text: has anyone ever won a green card with the dv lottery ?  can you tell me how it was ( the complete process)?   sure my dad has. he got a letter in the mail saying he won the lottery. he had to mail back some documents to the processing center. after a few months more he got a letter with an appointment to the us embassy. there he had to bring documents such as proof of his education, birth certificate, work qualifications, medical examination... just basics stuff. they gave him an immigrant visa on the spot... after a few weeks in the us he received his permanent resident card in the mail... oh and the hole thing costed like $400  all very simple really, the only problem is that the odds of winning are quite small... about 3 million apply and only 50,000 get it... he was quite lucky:)