50,000 U.S visas up for grasp

50,000 visas of the United States of America is up for grab worldwide as the entries for the 2013 Diversity Visa lottery (DV lottery) is open starting from 4^th October to  5^th November this year, the US Embassy in Banjul has announced.

The annual DV lottery program is a “good” opportunity for potential immigrants to become permanent legal resident of the USA. This program runs each year and provides 50,000 "Green Cards" to applicants randomly selected in a lottery process otherwise known as Green Card Lottery.

A Green Card is a permanent residence visa and gives a person the legal right to live, work, and study permanently in the United States and to enter and leave the country freely.

“We strongly encourage you to enter early in the registration period,” said Andy Utschig, Consular Officer of the U.S Embassy in Banjul during a press conference held at the American Corner organized to provide Gambia media practitioners the information about the program for onward distribution to the public.  

Mr Utschig recommended that interested applicants should register early as excessive demand at end of the registration period may slow the system down and no entries whatsoever will be accepted after November 5, 2011.  Application to this program is open for all individuals worldwide.