With the numbers of people looking to work and live in the US ever increasing, programs such as the US Green Card Lottery has been a hit. The lottery runs each year, granting 50,000 Green Cards to applicants at random.
A Green Card gives an individual the legal right to live, work, and study permanently in the United States. They will also receive health, education, retirement, taxation, social security and other benefits.
The program is open to participation from all individuals worldwide who fulfill the two basic entry requirements- a high school education, and at least two years working experience.
The visas 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 Diversity Immigrant Visa Lottery has been established in the 1996 Immigration Act in order to give immigration opportunity to natives from countries other than the main source of immigration to the U.S.A. This official U.S. government program aims to diversify the American population by creating an immigration opportunity to under-represented ethnic groups.
The USAGC program pays a handsome $45 per sale and comes with a 30 day cookie. Websites with an international audience are encouraged to apply.