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Instructions on How to Enter

LOTTERY REQUIREMENTS

HOW TO ENTER (Including Digital Photo Requirements)

MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE GREEN CARD LOTTERY

LOTTERY REQUIREMENTS

MUST BE A NATIVE OF A QUALIFYING COUNTRY--Usually your country of birth

To enter, an applicant must be able to claim nativity in an eligible country . In most cases this means the country in which the applicant was born. However, there are two other ways a person may be able to qualify. First, if a person was born in a country whose natives are ineligible but his/her spouse was born in a country whose natives are eligible, such person can claim the spouse’s country of birth provided both the applicant and spouse are issued visas and enter the U.S. simultaneously. Second, if a person was born in a country whose natives are ineligible, but neither of his/her parents was born there or resided there at the time of his/her birth, such person may claim nativity in one of the parents’ country of birth if it is a country whose natives qualify for the DV-2011 program.

MUST MEET EITHER THE EDUCATION OR TRAINING REQUIREMENT

An applicant must have EITHER a high school education or its equivalent, defined as successful completion of a 12-year course of elementary and secondary education; OR two years of work experience within the past five years in an occupation requiring at least two years of training or experience to perform. Click here to see a list of jobs that meet the work requirement if you do not meet the education requirement.

If you cannot meet the above requirements, you should NOT submit an entry to the DV program.

HOW TO ENTER

THE FOLLOWING REGULATIONS WERE RELEASED BY THE US GOVERNMENT ON OCTOBER 1, 2004.

ONLY ONE LOTTERY ENTRY FOR EACH PERSON

All entries by an applicant will be disqualified if more than one entry for the applicant is received, regardless of who submitted the entry. Applicants may prepare and submit their own entries, or have someone submit the entry for them.

PAPER ENTRIES WILL NOT BE ACCEPTED

NO SIGNATURE REQUIRED

No signature is required for entry into the Green Card Lottery. That is because all entries will be electronically submitted.

SPOUSE AND CHILDREN INFORMATION REQUIRED

ALL REQUIRED PHOTOS MUST BE INCLUDED WITH THE ENTRY

The entry will be disqualified if all required photos are not submitted. Recent photographs of the applicant and his/her spouse and each child under 21 years of age, including all natural children as well as all legally-adopted and stepchildren (except a child who is already a U.S. citizen or a Legal Permanent Resident), even if a child no longer resides with the applicant or is not intended to immigrate under the DV program, must be submitted electronically with the Electronic Diversity Visa Entry Form. Group or family photos will not be accepted; there must be a separate photo for each family member.

A digital photo of each applicant, his/her spouse, and each child must be submitted with the Entry Form. The digital photo can be produced either by taking a new digital photograph or by scanning a photographic print with a digital scanner.

US GOVERNMENT INSTRUCTIONS FOR PREPARING DIGITAL PHOTOS:

Each digital photo can be produced in one of the following ways:

• Take a new digital photo that meets the following Compositional Specifications and Technical Specifications.

  OR

• Use a digital scanner to scan an existing photo that meets the following Compositional Specifications and Technical Specifications.

  Compositional Specifications: All digital photos must conform to the following compositional specifications or the entry will be disqualified.

  • Head Position in Photo
    • Person being photographed must directly face the camera.
    • Head of the person should not be tilted up, down, or to the side.
    • Head of the person should cover about 50% of the area of the photo.
      
      
  • Background
    • Person being photographed should be in front of a neutral, light-colored background.
    • Dark or patterned backgrounds are not acceptable.
      
      
  • Focus
    • Photo must be in focus.
      
      
  • Decorative Items
    • Photos in which the person being photographed is wearing sunglasses or other items that detract from the face will not be accepted.
      
      
  • Head Coverings and Hats
    • Photos of applicants wearing head coverings or hats are only acceptable due to religious beliefs, and even then, may not obscure any portion of the face of the applicant.
    • Photos of applicants with tribal or other headgear not specifically religious in nature will not be accepted.
    • Photos of military, airline, or other personnel wearing hats will not be accepted.
      
      
  • It is recommended that you NOT smile for the photo.
    
    

  Technical Specifications: The submitted digital photograph must conform to the following specifications or the computer system will automatically reject the Entry Form.

  • Taking a New Digital Image. If a new digital image is taken, it must meet the following specifications:
    
    
    • Image File Format: The image must be in JPEG format.
    • Image File Size: The maximum image file size will be sixty-two thousand five hundred (62,500) bytes.
    • Image Resolution: 320 pixels high by 240 pixels wide.
    • Image Color Depth: 24-bit color or 8-bit color or 8-bit grayscale. [Note: Monochrome images (2-bit color depth) will not be accepted.]
      
