Diversity Visa Lottery Program (Stage 1)

Stage 1; October - December: Electronic Entry

Important Basic Diversity Visa Requirements:

The law creating Diversity Immigrant Visa Program (DV Program) states that to qualify for a diversity visa, you must have a high school education, or its equivalent, or two years of work experience. A high school education means successfull completion of a formal course of elementary and secondary education comparable to 12-year course in the United States. If you are qualifying with work experience, you must have two years of experience in the last five years in an occupation which, by U.S. Department of Labor definitions, requires at least two years of training or experience.

If you do not have either the required education or qualifying work experience, you are not eligible to be issued a Divesity Visa. Only you, as the principal applicant, must meet this requirement. Your spouse and children do not have to meet this requirement. Do not continue with this application if you do not meet the education and work experience requirement.

 

EDUCATION: Minimum Requirements To qualify using education, you must have:
Graduated from Senior Secondary School and passed the WAECS/SSSCE with a minimum of 5 passes (including English and Math; and pass is a minimum of 'E'); and/or
Completed A-levels or O-levels; and/or
Earned an HND (High National Diploma); and/or
Received a University degree.

NOTE 1: Vocational training does not replace the above requirements. Vocational training alone does not meet the DV education requirement.

NOTE 2: For each subject, we consider the most recent exam score. For example if you failed English in 2001, the passed in 2003, we will accept the Pass in from 2003 because it is the most recent score. However, if you passed English in 2001, then failed in 2003, you will not qualify, since the most recent score is a Fail.

OCCUPATION: Minimum Requirements
To qualify based on your occupation:
You must work in an occupation that has received a score of 7 or higher according to the U.S. Department of Labor's classifications. A list of qualifying occupations is posted in the waiting room; please review the list before paying the visa fee. You can find a complete list of all occupations and their scores online at O*net online: http://online.onetcenter.org. Scores are found by searching for an occupation, then looking at the "SVP Score" found in the "Job Zone" for each job.
You must have worked for at least two years in a qualifying job during the last five years AND completed at least two years of training to prepare you for work in that job. For example, if you worked as a Head Cook (a qualifying job) from 1995 to 1997, but have been working as a peety trader since 1997, you would not qualify.

Please make sure that you enter correct information especially:

Name

Date of Birth

Address

Gender

General Photo Requirements

The photograph for each visa applicant must be a full face photo, as described below

The photograph must have been taken within the last six months

Photo Size

The photo for each visa applicant submitted must measure:

2 by 2 inches (roughly 50 mm square) with the head centered in the frame.

The head (measure from the top of the hair to the bottom of the chin) should me between 1 inch to 13/8 inches (25 mm to 35 with the eye level between 11/8 inch to 13/8 inches (28 mm and 35 mm) from the bottom of the photo.

Photo Appearance

The photograph must be a full-face view in which the visa applicant is facing the camera directly

The face should cover about 50 percent of the photo area.

Side or angled views cannot be accepted.

The photograph should be in color and must be taken against a white or off-white background. Photographs with dark, busy, or patterned backgrounds cannot be accepted.

In general, the applicant's head, including both face and hair, should be shown from the crown of the head to the tip of the chin on top and bottom and from hairline side-to-side. It is preferable that ears be exposed.

Head coverings and hats may only be worn in photographs if they are required by religious beliefs. Such coverings and hats should not cover any portion of the applicant's face.

Sunglasses or other wear which detracts from the face can only be worn in photographs if required for medical reasons (an eye patch, for example).

Photographs depicting a person wearing a traditional facemask or veil that does not permit adequate identification cannot be accepted.

Photographs of military, airline or other personnel wearing hats cannot be accepted.

Photographs of applicants wearing tribal, national costume, or other headgear no specifically religious in nature cannot be accepted.

Digital Photo

Digital reproduced photographs must be reproduced without discernible pixels or dot patterns. Photocopied photographs cannot be accepted.

Selectees will receive a letter through thier country's postal service notifying them of their selection. Entrant who are not selected for further processing will not receive any type of notificaton through mail.

Multiple entries will disqualify the entrant from participation in the Lottery.