Won, did not win?..
For, so that the winners can find out about their winnings, each application can . To do this, you need to know her number (Confirmation Number). This number consists of 16 characters and is assigned to the application at the time of its sending. If you do not know your application number, it is impossible to check it. Therefore, be sure to keep this number or ask for it, who sent your application. If you submitted the application yourself, but have lost or not retained their Confirmation Number, it can be restored. If your application was sent by an agency, request this number from the agency or try to restore the number, indicating the agency's email in the recovery form (eg, when sending our applications, we indicate our email, [email protected]).
Won, did not win?..
For, so that the winners can find out about their winnings, each application can . To do this, you need to know her number (Confirmation Number). This number consists of 16 characters and is assigned to the application at the time of its sending. If you do not know your application number, it is impossible to check it. Therefore, be sure to keep this number or ask for it, who sent your application. If you submitted the application yourself, but have lost or not retained their Confirmation Number, it can be restored. If your application was sent by an agency, request this number from the agency or try to restore the number, indicating the agency's email in the recovery form (eg, when sending our applications, we indicate our email, [email protected]).
Participation in the Green Card Lottery (Green Card) with NVS is:
- The ability to send a questionnaire for participation at any convenient time, regardless of the period of participation in the Green Card drawing;
- Filling out a Green Card application form in a language convenient for you - our specialists will translate it into English in compliance with all the nuances;
- Monitoring application status, from submission to publication of results;
- Support throughout all stages of the competition, starting with filling out a questionnaire and ending with drawing up a drawing;
- Assistance in collecting the necessary documents;
- Preparing for the interview, including detailed consideration of possible questions and correct behavior during the interview;
- Advising participants, who are not clients of our company, within the framework of free seminars;
- Individual approach to each individual situation;
- Flexible system of payment for services;
- Receiving compensation in case of visa refusal (when purchasing the "Paid" package, "Prize").
In addition to helping to participate in the Green Card competition, NVS specialists assist in obtaining immigration and non-immigrant visas, helping to get around slippery topics and solve possible problematic issues. Besides, focusing on the provided data, company employees can assess the chances of obtaining a visa.
Green Card cost
Applying for participation in Green Card on the official website is free. However, contacting our company, you get a number of benefits. You don't have to translate your application, submit it annually on the official website and track your winnings. We will do all this for you!
If there is no confidence in success, requirements for paperwork are not fully understood, unclear, how to prepare for an interview at the embassy and what to expect, - we recommend contacting our company. We can provide the necessary support, help with professional advice and bring you closer to the fulfillment of your dream of moving to America.
Ways to get a green card
Today there are different options for obtaining this document.. They are all perfectly legal:
Family reunion. The method is available for applicants, whose relatives are US citizens. The American authorities allocate a certain number of quotas for obtaining a card in this way. The queue is different: in some cases, the quota is provided after a year, sometimes you have to wait 10 years and more. However, to reunite with close relatives (parents, minor children and spouses) no quota needed.
Marriage registration. Apply for a green card (and then citizenship can the applicant (applicant) in the case of an official marriage with an American resident. Required condition: both spouses must be of legal age. By the way, American authorities (Migration Service) keep an eye on, so that the marriage is not fictitious and registered for the sake of achieving selfish goals (in this case for the purpose of obtaining citizenship). Such an offense is severely punished.: 250 thousand dollars - fine and imprisonment for up to 5 years. To reduce the percentage of fictitious marriages, US authorities initially issue conditional 2-year green cards. Only after this period has expired, you can apply for an unconditional card. After checking the consistency of the marriage, its receipt will become possible.
Employment in the USA. US authorities are ranking applicants. So, the greatest chances of getting a long-term green card from prominent representatives of the arts and sports, businessmen, promising scientists, successful leaders. Highly qualified specialists follow the candidates from the first category, ready to work in any conditions (among them are doctors, as well as gifted artists, science). Finally, in third place are specialists with 2 years of work experience, unskilled and blue-collar job seekers.
Obtaining refugee status or political asylum. You can apply for a document after a year of physical residence in the country. Getting a document is not easy, as it seems: refugee status must be supported by real facts, proving the impossibility of the applicant's stay in the home state.
