i was wondering if anyone knows how i could get information about applying for a greencard for a friend of mine or a website that would be able to help me. i would prefer to use a frum person.
Any ideas?

what immigration status does your friend have?

He is here on a sudent visa.

Is he eligible for the lottery?

Lottery is no more. Deemed a security risk. BCIS website has everything - www.uscis.gov .

its too late for that..

if he is not from Russia (say, from Ukraine or Israel, etc), he can try lottery, but it's only the next fall.
his other option is to get a green card through an "employer" (there is smth as a religious worker as well, but i heard Immigration is very strict with it now).

He is 20 years old. has cousins here(2nd)
he is here on a student visa.

His chances are slim.
Basically - you need a spouse, relatives (close ones, parents or siblings) or be sufficiently skilled that an employer can show that there's no American who can do his job. There's also a minister of religion category, but he's too young to have smicha. It still gets used; I know the rav from Barnet synagogue got a job at Lincoln Square a few months ago. But they're probably stricter on it and just having smicha won't do.

I haven't heard about the DV lottery being cancelled; they did the draw for 2007 and there's no information on USCIS. But it's a long shot and your best bet is from being somewhere obscure (there are caps on the number of visas from any one country).

I'm working in the US with a religious worker's visa and I certainly don't have smicha. All I needed was to prove that I've been Jewish for at least two years, that I had a job offer that revolved around my religion, my salary and my qualifications.

Hm, OK, I'd also heard that they were being stricter with it now.

Well he is going to start smicha after pesach break. So how does he apply for a religious visa and will it help for a greencard??

I don't think so. Seriously, the quickest way is through marriage. Here in Miami, where a lot of people come from everywhere, it's actually a business. I know of two Israeli guys and 4 South American/Caribbean people who married people they've only seen on "official" business to get married and get their green cards. Of course it comes at a price - usually at least $2000 plus filing and attorney's fees. I wish I felt I was revealing some big secret, but it's a really popular (and illegal) route to take. Of course I highly doubt a religious person would do such just for a Green Card.

Yes he is not going to take that route. We are not looking to get it in one second. I mean does anyone know what the easiest way is without breaking the law?

if he's going for smicha, he's still a student, and doesn't need his green card yet. you don't need your GC till you're out of school. yeshivot are fine for student visas afaik.

Fine but he wants to work here. Now what?

I can actually help your freind i know a lawyer that can get anyone approved but of course for the right price.
Email me for more info.