US diversity visa lottery saw near-record number of applicants in 2017
US diversity visa lottery saw near-record number of applicants in 2017
The employment-based green card backlog has grown to million as of March 2023—up from about million in 2018 when the government first
More than 11 million people apply for the lottery each year, which means that fewer than 1 in 200 applicants are accepted Many deceptive agencies charge fees A green card, which is issued by the Citizenship and Immigration Services , lets you live and work in the United States on a permanent basis
chances winning lottery random numbers Each country had a different maximum number, but once that number was reached, no more people from that country would generally be issued a visa Within each region, no country may receive more than 7% of the available Diversity Visa green cards in any one year Countries Ineligible to
