Monrovia-As US DV Lottery Starts Wednesday, the US state department says A Valid Passport Citizen is the newest Requirement added to this year process to Play and all countries that their citizens are legible for US Dv Lottery of 2021 need to have valid passport before playing.

The entry period for the 2021 green card lottery starts on Wednesday, Oct. 2, 2019, and runs until Tuesday, Nov. 5, 2019, the department said in an instructions guide published by the Bureau of Consular Affairs.
The Diversity Visa program provides permanent resident visas to foreign citizens in countries with low immigration rates to the United States in the previous five years.

Up to 55,000 foreign nationals and their families from around the world will have a chance to legally immigrate to the United States and achieve the American Dream with a green card in hand in 2021, thanks to one of the simplest visa programs.

The Diversity Immigrant Visa program, also known as the green card lottery, which is the United States government lottery program for receiving the United States Permanent Resident Card and one of the simplest ways to enter the United States is back.

The U.S. State Department, which administers the Diversity Immigrant Visa Program, better known as the visa lottery, announced Thursday that it will go ahead with the lottery for 55,000 diversity visas available for Fiscal Year 2021.

The winners will be drawn from random selection and there is no cost to register.

Applicants must meet simple but strict eligibility requirements to qualify, according to the State Department, which distributes the green cards among six geographical regions.

Applicants for the DV-2021 lottery must meet two key requirements before submitting their entries:

▪ First, the foreigner must have been born in qualifying countries. Natives from these countries are not eligible this period: Bangladesh, Brazil, Canada, China (mainland-born), Colombia, Dominican Republic, El Salvador, Guatemala, Haiti, India, Jamaica, Mexico, Nigeria, Pakistan, Philippines, South Korea, United Kingdom (except Northern Ireland) and its dependent territories, and Vietnam.

▪ He or she also must have at least a high school diploma or its equivalent, or two years’ work experience over the past five years in an eligible field that requires at least two years of training.

Foreign nationals can sign up and submit their electronic entry at dvlottery.state.gov when the period opens, and complete the entry form for free.

Candidates should do this early in the registration period, authorities said, because excessive demand later will slow the system down.

This year the sudden wave of visa hopefuls checking on their entries crashed the web page several times.

After registering online, the green card hopeful will see a confirmation screen containing his or her name and a unique confirmation number a person must print to verify if he or she was chosen. Entrant Status Check will be available on the website from May 5, 2020, through September 30, 2021.

A NEW HURDLE

For the first time since the program was established 30 years ago to boost immigration to the United States, this year foreigners are required to have a valid, unexpired passport, to be able to participate.

Previously, prospective immigrants didn’t need a valid passport to register for the program, although they did need to get one after they won their draw. It was one of the documents they would need to bring to the the interview at the U.S. embassy or consulate — one of the final steps before receiving their diversity visas.

The State Department explained recently in a document published in the Federal Register that the rule change is needed to curb the high number of fraudulent enrollments in the program, because sometimes fraudulent organizations submit entries for individuals without their consent, among other scams.

“We strongly encourage you to complete the entry form yourself, without a ‘visa consultant,’ ‘visa agent,’ or other facilitator who offers to help. If someone helps you, you should be present when your entry is prepared so you can provide the correct answers to the questions and retain the confirmation page and your unique confirmation number,” the department advised applicants.