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diversity lottery

  • 28-02-2014 12:52am
    #1
    cena
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 10,073 ✭✭✭✭


    How come the england is excluded from the diversity lottery?

    Is there a different rule to gain a visa?


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  • #2
    lil_lisa
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,829 ✭✭✭lil_lisa


    AFAIK if a country surpasses a specific number of immigrants to the US, the diversity lottery becomes unavailable.


  • #3
    cena
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 10,073 ✭✭✭✭cena


    So they given to many visas

    I wonder is it easier the englishl to move to the states seeing as the uk has close ties to america


  • #4
    owenc
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 5,524 ✭✭✭owenc


    No its harder


  • #5
    cena
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 10,073 ✭✭✭✭cena


    owenc wrote: »
    No its harder

    Really how come


  • #6
    ProudDUB
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 11,569 ✭✭✭✭ProudDUB


    There are 50,000 odd green cards up for grabs each year via the diversity lottery program. If you are a UK citizen, you can not apply for them. So that puts you at an immediate disadvantage to a citizen of a country that can apply for them, such as Ireland.


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  • #7
    cena
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 10,073 ✭✭✭✭cena


    ProudDUB wrote: »
    There are 50,000 odd green cards up for grabs each year via the diversity lottery program. If you are a UK citizen, you can not apply for them. So that puts you at an immediate disadvantage to a citizen of a country that can apply for them, such as Ireland.

    I,m 1/4 Irish, english, welsh and maltise.

    I would say the Irish side has more advantage


  • #8
    athtrasna
    Closed Accounts Posts: 13,420 ✭✭✭✭athtrasna


    The clue is in the name Diversity. Like Lil Lisa said, once a country reaches their deemed population threshold they are not eligible for these visas. The US government has set quotas for the numbers of immigrants from a certain country that can have US residency at any given time. If a country reaches that level through other visa options, they are not eligible for the diversity lottery.


  • #9
    Joe Doe
    Closed Accounts Posts: 559 ✭✭✭Joe Doe


    The odds aren't great this was dv-2013:

    IRE: 138 (maybe 1/100 chance if 13k applicants)
    N.IRE: 45

    oddly these folks did very well:
    UKRAINE 6,424
    UZBEKISTAN 5,101
    EGYPT 5,015
    NIGERIA 6,218
    ETHIOPIA 4,910
    NEPAL 4,370
    struth!


  • #10
    warnbuffed123
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1 ✭warnbuffed123


    Hey,

    I just want to share a great lottery related website with you guys. if you want to check the results of lotteries, visit numerodehoy.do.



  • #11
    ~Rebel~
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 32,595 ✭✭✭✭~Rebel~


    I'm sure it doesn't need to be said - but just in case, no, don't in fact visit the site the person above posted, obviously it'll have nothing to do with the visa lottery.



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