The entry period for this year’s Diversity Visa (”Green Card”) Lottery is from noon on October 2, 2009 until noon on Monday, November 30, 2009.  Entry is free and can only be done online at the U.S. State Department website at http://www.travel.state.gov/pdf/DV-2011instructions.pdf. (A direct link is provided under the “Related Websites” section of Rinzler.com)