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Is the Diversity Lottery an easy way to get a green card?

15th October 2010
By Samuel Beckett in Immigration Law
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The diversity lottery is the easiest way to get a green card. Other processes are cumbersome and time consuming. Not so with the green card lottery (or the diversity lottery as it is popularly known). Though a lot would depend on your luck, the green card lottery is the most sought after method in obtaining a green card.

It is estimated more than 1.5 million (approximately) people across the globe participate in the lottery every year though the cut off visa limit is only 50,000 every fiscal year.

Let us know see why the diversity lottery is considered an easy way to obtain a green card.

Consider this.

There are also other avenues through which a person can obtain a green card. Some of them are:

1/. Through marriage to a US Citizen.
2/. Investing huge sums in the US
3/. Through asylum
4/. Refugee
5/. Adoption
6/. Through Parents.

In all the above cases as an applicant you will forced through myriads of conditions, rules and regulations. You would need to prove your case without an iota of doubt to the USCIS to obtain a green card. Not so with the green card lottery program. Here it is just a question of your luck.


If you are one of those lucky winners you can fulfill your dream of obtaining a green card and living in your land of dreams. The process defined for the lottery is also not that cumbersome.

The underlying condition is that you should be born in an eligible country and have a minimum educational qualification, unlike other types of visas were the conditions are unimaginable. If you fulfill these conditions then you may apply for the lottery. Here you are also provided with an option. If you are not born in an eligible country you may still qualify through your parents or spouse.

Assuming you qualify, the next step would be for you to prepare the application. Here you need to note that preparing the application is quite easy when compared to other immigration forms. The questions asked in the application are straight forward and easy to answer. In the application you also need to list details of your spouse and children who are below the age of 18 years. Once you have completed your application you need to upload your photos and submit it for the draw.


The KCC (Kentucky Consular Center) which conducts the draw every year will do the same for your application. If you are one of those lucky winners, you will be notified by mail. You will then need to appear at the local US consulate for a preliminary interview. On completing the interview you will be granted a visa which will allow you to move to the USA. There you will be issued your green card. The process is as simple as that.

There are many success stories of people winning the diversity lottery and happily settling down in the USA. Why don't you be one of those successful persons? Green Card Lottery is one of the best way to get green card to USA. Get enrolled for the diversity lottery today!
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