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ABOUT THE GREEN CARD LOTTERY
The United States Government provides a maximum of up to 55,000 Diversity Visas (DV) each fiscal year for immigration to the United States of America through the Diversity Immigrant Visa Program. This program, also referred to as the "U.S Green Card Lottery", is open to most citizens of the world once a year. Applicants are selected randomly by a computer generated drawing. The selected applicants are authorized to live and work with their registered families (spouse and all unmarried children under 21 years of age) permanently in the United States. Applicants are allowed to apply to the "U.S Green Card Lottery" only once a year. Applicants will be disqualified if they attempt to submit multiple entries
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Photo Specifications
Recent photographs of the following people must be submitted electronically with the Electronic Diversity Visa Entry Form:
- You
- Your Spouse (If Applicable)
- Each unmarried child under 21 years of age at the time of your electronic entry (If applicable)
PHOTO SPECIFICATIONS:
CONTENT: The image must contain the full face, neck, and shoulders of the applicant in frontal view with a neutral, non-smiling expression and with eyes open and directed at the
camera.
- The image must not contain any parts of the body below the applicant's shoulders.
- The image must not include other objects or additional people.
- Applicant must be vertically oriented in the image.
- Photos of applicants wearing head coverings or hats are only acceptable if the head covering is worn for religious beliefs; and even then, the head covering may not obscure any portion of the face of the applicant.
- Recent (within 6 months) Color Photographs in 24-bit color depth are required.
- An example of acceptable photography is shown to the right.
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GREEN CARD LOTTERY 2009
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