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Law Offices of Robert J. Jacobs, P.A.
Bristol Park
4727 NW 53rd Ave., Suite A
Gainesville, FL 32606
Tel (352) 335-2699
Fax (352) 335-2640
Email: info@myimmigrationlaw.com
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Practice Limited Exclusively to Immigration and
Nationality Law
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Diversity
Visa Lottery
The Diversity Immigrant
Visa Program, administered by the U.S.
Department of State, makes available 50,000
immigrant visas per year to persons from
countries with low immigration rates.
Applicants for Diversity Visas are chosen by a
computer-generated random lottery drawing.
Visas are distributed among six geographic
regions: Africa, Asia, Europe, North
America, Oceania and Latin America. A
greater number of visas go to regions with lower
rates of immigration. No visas go to
citizens of countries that send more than 50,000
immigrants to the U.S. within the past five
years.
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Application Process
Applications are now submitted by email to
the U.S. Department of State. Applications
for the DV-2005 lottery were to be submitted
between November 1, 2003 and December 30,
2003. Instructions for DV-2006 have not
yet been issued.
Requirements for Entry
- Applicants must be a native of a country
whose natives qualify. In most cases
this means the country in which the
applicant was born.
- If a person was born in a country in which
neither parent was born or resided at the
time of his birth, he may claim nativity of
the country of birth of one of his parents.
- A person whose native country is
ineligible for the diversity lottery may
claim the nativity of his or her spouse if
the spouse is a native of an eligible
country and both the spouse and applicant
are issued visas and enter the U.S.
simultaneously.
- Education or training - an applicant must
have either a high school education or its
equivalent or two years of work experience
within the past five years in an occupation
requiring at least two years of training or
experience.
Becoming a Permanent Resident
Applicants who win the Diversity lottery are
notified by the U.S. Department of State.
If they are present in the United States and in
lawful status, they may apply to the USCIS for adjustment
of status. If they are outside of the
United States, they undergo consular
processing of their immigrant visas.
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