Download or read book Win the Green Card Lottery! the Complete Do-It-Yourself Guide to the USA Diversity Visa Lottery, 2005 Edition written by Marybeth Rael and published by . This book was released on 2005-06-30 with total page 184 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The diversity visa lottery is a complex process that can make or break a family's entry into the United States. Each year millions apply for a green card, but many fail because they do not follow the ever-changing requirements or have prior knowledge of the rules. With this in mind, Marybeth Rael and J. Stephen Wilson developed Win the Green Card Lottery! The COMPLETE Do-It-Yourself Guide. Edited by James T. Daly, Attorney At Law, the 2005 edition for DV-2007 outlines the entire procedure from entering the lottery to obtaining a permanent resident visa. They also offer the only independent review of lottery services for those who need third party assistance. Now in its fourth year, this inexpensive guide provides over 20 crucial tips and essential guidelines to help eliminate common mistakes throughout the process, plus an entire chapter devoted to lottery winners. With these easy-to-read instructions, entrants will: Submit photographs that meet current State Department requirements, Understand the latest lottery rules to easily register themselves online, Comprehend instructions for registering family members, Determine qualifications for alternate state chargeability, Recognize why lottery entrants are disqualified, Enter multiple applications where instructed, Avoid costly pitfalls that can prevent you from obtaining a visa, Know what to do if out of status and win the lottery, Identify other ways to get a green card, Pass the visa interview, and much more. Author Marybeth Rael wrote Win the Green Card Lottery! based on her experience with the American Green Card Lottery Network, a lottery service she established to help prospective immigrants prepare diversity visa applications. Shealso wrote the first book dedicated to the visa lottery published by Self-Counsel Press in 2002. J. Stephen Wilson is the co-author, publisher and owner of mygreencard.com, a leading green card lottery informational site featuring weekly immigration news, and immigration books, reports, and related publications. Editor James T. Daly is a practicing immigration attorney specializing in visa and other immigration matters. His firm, Daly Law Office, is located in Santa Barbara, California. Jim is a member of the American Immigration Lawyers Association.