US Green Card Lottery - DV Lottery Program 2020 introduction and guidance to entry
Diversity Immigrant Visa (DV Program), also known as the Green Card Lottery, is a US government lottery program designed to receive a US Permanent Resident Card. Under the DV program, 55,000 immigrant visas would be available in an annual lottery began in the year 1995. It provides for 50,000 immigrant visas per year and aims to diversify the immigrant population in the United States by selecting candidates from countries where the number of immigrants is low in the previous five years.