e-mail in the period from May to July 2007, and losers will receive no information. It is recommended to give application at the beginning of the registration period because the excessive use in the period near the deadline may slow down the work of the system.
the citizens of several countries have not the right to give application because over the last five years more than 50 thousand immigrants have flowed into the USA from these countries. The 2008 lottery doesn't include Russia, Brasilia, Great Britain, Vietnam, Haiti, Dominican Republic, India, Canada, China, Columbia, Mexico, Pakistan, Peru, Poland, Salvador, Philippine, South Korea and Jamaica.
The participants of the lottery should be the citizens of the countries having an access to the participation. He/she should have secondary school education or its equivalent that confirms successful completion of 12-year course of the preliminary or secondary education, or two-year work experience within the past five years over the profession requiring two-year professional training or at least two-year work experience. If more than one application is provided by the same applicant, it will not be considered. The applicants may prepare and submit their applications independently or may trust it on other one. The paper applications are not accepted.
Selection of applicants will be realized through computer. The selected applicants will be notified through e-mail from the period from May to July 2007, and will received further instruction including information about financial duties related to the immigration to the USA.
The lottery Green Card 2007 was attended by more than 5.5 million people, 82 thousand of whom received a letter from the U.S. Department of State notifying them that they have the right to submit application for the visa for permanent residence in the United States. In result 50 thousand people will be selected out of them.