About Us

Background. Creative Networks was founded as a micropublishing company in 2003 in Santa Barbara, California by J. Stephen Wilson to help promote Win the Green Card Lottery! by Marybeth Rael. She was the first to recognize that green card lottery applicants had no single place to get all the information needed to successfully enter the lottery, navigate the ever-changing USA immigration system and get a green card. This annual "how-to" guide explains exactly how to apply for the USA diversity visa lottery and avoid problems while adjusting status in the U.S., or applying for a U.S. immigrant visa abroad. No other publisher even attempts to keep up with the yearly, often last-minute changes to the U.S. Diversity Visa Program. Our booklet is now available in paperback and multiple electronic (e-Pub) formats from Resellers worldwide.

In 2004 we expanded myGreencard.com to include weekly Immigration News and an extensive, growing library of free Immigration Reports. We started reviewing green card lottery web sites in 2005 in response to serious complaints about some services. Green Card Lottery Service Ratings are now available annually. We also publish a separate paid report with survey data and other detailed information available free to legislators, U.S. embassy staff, and domestic and international news organizations.

About... myUSAi.org. In late 2008 we partnered with the United States Association of Immigrants at myUSAi.org -- a new social site specializing in immigrating to the USA. It includes a moderated immigration Discussion Forum, Facebook connect, Private messaging, and "New to America" content featuring daily news on current topics of interest to immigrants.

About... Win the Green Card Lottery! This booklet is now in our eighth year. It is the first and most successful publication dedicated to the U.S. diversity visa lottery. Visit the Table of Contents now. The electronic edition is available here.

About... Diversity Visa Lottery Winners Only is now sold separately. It includes just the information needed if you win, including how to understand the monthly Visa Bulletin and your Ranking Number, all about Consular Processing versus Adjusting Status, "Do's and Don'ts" for your Visa Interview, and more. Edited by Danielle Nelisse, Immigration Attorney.

About... About the Diversity Visa Lottery summarizes key information in Presentation format. Written for foreign student advisors, immigration professionals, HR representatives and others, is available Free for download in PDF format. A separate paid (editable) version is available in native Powerpoint format (.ppt or .pptx).

About... Immigration News. We provide weekly Immigration News summaries that link back to the original content. We strive to provide a more useful, thorough condensation of relevant immigration news from a wide variety of sources ranging from USCIS to the Washington Post to the EE Times. We also seek to illuminate both domestic and international abuses of human rights as they relate to human migration. Immigration News is now replicated at myUSAi.org.

About... Immigration Reports. Our Free Downloads page features the latest searchable immigration reports, guides, and studies. Each month (or more frequently) we add to our list of available publications and include the latest monthly Visa Bulletin from the U.S. Department of State. Immigration Reports is also replicated at myUSAi.org.

About... Lottery Services Reviews. For applicants that prefer to use a green card lottery service provider, we Review services and publish the results on our site and a separate bi-annual report with data for webmasters, immigration site owners, immigration professionals, government agencies, news organizations, and others. Our green card lottery website reviews have been available since 2005.

About... Degrees of Freedom Blog. In 2010, we moved our immigration blog, "Degrees of Freedom" to the Albuquerque Immigration Examiner. "Degrees of Freedom" is now co-published at the United States Association of Immigrants at myUSAi.org and is usually picked up by Google News and linked to from news aggregators worldwide. If you want to syndicate our blog please Contact Us.

• Neither myGreencard.com or myUSAi.org are lottery service providers. If anyone ever represents themselves as an employee of myGreencard.com or myUSAi.org and requests money over the telephone on our behalf it is a scam.

• If you have questions check our FAQs, Forum, or Contact Us. You can contact me directly at swilson[at]mygreencard[dot]com or call: +1-805-452-4037. Please Refer Us to your friends.

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About the Authors - Marybeth Rael and J. Stephen Wilson

Marybeth Rael is the author of the first edition of Win the Green Card Lottery!, the first book dedicated to the green card lottery--published by Self-Counsel Press in 2003. Marybeth has provided assistance to prospective immigrants through the American Green Card Lottery Network, a green card lottery service she established to help prospective immigrants prepare green card lottery applications. Marybeth is a graduate of the University of Albuquerque in Albuquerque, New Mexico. Between her travels to the Middle East, she resides in New Mexico.

J. Stephen (Steve) Wilson is the co-author, electronic publisher and founder of Creative Networks at myGreencard.com. Steve is also an owner of the United States Association of Immigrants at myUSAi.org. He is a former technical writer, biochemical engineer and software project manager. His interest in immigration comes from working with foreign students and other U.S. visa holders for the past 20 years. Steve currently writes on immigration issues with the Albuquerque Examiner. He has degrees from New Mexico State University in Las Cruces, NM and the University of New Mexico in Albuquerque. Steve is originally from Fairmont, West Virginia.