How to fill out an application correctly
In order to correctly fill out the questionnaire, you will need to know the basics of the English language. The questionnaire consists of 5 pages, they have questions about the identity of the applicant. Instructions for filling are on the website. You need to be very careful about filling, since the questionnaire is the main information document about your personality, on the basis of which the decision will be made.
Photo requirements
Green Card - an identity document, therefore, fairly strict requirements are imposed on the photo:
- Jpg format
- Image size 600x600 pixels or 50x50 mm
- Color format
- The background is neutral
- Face must cover at least half of the photo
- Jewelry is not welcome, glasses and other accessories
- Take care of your clothes.
Green Card Lottery
Official name - Diversity Visa Lottery (visa diversity lottery).
Issued annually 50.000 visas for winners and their families( unmarried spouses and children before 21 of the year).
The number of winners from Belarus in different years ranges from 252 person in DV-1 before 1355 people in DV-2019.
You can apply for participation in DV-2020 from 3 October 2018 years to 6 November 2018 of the year
Draw results will be available in May 2019.
Visas to winners of DV-2020 will begin to be issued in the period from October 2019 years to September 2020 inclusive.
Participation in the visa lottery is free!
In case of winning, the winner will need to pay the consular fee for applying for an immigrant visa DV (330$), immigration fee(220$) and other related costs( medical examination by an accredited doctor (200$ per person), an interview trip to the embassy, etc.)
Belarusian citizens receive immigrant visas at the American embassy in Poland, in Warsaw.
Participation in the Green Card Lottery DV-2020
Who can participate
To be able to obtain a visa based on the winnings, the applicant needs:
- To be born in the country, which is admitted to participate in DV-2020( if your country of birth is not eligible for the draw, you can play from the spouse's country of birth(and) or your parents)
- At the time of obtaining a visa, have completed complete secondary school or an equivalent education or two years of work experience during the last 5 years by profession, requiring, at least, 2-x years of study or work experience to carry out this activity.
How to participate
On the official site https://www.dvlottery.state.gov/ during the registration period, submit an online application in electronic form DS-5501, specifying all the necessary data and uploading digital photos no older 6 months according to official requirements.
In the application for participation, the applicant must provide biographical information:
- surname and first name
- full date of birth
- Place of Birth
- floor
- residence address
- select country, from which the application will be submitted
- indicate the level of education
- upload a digital photo in accordance with the requirements
With a spouse(and) and children up to 21 of the year (unmarried and not US citizens or permanent residents)
- their biographical information is indicated (FULL NAME, Date and place of birth)
- uploading their digital photos
ATTENTION!
Are indicated as relatives, and adopted children, even if they live with their ex-spouse(Oh). Failure to comply with this requirement will result in refusal of an immigrant visa!
Surname and First name - you need to write in accordance with the foreign passport. If the spelling of the surname and first name in the application and passport does not match, you may be disqualified when registering a win.
OUR RECOMMENDATIONS:
1.Do not rush to submit applications and do not leave to the last moment. As practice shows, in the first and last days of receiving applications, the server is usually overloaded and there may be errors like during filling, and when serving.
2. Be sure to check all the data specified in the application before submitting the form
3. Keep a copy of the questionnaire, to be sure that there are no mistakes when you win and apply for a visa, which may lead to the refusal of an immigrant visa
4.Keep confirmation of the submitted application - without this you will not be able to check the results of your participation in the lottery.
5.Don't use intermediaries, if the condition for payment for services is payment upon winning or you were not provided with a copy of the submitted application form and confirmation of the application.
6. If you have ever submitted your data to participate in the greencard lottery, before applying yourself, make sure, that your data is excluded from the database of intermediaries. Otherwise, you risk being disqualified for an interview for duplicate participation.. Such cases, Unfortunately, a lot in recent years. You will not only lose money, but also the opportunity to immigrate to the USA.
7.If you are participating in the next drawing with someone else's help, make sure that the submitted application contains up-to-date information about your marital status, there are no errors and there is a photo not older 6 months.
https://www.dvlottery.state.gov/
Additional information about participation in the Green Card Lottery, checking winnings and applying for a visa, you can read in our previous materials:
Vadim Lisovets
Ways to get a card without a lottery
there is 2 alternative methods. The choice of the appropriate option depends on, where you are - inside or outside the states:
§ Change of status - suitable for those, who lives in the USA. It is necessary to fill out and send the form of the unified format I-485.
§ Consular processing - involves contacting the American representative office in the host country to apply for an immigrant visa, allowing you to enter the States and obtain a permanent residence permit.
The choice of the petition format for filing documents from abroad depends on the type of applicant's rights to acquire resident status. It could be an emergency, moving to wife, husband, etc.. d. In some cases, the application is not submitted by the applicant for immigration, and the interested party is the employer, foreign relative, etc.. d.
