How To Apply Green Card In Kenya [2023]

A green card it’s a permit document that’s allow Kenyan citizens to permanently immigrate to live and in United States of America.

Green cards in Kenya are seemingly hard to apply for ,because it has many options to choose in the green card lottery for a chance to win.

Kenyans who have this permit document are known as permanent residents. Green cards are differently categorized depending on groups of people. 

• Green card through family
• Green card as a special immigrant
• Green card through employment 
• Green card through registry 
• Green card for victims of abuse 
• Green card through refugee status 
• Green card for human trafficking and crime victims
• Green card through another lottery.  

 The eligibility of a citizen to apply for a green card in Kenya through visa lottery.

1. Applicants must be from a country participating in the green card lottery.

2. Applicants must have completed at least 12 years of primary and secondary   schooling, alternatively two years’ work experience within the past 5 years in a qualified course.

3. Applicants must be above 16 years to be able to satisfy that you have finished at least 12 years of primary and secondary schooling. 

Applicants associate with ivisa.com which allows one to apply for a Green card lottery in the easiest way. In order to apply for a Green card the following requirements will be needed;

• A valid passport of validity of minimum of six months and its scanned
• An active email address to get confirmation number through email.
• A digital photograph or passport size photo.
• A debit/credit card or PayPal account to pay the process fee

Applicants will be randomly selected by computer from among qualified entries. Selected winners will be notified by email listed on their application also qualified applicants will be notified between a periods of time with instruction on how to apply for an immigrant visa. Applicants who have not qualified for the application will not be notified nor receive a letter of approval.

Applicants who had been registered before for the visa lottery had no effect on applying for another one. The law specifies a separate application for each year’s visa lottery .Applicants who wish to be included in the next lottery must apply a new application .An applicant is limited to one application only married couples may each submit one Green card lottery application. Your spouse and unmarried children under 21 years will also get a Green card lottery the same time you get. Applicants submitting separate applications or their spouse’s chances of winning are high.

Diversity visa (DV) program limits the period during which one can register each year. Applicants only need an internet connection or visit a cyber cafe, have a passport size photo with you which meets the photo requirements of the program. Your identification card or birth certificate for submitting your entry electronically on Electronic Diversity visa lottery website.

Applicants with multiple entries and submitting photos which don’t meet the requirements will lead to automatic disqualification of the applicant.

Applicants can later do an Entrant status check later on specified dates on the Diversity visa lottery website to know if the application is qualified or non-qualified. 

Applicants who have completed the steps on the DV process on us visas.state.gov, an email will let you know that an interview has been scheduled, that’s if your application was successful. Applicants will receive an email informing them to log into the Entrant status check on E-DV website, confirming your number using DV entry to confirm time, date and location on your scheduled interview. At the immigrant visa interview, the officer will inform you whether your application is approved or denied.

Applicants visa application require more administrative processing which take more time after the visa applicants fails you can check the status on your application .If applicants visa are denied useful information on ineligibility and waivers on us visas, states, gov and if approved, applicants will be informed when their passports will be returned to you. Applicants will be required to pay USCIS Immigrant fee $220

Applicants require the following to acquire permanent residence;  

1. Online application 
2. Submitting the required document to the Directorate of Immigration services HQ Nairobi
3. Permanent residence advisory committee interviews and recommendation 
4. Background  Checks 
5. Notification of approval conveyed through EFNS portal account
6. Payments of permanent residence issuance
7. Preparation of certificate and issuance

Applicants can follow the application process.

• Create an account and log in  to the permanent residence on the EFNS portal
• Upload the required documents 
• Download the acknowledgement of application 
• Payments of the process fee
• Applicants will receive approval to pay the issuance fee when the permanent application is approved
• Upload the deposit slips to the PR office 
• Provide issuance certificate in person at the interview.