text: i am from iraq, does the green card lottery works for real? i am a local national from iraq and i am single 26, i electronically applied for the green card lottery in last november, and the instructions stated that if i will be selected that i shall be notified in this upcoming (may or june), is that for real? in addition, how can get equal chance since there are millions applying around the world and thousands from iraq and the last year only 78 iraqis were selected ? thanks for the answer in advance ! that lottery green card does not work as it used after 9/11. if you wanna come to the u.s, just join the u.s instutions in iraq, and hopefuly they will regard you someone who deserved protection out of iraq.