For 2010, Russia has finally been included in the number of countries among which the Annual US Government Lottery "Green Card" is held!
For many years “before” this, for Russians, obtaining the official right to reside and work in the United States was extremely difficult.
For the Russians, they even made an explanation and instruction in Russian:
Instructions for obtaining Green Card V2010-Russia.pdf (PDF, 366 KB)
You can learn more by reading the Russian-language pages on the website of the organization Usafis, which helps to fill in the application form for the Green Card Lottery correctly:
1. Main page of the organization Usafis2. Usafis page with frequently asked questions about getting "Green Card"Keep in mind : Those who are interested in this post on the possibility of emigrating to receive a green card: USAFIS is a private organization that earns money by helping to apply for the Diversity Visa lottery (winning in it allows you to get a green card - a residence permit in USA). There is absolutely no need to use the services of such intermediary organizations and spend money on them. Participation in the lottery has always been and will be free. On the US Department of Immigration website, you can find a questionnaire and submit it for free.
At DV-lottery 2010, applications were no longer accepted on December 1, Russians were allowed to participate. Call for applications for dv-2011 will be open in October 2009.
Participation in the lottery is absolutely free on the site
DVLOTTERY.STATE.GOVAnother required link:
travel.state.gov/visa/immigrants/types/types_1318.htmlIn general, who are interested in this topic, read the comments on the topic - in the discussion of this topic mine has a lot of useful explanations!
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PS: And to me initially, it was just curious how many Russian IT people would like to emigrate abroad?
And to clarify this question, now I just published a survey:
And would you like to live and work abroad (in the USA, Australia, etc.)? "I am very upset that many people were so impatient about this topic and strongly minded my karma :(
I personally love Russia and for the most part I am satisfied with everything at home, and I don’t intend to leave Russia. And this topic did not want anyone to advise. I just wanted to hear your opinion. I thought so that here the audience is quite adult people who have ways to make an adult, independent decision, and not go on about advertising.
But, in fact, it turned out that over the past year the audience of “Habra” was replenished with a large number of youths who do not know life and cannot make independent decisions, and the most terrible in adolescence is intolerant towards dissidents. The audience of "Habra" unfortunately has become more like the audience of the site Mail.ru :(