The results of the drawing of green cards will be announced tomorrow: where and how to find them

Participants in the DV-2021 green card lottery were waiting for the results of the draw for a month longer than usual due to a pandemic of coronavirus infection. Finally, tomorrow, June 6th, you can check the status of your application. Recall that the results of the draw, held from October 2 to November 5, 2019, will be available until September 30, 2020, reports U.S. Department of State.

A green card is a US permanent resident ID card that does not hold US citizenship. With it, you simultaneously get the right to work, educational benefits and the opportunity to apply for citizenship. But winning the lottery does not mean the automatic issuance of a green card, this is only part of the way to get it.

Here are 4 steps you need to take to become the owner of a won green card and successfully settle in the USA.

Step 1. Checking the status of the application

You can find out the results of the draw tomorrow, June 6, and only on the official website www.dvprogram.state.gov (formerly it was called www.dvlottery.state.gov - both addresses are correct). On the site, you will need to enter the lottery participant number, indicate the name, surname and year of birth of the applicant. If on the page that opens you see a letter with a barcode and your data, you won.

The results can be found exclusively on this site and only on its own initiative - the Department of State will not remind you of the draw or send any letters. Checking the status of the application is free. Any letters or emails inviting you to follow any link or make a money transfer are fraudulent. Be extremely careful, especially if you applied for participation in the lottery through an intermediary.

Until September 30, 2020 (on the same site) you can check the results of the drawing of green cards in the lottery for 2020 (DV-2020). After this date, persons who won the lottery will no longer be able to submit a corresponding application for a green card.

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The mere fact of winning does not guarantee a green card. Each year, the US government grants 55 immigrant visas, which are drawn in the Green Card lottery. There are always much more applicants - annually up to 9 million people participate in the drawing on average. And notice of winnings is always received by a much larger number of applicants.

This is because not everyone is completing what has been started to the end: someone is not ready to bear the costs associated with obtaining visas, someone does not go through a medical examination or interview, some applicants are refused because of incorrectly prepared documents. Therefore, the news that you won the green card is only a signal to the start of the marathon for about a year, but so far not a victory.

For immigration it is necessary to fulfill the requirements that apply to immigrant visa applicants.

If you are already in the United States at the time you receive a notification about winning a green card, you have the opportunity change your status in the US to immigration. Read more about this at the official website of the program.

ForumDaily also wrote about Is it possible to change family status during the raffle? and get a green card.

What if you did not win? We talked about how to be in such a situation. Also, remember: in addition to the Green Card lottery, there is at least 9 other ways to stay in the USA for permanent residence.

It is worth trying happiness again. To do everything right the next time you draw green cards, pay attention to the most frequent mistakes made by the participants of the green card lottery.

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Step 2. The path to the green card

ForumDaily previously published step-by-step instructions for those who won the Green Card. Here are the key points you'll need to make.

The site Consular Electronic Application Center you need to fill out an immigration visa application form - form DS-260. This must be done in English. The questionnaire should indicate personal data, marital status, provide information about the place of work, study, criminal record.

The first impulse of the winner is to send your DS260 profiles as soon as possible. This is done with the best of intentions, but it can play a trick on you. We explain why in most cases do not send profiles for at least a few months after winning the green card.

Before the interview, it is necessary to collect documents: full list is here. All documents that are not in English must be accompanied by a certified translation. Neither notarization nor apostille is required.

A medical examination can be passed only in special certified centers, the addresses of which can be found https://www.izakayasushilounge.com. The price of this procedure averages $ 215 per family member planning to immigrate (in different countries the price may vary by $ 10-15), and vaccination is paid separately. More on this Read in our material.

You will also be required to receive originals and translations into English of all documents, the results of the medical examination and an invitation to an interview. On the spot, at the embassy, ​​you will need to pay a visa fee for each family member. But this is not a guarantee that the coveted visa to the United States is in your hands. An interview is no less important stage than preparing documents or a medical board. The main goals of the interview are: to make sure that exactly those people who came for the interview submitted the applications; you will need to take fingerprints and verify them with the database, see the results of the medical examination and check the availability of all documents.

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Step 3. New start in the USA

Everyone who came to the USA should make several basic documents: bank cards, social security number and American ID.

A green card holder should definitely know about his rights and obligations - about this read in our material.

ForumDaily wrote about what state aid can a green card holder count on и how to track the delivery of your green card and other immigration documents.

You can also find out which 8 types of green cards and the grounds for receiving them valid for US immigrants.

The owner of the green card, along with the opportunity to constantly live and work in the United States, gets the right to reunite with his family. If he has children, spouse or spouse left at home, he may pick them up to america.

Remember that both having a visa and owning a green card does not guarantee that you cannot be expelled from the United States. Exist legal basis for deportation green card holder from the USA.

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Step 4. Future plans

How successful immigration will be is also a lottery. Someone played for about ten years, someone was lucky the first time, and someone has the third green card for the family. Spouses from Belarus, a couple from Kiev and a very young girl from Lipetsk. All of them won the green cards in the lottery. ForumDaily chatted with those lucky oneswho already got a chance to move to America.

And here's another 5 completely different stories of peoplewho are lucky to win and get the right to live and work in the United States.

She told about her own work on mistakes after winning a green card blogger Alexandra Rusak.

Read the story Hollywood producer Valerie Philwhich won the green card in the lottery and did not want to move for a long time.

Find out how Kazakhstani photographer, traveler and expedition participant Zhanat Aitkhozhin won the green card on the second attempt. is he shared helpful tips and details of the process - from the application to moving to the United States.

Some admit that the move could not be morally and financially pulled, and returned to their homeland. Starting life from scratch in a foreign country is not always as easy as it seems. ForumDaily readers who are fortunate enough to win the lottery but are unlucky to realize the American dream, told why they did not work out with the USA. And another story about how a family left a good and well-to-do life in the United States - a country whose knowledge came down only to myths, and returned home after 2 months.