Who Is Eligible To Apply For The Diversity Visa Program?

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In order to be elgible you or your spouse must be a native of a country that is eligible to participate in the Diversity Visa Lottery. You may also be eligible to apply if your parent was born in a country that is eligible to participate. (The State Department will publish the names of countries that are eligible to participate before each year's lottery.) You must have a high school diploma or the equivalent, defined in the United States as successful completion of a 12 year course of elementary and secondary education; or you must have two years of work experience within the last five years in an occupation that requires at least two years of training or experience to perform.

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