US green card lottery also known as the Diversity Immigrant Visa Program is intended for various countries that have low immigration rates to the U.S. Approximately fifty five thousand people enter the United States through this program. This program allows the selected lot to live and work in the US permanently. One other exciting feature of this program is that the immigrants can also take along with them their spouse and unmarried children. The green card holder is free to choose his work or start a business in the United States.

Green card lottery is held every year by the US government. Random selection of the applications from different geographic locations is done with the help of a computer at Kentucky Consular Center. The selected applicants are notified and asked to furnish the required details. Once the processing is over, the immigrant can permanently live and work in the US. While the regular green card requires a sponsor, green card lottery winners do not require any sponsors.