Green Card Lottery Requirements

Green card lottery requirements are designed in such a way that it promotes the migration of the natives of low rate immigration countries to the US. The basic requirement of an applicant for green card lottery is that he must hail from an eligible country. The USCIS has defined a set of countries that are considered eligible for the green card lottery.

You have to be the native of the eligible country by birth. In case you do not come from an eligible country, but your spouse belongs to a qualifying country, then you have the liberty to apply for the green card lottery specifying your spouse’ native country. Or you can show your parents’ native country if they come from an eligible country. The concept behind this is that your place of birth matters more than your current place of residence.

The green card lottery requirements include educational or work experience defined as “high school diploma or equivalent (defined as a successful completion of a 12 year course of elementary and secondary education) OR you must have work experience of two years in the past five years in a field that requires at least two years of training or experience to perform.”

The green card lottery requirements of the application form are full name, date of birth, gender, city of birth, country of birth, country of eligibility or chargeability for the green card lottery program, your recent photograph, a detailed mailing address, your present country of stay, phone number (optional), e mail address (optional), highest level of education, marital status, number of children that are unmarried and lesser than 21 years of age, spouse information and children information.

Your recent photograph must strictly adhere to the instructions laid by the immigration services to get your approval. The specifications include:

The image must be in JPEG format
Color images must be scanned in 24-bit color mode
The maximum image size must not exceed 62,500 bytes
Digital photographs must have a resolution of 320×240 pixels
A scanned photograph must be 2’’× 2’’ square.

Other green card lottery requirements for the photograph are: direct focus of the face towards the camera, no head gear or helmet or caps allowed, no sun glasses, and must have a neutral and light colored back ground.

For further details about green card lottery requirements, you can contact the nearest US consulate.