US Goverment to Charge Fee to Enter the Green Card Lottery

Due to a new law passed by the US Congress the Green Card DV-Lottery will no longer be free to enter this year and going forward. Since the USA Diversity Visa Lottery, also known as the green card lottery was established in 1990, it has always been free to enter the DV-Lottery. Last year 8 million people from all over the world enter the lottery in hope of winning one of the 50,000 green cards awarded to the winners each year. The US Congress passed a new immigration law that will extend benefits to political refugees with disabilities and to prevent this program from adding to the US deficit, law makers have introduced a new green card lottery fee that will pay for this program. The fee is expected to be between $30 and $60 per entry into the green card lottery.