WHAT IS THE VISA LOTTERY? Glinsmann & Glinsmann, Chartered is pleased to once again announce that the Diversity Immigrant Visa Lottery is currently under way.  This lottery is held every year in the United States, where approximately 50,000 permanent residence visas (green cards) are awarded by the U.S. Department of State.  Every year our Firm represents Diversity Visa Lottery winners.  The Department of State does NOT charge a fee for this application.  If you would like our assistance in applying for the visa lottery please contact our office.

DEADLINE: This year’s deadline to apply is noon on December 2^nd, 2007.

REDUCED FEE FOR EARLY APPLICATIONS:  If you would like our assistance with your entry and contact the Firm by the Close of Business (COB) November 23, 2007, you will pay a lower legal services fee. 

INSTRUCTIONS - Please click here to download our instructions.

DV-2009 Ineligible Countries - WHY DO NATIVES OF CERTAIN COUNTRIES NOT QUALIFY FOR THE DIVERSITY PROGRAM? Diversity visas are intended to provide an immigration opportunity for persons from countries other than the countries that send large numbers of immigrants to the U.S. The law states that no diversity visas shall be provided for natives of "high admission" countries. The law defines this to mean countries from which a total of 50,000 persons in the Family-Sponsored and Employment-Based visa categories immigrated to the United States during the period of the previous five years. Each year, the USCIS adds the family and employment immigrant admission figures for the previous five years in order to identify the countries whose natives will be ineligible for the annual diversity lottery. Because there is a separate determination made before each annual E-DV entry period, the list of countries whose natives are not eligible may change from one year to the next.

• BRAZIL

• CANADA

• CHINA (mainland-born)

• COLOMBIA

• DOMINICAN REPUBLIC

• ECUADOR

• EL SALVADOR

• GUATEMALA

• HAITI

• INDIA

• JAMAICA

• MEXICO

• PAKISTAN

• PHILIPPINES

• PERU

• POLAND

• RUSSIA

• SOUTH KOREA

• UNITED KINGDOM (except Northern Ireland) and its dependent territories

• VIETNAM