Rules for the 2005 Diversity Immigrant Visa Program (DV-2005)

United States Department of State - Bureau of Consular Affairs

The congressionally mandated Diversity Immigrant Visa Program is administered on an annual basis by the Department of State and conducted under the terms of Section 203(c) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (INA). Section 131 of the Immigration Act of 1990 (Pub. L. 101-649) amended INA 203 to provide for a new class of immigrants known as "diversity immigrants" (DV immigrants). The Act makes available 50,000 permanent resident visas annually to persons from countries with low rates of immigration to the United States.

The Nicaraguan and Central American Relief Act (NCARA) passed by Congress in November 1997 stipulates that beginning with DV-99, and for as long as necessary, up to 5,000 of the 55,000 annually-allocated diversity visas will be made available for use under the NCARA program. This reduction has resulted in the DV-2005 annual limit being reduced to 50,000.

The annual DV program makes permanent residence visas available to persons meeting the simple, but strict, eligibility requirements. Applicants for Diversity Visas are chosen by a computer-generated random lottery drawing. The visas, however, are distributed among six geographic regions with a greater number of visas going to regions with lower rates of immigration, and with no visas going to citizens of countries sending more than 50,000 immigrants to the U.S. in the past five years. Within each region, no one country may receive more than seven percent of the available Diversity Visas in any one year.

The countries that are NOT eligible for this year's lottery (DV-2005) are:

CANADA, CHINA (mainland-born), COLOMBIA, DOMINICAN REPUBLIC, EL SALVADOR, HAITI, INDIA, JAMAICA, MEXICO, PAKISTAN, PHILIPPINES, RUSSIA, SOUTH KOREA, UNITED KINGDOM (except Northern Ireland) and its dependent territories, and VIETNAM. Persons born in Hong Kong SAR, Macau SAR and Taiwan are eligible.

All the rest of the countries of the world are eligible. Please click here for a complete list.

WE ARE CURRENTLY PROCESSING APPLICATIONS FOR THE DV-2005 DIVERSITY VISA LOTTERY. POST YOUR APPLICATION NOW TO ENSURE YOUR PLACE IN THE LOTTERY.

U.S. Lottery Registration
Application Processing Department
11000 Wilshire Blvd., P.O. Box 24009
Los Angeles, California 90024
U.S.A.

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REQUIREMENTS FOR ENTRY:

• Applicant must be a native of one of the countries listed. See List Of Eligible Countries By Region.

Native of a country whose natives qualify: In most cases this means the country in which the applicant was born. However, 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 providing both the applicant and spouse are issued visas and enter the U.S. simultaneously. 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 the birth, such person may be able to claim nativity in one of the parents’ country of birth.

• Applicant must meet either the education or training requirement of the DV program.

Education or Training: 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. The U.S. Department of Labor's O*Net OnLine database will be used to determine qualifying work experience.
If the applicant cannot meet these requirements, he or she should NOT submit an entry to the DV program.

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PROCEDURES FOR SUBMITTING AN ENTRY TO DV-2005

• All entries by an applicant will be disqualified if more than ONE entry for the applicant is submitted, regardless of who submitted 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 unmarried child under 21 years of age, including all natural children as well as all legally-adopted and stepchildren, excepting a child who is already a U.S. citizen or a Legal Permanent Resident, even if a child no longer resides with the applicant, must be submitted with the entry. Group or family photos will not be accepted; there must be a separate photo for each family member. Photos should NOT be attached to your application. DO NOT tape, stapled or glue photos to your application.

If photos do not conform to the following specifications, the entry will be disqualified:

• All Lottery Applications must be submitted to the State Department electronically through the internet. U.S.L.R. will convert your paper application to the proper Electronic Format
• SIZE: 50mm x 50mm (square) [2 by 2 inches square], with the applicant’s, spouse's, or child's name and date of birth printed on the back.
• Applicant, spouse, or child must be directly facing the camera; the head of the person being photographed should not be tilted up, down or to the side, and should cover about 50% of the area of the photo.
• The photo should be taken with the person being photographed in front of a neutral, light-colored background. Photos taken with very dark or patterned, busy backgrounds will not be accepted.
• Photos in which the face of the person being photographed is not in focus will not be accepted.
• Photos in which the person being photographed is wearing sunglasses or other paraphernalia which detracts from the face will not be accepted.
• 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 is not acceptable. Photos of military, airline or other personnel wearing hats will not be accepted.
• Photos may be either color or black and white.

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THE ENTRY

Clearly print in the English (Roman) alphabet the following information. Failure to provide all of this information will disqualify the applicant’s entry.

1. FULL NAME, with the last (surname/family) name underlined
   EXAMPLE: Collins, Robert A
2. DATE AND PLACE OF BIRTH
   Date: Day, Month, Year,
   EXAMPLE: 15 November 1961
   Place: City/Town, District/County/Province, Country
   EXAMPLE: Munich, Bavaria, Germany
   The name of the country should be that which is currently in use for the place where the applicant was born (Slovenia, rather than Yugoslavia; Kazakhstan rather than Soviet Union, for example).
3. THE APPLICANT’S NATIVE COUNTRY IF DIFFERENT FROM COUNTRY OF BIRTH. If the applicant is claiming nativity in a country other than his/her place of birth, this must be clearly indicated on the application. If an applicant is claiming nativity through spouse or parent, please indicate this on the entry. (See "Eligible Countries" section for more information.)
4. NAME, DATE AND PLACE OF BIRTH OF THE APPLICANT’S SPOUSE AND ALL NATURAL CHILDREN, AS WELL AS ALL LEGALLY-ADOPTED AND STEPCHILDREN, WHO ARE UNMARRIED AND UNDER THE AGE OF 21 YEARS, EXCEPTING THOSE CHILDREN WHO ARE ALREADY U.S. CITIZENS OR LEGAL PERMANENT RESIDENTS, EVEN IF YOU ARE NO LONGER LEGALLY MARRIED TO THE CHILD’S PARENT, AND EVEN IF THE CHILD DOES NOT CURRENTLY RESIDE WITH YOU AND/OR WILL NOT IMMIGRATE WITH YOU.
   Note: that married children and children 21 years or older will not qualify for the Diversity Visa. Failure to list all children will result in your disqualification for the visa.
5. FULL MAILING ADDRESS - This must be clear and complete, because future mailings will be posted there. A telephone number and e-mail address is optional, but useful.
6. PHOTOGRAPH - Attach recent photographs of the applicant, the applicant’s spouse, and all children. Print the name and date of birth of each family member on the back of each photograph. Failure to submit required photos for all family members will result in disqualification. See the information on photo requirements.
7. SIGNATURE - The applicant must personally sign the entry in his/her native alphabet, as it would appear on his or her passport or other official or contractual obligations. Failure to personally sign the entry will disqualify the application.

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WE ARE CURRENTLY PROCESSING APPLICATIONS FOR THE DV-2005 DIVERSITY VISA LOTTERY.
POST YOUR APPLICATION NOW TO ENSURE YOUR PLACE IN THE LOTTERY.

U.S. Lottery Registration
Application Processing Department
11000 Wilshire Blvd., P.O. Box 24009
Los Angeles, California 90024
U.S.A.

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