Diversity Lottery Green Card

Diversity Immigrant Visa Program Assistance in St. Catharines, ON

The Diversity Immigrant Visa program makes available 55,000 immigrant visas (green cards) to applicants from countries with low numbers of immigrants in the previous five years. The green card lottery is open to citizens of all countries except: Bangladesh, Brazil, Canada, China (mainland and Hong Kong), Colombia, Dominican Republic, El Salvador, Haiti, Honduras, India, Jamaica, Mexico, Nigeria, Pakistan, Philippines, South Korea, Venezuela, and Vietnam due to the high number of immigrants to the United States in the past five years. This list is re-evaluated every few years.

The applicant must enter the lottery and then once they have been accepted to apply for their green card through the US Department of State and the National Visa Center. This includes providing information about their criminal and health background as well as other information required for the immigrant visa process.