US 'Green Card' Lottery Registration Begins

The United States government’s Diversity Immigrant Visa Program opens Oct. 1. The program is known to millions of people around the world as the “green card lottery.” “Green card” is the unofficial name for the government document used to prove that a person is a legal U.S. immigrant. Green cards are also given to those offered asylum or protection as refugees. And a green card may be given to individuals with family members who are U.S. citizens. The document is not evidence of...

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