It's no secret that today receive a residence permit in the United States is very difficult, especially if the US you do not live close relatives. Somewhat easier to become a citizen of the freedom-loving and democratic country in which laws are made for people, people with outstanding achievements in the sciences, arts or sports. Finally, to achieve the cherished goal can be to invest heavily in the US economy. Therefore the lottery called Green Card - it's the only way that is accessible to all, without exception, to foreigners who want to get US citizenship.
It should be noted that option obtaining permanent residence was made possible under the US Immigration Act of 1990, under which was introduced by the so-called immigration category. Its main goal - to increase ethnic diversity in the United States entering foreign nationals, as well as attracting immigrants from regions with extremely low rates of immigration.
Each year, the US government allocated 55,000 immigrant visas that take place among the participants of the lottery. An interesting fact is that the number of immigrant visas granted each region is calculated on the basis of data on the level of immigration in a particular geographic region.
According to studies, the average Green Card Lottery participates 8.9 million residents, while taking into account their families, the figure is about 15-20 million people. The probability of winning each of the applicant or a member of his family is about 0.25-0.35%. And since such notifications about winning circulated much more available visa quota, then the probability of getting an interview, the outcome of which could be an immigrant visa is a maximum of 25%. It is necessary to take into account the important factor that during the interview at least one third of the applicants are rejected due to incorrect documentation prepared as a result of the detection or other good cause. Therefore, the probability of obtaining a visa inexorably reduced to 15%. Thus, we should not deceive ourselves, having received the first notice about the long-awaited win, because it is not always entails achieving the main goal - to obtain US citizenship. In most cases, the first notification - is, first of all, the signal for the start of active "combat" operations.
