You will find detailed guidance on how to fill out your Green Card Lottery application in this article. All fields in the application form are mandatory and must be completed. You can complete some details, such as information about your spouse and children, at a later date.

Step 1: Your characteristics

In the first step, you have to enter your name and email address to create an account. You can also enter diacritics and special characters like Ø, Å, ü, and ß. Our system will adjust everything for you automatically.

The form will ask you for the following data:

• title
• salutation
• first names
  Please enter your first name identical to the one in your passport. Additional first names will be requested later in the form.
• last name
• email
  We will send your entry confirmation, lottery result, and other important news to this address. Therefore, please enter a valid and individual email address, and under no circumstances the same as, for example, that of your spouse.
• password
  Please create a secure password that you can keep safe or remember.

Then accept the terms and conditions as well as our privacy policy and click on “Register.” Your account is now created, and you will be taken to the next screen.

Personal and address data

In the following screen, the form will ask you for more personal data:

• additional first names
  If there are two or more first names in your passport, it is mandatory that you provide them here as well. It does not matter if only one of the first names is used as your call name.
• gender
  At the moment, you can only choose between the options “male” and “female” because the US authorities do not yet offer X-gender, diverse, non-binary, or genderqueer. Therefore, if in doubt, please choose the option you feel most comfortable with or as indicated in your passport.
• phone number
• address information
  Please provide your current address. Street names can be abbreviated according to common usage. If your address does not include a street name, you may also provide your post office box. If you do not have a postal code, please enter “00000” or alternatively provide an address of a relative or close friend where we can reach you. If your address changes after you have registered, please let us know immediately or change it in your customer account so that we can contact you if you win.

Biographical data, photo

On the third screen (you are still in “Step 1” of the participation process, though), you will be asked for your biographical information. These are:

• your birthday
  There is generally no minimum age for participation in the Green Card Lottery. However, participants under the age of 16 usually do not meet the necessary educational requirements.
• city of birth, country of birth
  Please enter your city of birth as it appears on your passport, as some city names are rarely changed over time. You must enter your country of birth according to current borders.

Examples:

former Sudetenland	Today: Czech Republic
East Prussia	Today: Russia or Poland
Yugoslavia	Today: either Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Serbia, Montenegro, Kosovo, or Northern Macedonia

Note: Some countries, unfortunately, are excluded from participation in the Green Card Lottery by the US authorities. However, there is still a chance to participate if:

• Your spouse was born in one of the currently approved countries, or,
• One of your parents was only temporarily residing in your country of birth at the time of your birth (e.g., for temporary work or study).

In this case, please enter the country of birth of your spouse or parent as a native country.

Education

You can apply for the Green Card if you have at least a high school diploma (or higher), defined as successful completion of a 12-year course of formal elementary and secondary education.

Alternatively, it is also sufficient to show that you have worked for at least two years (within the last five years) in a profession that usually requires completed vocational training. Thus, indicating a lower level of education does not automatically disqualify you from participation.

In our Green Card Lottery application, you will initially have the following choices:

• primary school only
• high school, no degree
• high school degree
• vocational school
• some university courses
• university degree
• some graduate-level courses
• master degree
• some doctorate level courses
• doctorate

IMPORTANT: You will not be required to prove your education degree until you win and may schedule your Green Card interview at the US Consulate.

Do you have any questions? Please feel free to contact us via our contact form!