Popular forms of petitions:
§ I-130 - for family reunification.
§ I-140 — by the employer, planning to accept a foreign employee into the team.
§ I-730 - for political asylum, refugee status.
Section I-589 - Deportation Protection and Asylum.
§ I-360 - for Asian Americans, widows, widowers and special immigrants.
§ I-526 - for foreign entrepreneurs.
Section I-918 - Obtaining Nonimmigrant Status.
The required petition form is downloaded from the website of the Migration Agency www.uscis.gov. Petition, Paid receipt for issuing Green Card, as well as other forms at the discretion of the administration of the State Department are sent by mail or presented at the consular section of the region of residence.
The USCIS Migration Service will notify you of a positive or negative decision.. If the answer is positive, you will have to fill out an application for a Greencard or a visa to be sent to the State Department, as well as undergo biometric research - provide fingerprints, photographs, personal signature, and also show up for an interview with documents.
Selection of winners
At the second stage, the drawing itself is carried out directly.
At the end of April / beginning of May, a dedicated program will randomly select 55 thousand. registered profiles, owners who will be invited to interviews at American embassies in their countries. Lottery results are checked on the registration website using a special code, received when submitting the questionnaire.
The second stage is not decisive, he cannot fully guarantee an early move to the United States. According to statistics, about 45% winners are eliminated at the third stage.
Also worth saying, that “losers” should not despair prematurely. An additional green card draw is always possible 2018-2019. For instance, at 2012 the second stage was carried out twice due to a program failure.
Competition stages
After submitting the application, you must wait for the moment of the drawing. In this case, at the end of the registration of the questionnaire, each is assigned a unique number, which must be saved before summing up the results. This combination will help you find out, have you become a winner and holder of a Green Card.
If luck smiled, you must contact the embassy and schedule an audience day. It is recommended to collect a package of documents in advance, so that a situation does not arise, in which the applicant is unable to provide any proof due to delay.
After meeting with the consul, the candidate is sent to await a response, however, it is not worth waiting for a message too quickly. Usually, the minimum decision period is about two weeks, and the maximum – no more than five months.
Investment price for green card
America is the largest economy in the world. She needs constant investment. Wishing to attract foreign investors, the American authorities gave them the opportunity to receive a green card for their contribution to the country's economy. investor visa - EB-5, also gives the right to obtain a residence permit, and then citizenship, but for this you need to have significantly more funds than an employee or a future spouse. At the same time, you do not need to work or engage in real activities in the country at all - you invested and received a green card. But what are these means really?
As a general rule, you will need to invest in the US economy 1 million dollars.
But for this you will have to invest in the economy of undeveloped regions., which means the risk of losing your investments is higher. Besides, an investor can obtain a permanent residence permit only through 2 of the year.
Stages of the DV lottery- 2021
The lottery from registration to obtaining a visa takes about a year. Sure, not all participants will reach the final, but the winners will be able to realize their American dream.
Registration of participants
Means, DV – 2021 can be expected in October 2019 of the year. From now on you can apply. It is not difficult to do this if you have at least basic knowledge of the English language.. Unlike the complex form DS- 160, which must be filled in to obtain a visa, here you only have to answer a few fairly simple questions, specifying the required amount of personal information about yourself, place of residence, education and upload a photo that meets the requirements. Be carefull, leave a statement only on the official lottery website, avoid phishing resources.
How to apply
AT 2019 year will play 50 thousand green cards, according to the official website of the State Department.
You can fill out the questionnaire only on the website: www.dvlottery.state.gov
note, so that the site has the extension .gov, because sometimes scammers create fake sites with the .net extension, .com and others
There is a detailed instruction for filling out the questionnaire in English from the organizers of the lottery.
Remember, that participation in the lottery is free. You don't have to pay for registration, not for filling out the questionnaire, not for anything else until then, until you win. It is also strongly discouraged to use the services of intermediaries.: simple questionnaire, available even for people with a minimum level of English, filling takes about 20 minutes.
As soon as you start filling out the form, you will have exactly 1 time, to enter all the information. If you are late, you will have to start over.
You must include your current spouses in the profile, even if you don't live together, and children up to 21 of the year. Besides, each of the spouses can fill out the form separately. This will increase the family's chances of winning.. More about, how to indicate relatives in the questionnaire, read in the material ForumDaily.
The photo for the questionnaire must be taken within 6 months before submitting the questionnaire and showing, how do you look right now. A detailed description of the requirements for photography can be found in our material.. Besides, here you can adjust your photo to the desired proportions.
IMPORTANT: After you fill out the form and click the Submit button ("Send"), you should receive a notification, which will indicate the confirmation number. It must be saved - without it you will not recognize, won the green card or not
Why do I need a Green Card
So why do we need a Green Card - the object of desire of every emigrant? The owner, along with it, receives a certain list of rights and obligations. the main thing, of course it's right. The most important thing is the legality of stay, but let's take a closer look.