With the help of a special program for migrant investors
What matters here is, where the applicant invests money. So, you can invest in new commercial companies, and already working
In this case, it is required to create at least 10 vacancies, which will employ qualified workers (full shift). However, this program assumes a multi-level and complex system of checking the "purity" of money, and therefore it is not popular among Russian investors.
Business immigration. In this case, the entrepreneur must find a sponsor (American citizen), develop and submit your own business plan (not that, what just came to mind, and that, which will be interesting to the United States from an economic point of view). Only with these documents can you write an application for a green card.
Diversification lottery. The name of the method speaks for itself. Every year, the American authorities hold a green card draw. All, what the applicant needs to do at the first stage is to register on the www.dvlottery.state.gov portal, and then track the status of your application. Lucky ones, passed the first round, are credited to the next stage - interview. Way, certainly, designed for luck. But he is quite popular, since at the first stage it does not require money investments and significant time costs from the applicant. Read more in the article: “How to win a green card in the USA”.
Step 1: participation in the green card lottery
Reasons for disqualification
- Feeding over 1 entries from the person in the current set;
- Specifying false data;
- Incomplete data on spouse and children;
- Non-compliance with participant requirements;
- Loss of ID number pending results (the number must be saved before the end of dialing).
Requirements for obtaining a green card using the lottery
- Apply from the state, admitted to participate in the competition in the current set (the list appears before registration opens in the fall);
- Have completed high school education or two years of work experience, which meets a number of conditions;
- There are no restrictions on the age of the candidate.
Assessment of profession and work experience for participation in the lottery
Registration in the green card lottery
- Waiting for lottery results for at least 7 months (start of publication in May);
- Checking lottery results online on the same website.
Caution - scammers
Green card lottery participants may face scammers, who are trying to get money from participants. For this reason, the lottery and the publication of its results are carried out only online and only on the official website - the lottery representatives do not come into contact with the participants, apart from sending automatic notifications about the need to check the status of the application.
How to avoid becoming a victim of scammers:
- Do not reply to emails or letters, do not disclose your data, including information with a confirmation page;
- Remember, that participation in the lottery is free and does not involve fees;
Whether to use the services of agencies?
How to improve your chances of winning the lottery
If the spouse(a) fits the requirements for participants, he or she should also register in the lottery - this will increase the chances of winning and moving the whole family. Participant must include all children and spouse(in) to the application. The lottery winner will be able to take with him:
- Spouse(in);
- Children, unmarried, which at the time of application is not 21 of the year.
If an adult child wins the lottery, he will not be able to take his parents with him, since only spouses and children up to 21 of the year.
You can participate in the lottery an unlimited number of times. Although the number of attempts does not affect the likelihood of winning the lottery in a particular year, everyone has a chance to try fate again.
Photo requirements for the Green Card.
A photo must be sent along with the form. How to take a photo on a green card yourself, b and detailed requirements, written in a separate article.
Photos must be pointed to everyone, who is indicated in the questionnaire:
Your photo.
Photo of a spouse, if you are married (it doesn't matter, will he go with you or not).
Photos of children before 21 of the year. Also pictures of children, from previous marriages of both spouses, regardless of whether they live with you, or not (even if they don't come with you if you win).. Children, who are older 21 years old or already married, must submit the application themselves and you do not need to send their photos
Children, who are older 21 years old or already married, must submit the application themselves and you do not need to send their photos.
If there are no photos, it is an automatic visa refusal in case of winning.
The technical requirements of photography include:
- Photo size must be from 600x600 pixels to 1200x1200;
- The background should be uniform and light;
- The photo must not be retouched;
- Clothes should be ordinary, everyday (religious and military clothing is not allowed), hats are not allowed;
- Neutral, calm facial expression;
- The head should be strictly in the center of the photo and occupy approximately 2/3 photo.
- You can't tilt your head.
- Photo age no more 6 months from the date of submission of the questionnaire.
Before sending, photo can be checked on the same website, for compliance with requirements.
