Many people from different countries want to travel to the United States but find applying for a visa cumbersome.
However, the US State Department’s Bureau of Consular Affairs reported in recent days that it would officially open the registration period for the Diversity Immigrant Visa Program 2025 (DV-2025), better known as the visa lottery.
This immigration program is one of the most popular because it allows those who want to travel to North America to win a green card through the lottery, which means less paperwork.
Anyone wishing to immigrate must fill out the digital form DS-5501 between Wednesday, October 4th and November 7th, 2023 this year. You must register for the diversity visa and meet some requirements.
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Consular authorities advise interested parties To as soon as possible, as green cards are only available in limited quantities 55,000 of these will be raffled off And if you wait until the last minute, you may not be eligible for any of them.
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These visas are valid from 2025, but the entire process will be carried out as soon as the person gets a place for it Visa lottery.
This program provides a permanent residency visa to individuals, particularly from countries with low immigration rates over the past five years.
Requirements and data to be able to win a diversity visa
The data that you must take into account when applying for a green card are:
On the other hand, according to the US State Department’s Office of Consular Affairs, only two requirements must be met:
– People from the following countries cannot apply for the diversity visa: Brazil, Bangladesh, Canada, China, Hong Kong, Colombia, Dominican Republic, El Salvador, Haiti, Honduras, India, Jamaica, Mexico, Nigeria, Pakistan, Philippines, South Korea, Venezuela and Vietnam.
– Anyone who applies must meet the requirements for training or professional experienceal, that is, they must have at least a university degree or two years of work experience in the last five years in an eligible field that requires at least two years of training.
(Read more: How long you can stay in the US, depending on the type of visa)
On the other hand, the company explained that it will not accept physical applications, only digital ones, but that it must bear in mind that the form is easy to fill out and therefore does not require a processor for it, given the fact that it is free.
Those wishing To for the drawing can visit dvprogram.state.gov and then complete the participant status check to find out if their registration has been selected.
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LUZ ANGELA DOMÍNGUEZ CORAL
DIGITAL SCOPE EDITORIAL
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