Is this person eligible?

[harshadn]

A friend of mine was born in Pondicherry when it was still under French rule. Pondicherry was liberated by India 5 years later when he became an Indian citizen.

As of now, he has applied for French citizenship, where he has been approved and is awaiting the new passport.

As a French citizen, is he eligible for applying for a green card lottery?

 

[tarantula]

Yes, but you are too late

Yes, he is eligible but am sorry the program has ended. Here are the instructions for the program but it is now over. It runs for a month in November. So, the next one will be in Nov '04. Results come out sometime in April the following year.

http://travel.state.gov/dv2005.html

This is the site where you apply:

http://dvlottery.state.gov/