Green Card lottery and Student Visa Applications

Student Lounge International Students
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Hey! I was wondering if someone could help me with this;

So I am applying for colleges right now and it is also the time to apply for the DV Visa Lottery. I want to apply for the lottery but I have a question

  • IT IS GOING TO BE A PROBLEM FOR ME, when I start to make a student visa in spring, because I heard that consular officers know about the green card applications and they might reject me if they find out that I intent to immigrate.

What should I do?

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I participated in the DV lottery before I applied for a student visa. That was back in 2006. I also happened to win the green card lottery. Before I did anything else, I consulted with a lawyer familiar with the American immigration system.

I was advised that the consulate would not know about my participation in the DV lottery per se - they would only know about it AFTER I submit the actual green card application. I waited 6 weeks to submit my green card application until after my F-1 interview. Everything went well. I got my student visa, and a year later I had my green card.

Don’t know if this information is still up to date. If you are worried, don’t participate in the lottery.

3

Thank you very much! I’m gonna do it ! :slight_smile:

4

Hey may if I ask what’s DV lottery for?

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DV is a Diversity Visa – a lottery for Green Cards available in many countries.

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What are the odds of winning it?

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It depends on the country, due to regional quotas. On the high end, entrants from Australia and the Pacific Islands have historically had success rates greater than 10%. On the low end, entrants from Bangladesh were drawn at a rate of about 0.03% in 2012 before they became entirely ineligible to participate in 2013.

https://travel.state.gov/content/visas/en/immigrate/diversity-visa/diversity-visa-program-statistics.html