U.S. Green Card Lottery Now Open For Applications [October 06 2010]

The American Embassy in Colombo announced that the 2012 Diversity Immigrant Visa Lottery Program, popularly known as the Green Card Lottery, is accepting on-line applications since October 5, 2010.

The Diversity Visa Lottery allows 50,000 randomly selected applicants from around the world an opportunity to legally live and work or study in the United States each year, so long as they are selected and are born in a qualifying country (Sri Lanka and the Maldives both qualify) and that they meet either an educational or work experience qualification.