It became known how many people won the green card this year.
The US State Department published in August Visa Bulletin 2018 official results of the Green Card Lottery for 2019 year.
The Kentucky Consulate Center has registered and notified the lottery winners, which number is approximately 87 610 people, now these people can apply for an immigration visa.
Green card gives immigrants the legal right to live, work and study in the United States and, ultimately, become American citizens.
Green card lottery drawing is one of the easiest ways to legally move to the USA.
Lottery program for drawing green cards in numbers
Every year, 50 000 immigration visas are played out under this program, they are distributed among 100 000 winners from around the world (winners are chosen more than visas, since many of them do not meet the requirements for receiving a green card after checking). The winners can eventually immigrate to the United States and receive a permit for permanent residence and permanent employment in the country.
For the 2019 green card draw, while only 87 610 winners were selected, in the fall of 2018, the US government is expected to select another 30 000-40 000 winners.
4 025 Ukrainians, 3 641 Russians, 1 355 Belarusians and 214 Israelis are among the winners at the moment.
At the moment, Ukraine is one of the leaders in terms of the number of winners, losing only to Iran, whose citizens won 4 199 green cards.
In total, 2019 14 352 people took part in the lottery for drawing green cards for 013 year.
Recall that the start date of the drawing of green cards for 2020 year has already been announced, the registration conditions and all the nuances of the process can be found by link.
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