Green Card Statistics

Immigration Information Center: Visa, Green Card and Citizenship H1B visa statistics: top 10 countries for H1B visas

As roughly 125,000 names are drawn, with only 50,000 eligible to actually receive a green card, everyone whose name is drawn is put on a waiting list and given

green card lottery photo size There are always more winners drawn than there are immigrant visas available This is to ensure that around 55,000 Green Cards can actually be issued each year

green card lottery timeline More than million people applied to the green card lottery in 2017 The first 50,000 to register after notification were the “winners” for