      
  • Scanning a Submitted Photograph. Before a photographic print is scanned, it must meet the following specifications:
    • Print Size: 2 inches by 2 inches (50mm x 50mm) square.
    • Print Color: The image must be either in color or grayscale.

    The photographic print you scan must also meet the Compositional Specifications listed above. If the photographic print meets the Print Size, Print Color, and Compositional Specifications, scan the print using the following scanner specifications.

    • Scanner Resolution: Scanned at a resolution of 150 dots per inch (dpi).
      
    • Image File Format: The image must be in the Joint Photographic Experts Group (JPEG) format.
    • Image File Size: The maximum image file size will be sixty-two thousand five hundred (62,500) bytes.
    • Image Resolution: 300 by 300 pixels.
    • Image Color Depth: 24-bit color or 8-bit color or 8-bit grayscale. [Note: Monochrome images (2-bit color depth) will not be accepted.]

PLEASE FOLLOW THE STEPS BELOW TO SEND US YOUR ENTRY MATERIALS FOR THIS YEAR'S GREEN CARD LOTTERY.

1. Click on Entry Form, fill out the online Entry Form and press the "Submit" button. Your entry data will then be stored in our Lottery database.
2. Get a separate digital photo for each required photo (Complete instructions about required digital photos are listed above.)
   
3. Email us the following items

• In the Subject Line of your email message, type in the words "Lottery Photo Files PLUS your Full Name", as you entered it on the online Entry Form you submitted at Register_green_card_lottery.asp .
• In your email message, include as attachments a separate Digital Photo File of each required photo. Digital photo files are required for yourself, your spouse (if married) and each child listed on your Entry Form.
• In your email message, list the name of each attached file and the full name of the person in each photo.

For Example:
Attached File 13456.jpg = Mohammad Ali (husband)
File 13457.jpg = Mary Ali (wife)
File 13458.jpg = Michael Ali (son)
File 13459.jpg = Rebecca Marie ALI (daughter)

• Include your email address so we can let you know when your service fee has been received and your materials have been reviewed.

4. Send our service fee by regular mail, Western Union money transfer or bank transfer. We cannot review your materials until after receiving our service fee.

• Fees for our services - $50 for 1 entry into the Lottery or $100 for 2 entries when a husband and wife submit separate entry form data while online at Register green card lottery 2011 --and then email us the required digital photo files, as described above.
• Accepted forms of service fee payment (IN US DOLLARS ONLY):

Bank Money Transfer/Wired Funds
Check Drawn on U.S. Bank
Foreign Postal Money Order
International Bank Draft
International Money Order
International Postal Order
U.S. Cashiers Check
U.S. Money Order
U.S. Postal Money Order
Western Union Money Order
Western Union Money Transfer
Cash

Make checks payable to American Green Card.
(Payment by Eurocheque is NOT acceptable.)

Payment by credit card is NOT accepted.

If you wish to make a Bank money transfer or Western Union money transfer, please email us and we will send you additional instructions.

Mail our service fee to the following address:

American Green Card

PMB 378

7925A North Oracle Road

Florida, AZ 85704

USA

The US Government's acceptance period for DV-2011 is between November 5, 2005 and noon on January 7, 2006. The last day for American Green Card Lottery to receive your electronic entry data, photo files and our service fee is December 27, 2005. All service fees received after December 27, 2005, will result in the materials being reviewed, any necessary corrections made, and entries held as pre-paid into the next Green Card Lottery. No refunds allowed.

MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE GREEN CARD LOTTERY

The United States Government holds one Green Card Lottery each year, and there are 50,000 winners in each Lottery. Qualified winners and their family members can receive a US Green Card and the right to live and work in the USA.

You may submit your entry for Green Card Lottery DV-2011 to our office today! American Green Card Lottery accepts entries every day of the year. By accepting entries now, we have plenty of time to make any changes or corrections, should they be needed.

There is no fee to enter the Lottery; however, we do charge a fee for our service.

In a recent Green Card Lottery, the U.S. Government disqualified 2.9 million people for errors in their entries--and they all read the same instructions! We won't let that happen to you.

• After receiving our service fee, we review your entry form data (submitted to us while online at Register_green_card_lottery.asp ) and let you know if any corrections are needed.
• We review the digital photos you email to us to INFO@AMERICAN-GREEN-CARD.US and let you know if any corrections are needed.
• We submit your electronic entry and required digital photos to the correct US Government Lottery Office at the exact time allowed by Lottery Regulations.
• We can scan your passport-type photos only through July 15, 2005, for an additional service fee of $5 for each photo.

We will let you know by email when your service fee is received and your entry data and digital photos have been reviewed!

Best Wishes and Good Luck!

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