mercredi 16 juillet 2014

What is the DV Visa Program?


Diversity Visa or DV Program is an initiative by the United States under which permanent resident visas are granted to 50,000 applicants from all over the world. This selection is based on a random computer-generated process conducted by the US State Department. The chosen 50,000 immigrants are granted green cards allowing them to live, study and work in the US.
Several plans were devised and came into effect under the Diversity Visa (DV) Program. The purpose of the initiative is to allow people from countries which have a low immigration rate to the US in the last five years. As a result, the immigrant population of America diversifies.

Under the DV Visa Program, the US grants 50,000 ‘green cards’ to the applicants who then can become permanent legal residents of US. Green card holders can live, work and study in America as any other citizen of the US. Applicants therefore get a chance to permanently live in the US and at the same time hold citizenship of their native country as well. Green card holders can even work in the government and public sector.

Applicants from a country which has sent over 50,000 immigrants to the US in the past 5 years are not eligible to apply for a diversity visa. Additionally, the number of immigrants chosen from a single country does not exceed 7% of the total.
The eligibility requirements for people to become applicants are simple but strict. One needs to be a native of one of the countries that qualify for the program and hold specific educational/work requirements as stated by the authorities.

The DV Visa Program is a good opportunity for those who wish to live, study or work in the US.