Benefits
A green card holder can cross the borders of the country an unlimited number of times, in addition, the process of crossing border checkpoints is greatly simplified.
With a card, you can reside throughout the United States at your request.
Employment - the card provides great opportunities for professional activity, what is the main goal for most expats
You can also open your own business if you wish..
Social rights are the most important. If you have this document, you may be eligible for some types of health care benefits, and also get rights to some social benefits, benefits
After 10 years of legal work you can count on a pension.
As a Green Card holder, you can invite relatives. Besides, it is also issued to the whole family with the extension of privileges to close relatives.
The holder of a residence permit can get the opportunity to reduce tax rates, if he did not have problems with the tax authorities in his home country. Loan conditions are also facilitated - lower loan rates.
It is important to understand, that all the privileges, received by cardholders are subject to compliance with the imposed obligations. Important Violation of the law may be grounds for cancellation
To restore it is either very difficult, and sometimes it's impossible at all.
Important Violation of the law may be grounds for cancellation. To restore it is either very difficult, and sometimes it's impossible at all.
Obligations and limitations
- No voting is the main restriction for immigrants in any election. It is also forbidden to work in government positions or hold vacancies in politics.
- You cannot leave the USA for more than 6 months. If this is necessary, you need to apply for permission from the Immigration Service.
- The owner of the Green Card must always have it with him and renew it on time.
- Be sure to submit your tax return on time, indicate in it reliable information. Taxes and bills must be paid on time, in full.
When moving within the United States and when leaving the country, you must notify the immigration authorities.
Relevant services are involved in detecting violations, violators are punished severely. If you plan to apply for citizenship, it is better to follow all the rules and not put yourself at risk.
general information
Green card visually represents a standard plastic card, however, in fact, it is a special document, entitling its holder to a residence permit in the United States of America. I.e, man, who is not a US citizen, but owns a Green card, has the right to legal residence, work and study in America.
The green card is issued for an unlimited period, has no time limit. If the cardholder will not leave the States for a long time, and also will not be involved in criminal activities, then status, received by him through the Green Card, will last forever.
The card is awarded not only to the winning participant of the Green card lottery, but also to all members of his family: husband / wife, children. The winner receives a Green Card after arriving in America for 4-6 months.
Basic information
To understand, about what, actually, and what exactly is the attraction of the noted opportunity, should consider, what is the green card 2019 - lottery in the USA. The real name of the document is "United States Permanent Resident Card". It is called a Green Card because of its color and shape., and also to simplify. The beginning of the first lotteries started back in 1986 year. At that time, the main goal of the Green Card was to attract immigrants from developing countries.. truth, now the purpose of the "green card" has not changed - granting the right to live and work in North America
It is important to note, that the holder of the Green Card is not considered a full US citizen
How the cost of a green card depends on the method of obtaining it.
To determine the price of a green card, you need to understand, what is it and how to get it. It is easiest to understand it as a residence permit in the United States and some other European countries, of course, the United States has its own program for its issuance and the European residence permit will not allow obtaining US citizenship in the future. Foreigners get it, who, for one reason or another, want to stay in the United States for a long stay, and after a few years, usually it is five years, get American citizenship. You can get it while still in Russia or already being overseas.
The first and most common way is to open an immigrant visa. Expenses will start at the stage of paying the consular fee and amount to hundreds of dollars. They can be different, labor, business visas, educational, for the bride and groom, investment, adoptive parents, etc.. d.
The second way is hope for luck, namely, participation in the lottery in 2020 year. Every year the US authorities hold a draw 50 thousand green card for residents of countries with low immigration to America. Russians, Ukrainians and citizens of other CIS states have a real opportunity to try their luck and see the green light on the way to the American dream. Consider each option.
Benefits of owning a Green card
Many are surprised, why people are so eager to win the Green card lottery, after all, you can move to the United States using the standard visa procedure. It's simple. The owner of the Green Card receives many undeniable benefits, among which:
- The ability to enter and leave America without risks and rejections;
- The possibility of legal employment in the United States;
- The right to do business, create companies of shareholders, etc.. P.;
- The opportunity to get education in any educational institution in America;
- Eligibility for an educational assistance program;
- The opportunity to study at a college or university on more favorable terms from a financial point of view (training for cardholders is several times cheaper, than for ordinary foreign students);
- The possibility of obtaining American citizenship five years after moving to America;
- The right to receive social benefits. retirement privileges, if the holder of the Green Card has worked in the country for ten years;
- The ability to legally own movable and immovable property, but only so, which US citizens can have;
- Ability to travel without visas across states, with whom America has entered into a certain agreement.
