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You have until noon, Dec. 2 to enter the 2009 Diversity Visa (DV) green card lottery. You submit your entry over the Internet.   For more information about the DV lottery, go to MyUsGreenCard.com and click on “Register Online” Here are more answers to more common questions about the lottery.

 

Q. If I win, can others in my family get green cards?

 

A. Your husband or wife and your unmarried children under 21 can get immigrant visas when you do. That’s true even if they didn’t qualify to enter on their own.  

Q. Who is a “native” of a qualifying country?

 

A. Under lottery rules, you qualify to apply for a lottery green card if: 1) you were born in a qualifying country; 2) your husband or wife was born in a qualifying country; 3) you are under 21 and unmarried, and a parent was born in a qualifying country; or 4) one of your parents is a native of a qualifying country and your parents didn’t reside in your country of birth.

  Q. Can I submit more than one entry?  

 

A. The law says each qualified applicant may enter only once. If you are caught submitting more than one entry, you’ll be disqualified. The U.S. Department of State says they use “sophisticated technology” to find multiple entries by the same person.  

Q. I have an immigrant visa case already pending. Should I nevertheless enter the lottery?

 

A. Even if a family member or employer is sponsoring you for permanent residence, you may benefit from winning the green card lottery. You may get your green card more quickly. And the lottery green card application process may be more simple and less costly than applying through a family member or employer.  

Q. I’m here in F-1 international student status. Can entering the lottery affect my rights?

 

A. Maybe. The State Department considers having entered the lottery as evidence of an intent to reside permanently in the U.S. That is inconsistent with F-1 student status. If you have an unexpired F-1 visa in your passport, having entered the lottery is unlikely to cause you problems if you apply to reenter the U.S. after travel abroad.

 

However, if your F-1 visa has expired (or you changed to F-1 status here and never got a visa), applying for a visa abroad may be a problem. The nonimmigrant visa application you submit at a U.S. consulate to get a visa asks, “Has anyone ever filed an immigrant visa petition on your behalf?”

 

The State Department says that lottery entrants should answer “yes” to that question. Answering yes may result in the consul denying you an F-1 visa on the grounds that you lack “nonimmigrant intent.”   By: Allan Wernick From: nydailynews.com

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