DV lottery says that certain countries cant immigrate to the US. If you marry an immigrant can they come here even if their country is not approved?
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DV lottery says that certain countries cant immigrate to the US. If you marry an immigrant can they come here even if their country is not approved?
According to the 2019 DV lottery, certain countries cant apply to the DV
lottery due too many people immigrated here within the last 5 years. If an
US citizen marries an immigrant in a country that cant immigrate to the US-
– can the immigrant become an US citizen if they marry an US citizen, even
thiugh their country is banned to immigrate here?
Here is the link to 2019 DV lottery
https//travel.state.gov/content/dam/visas/Diversity-Visa/DV-Instructions-
Translations/DV-2019-Instructions-Translations/DV-2019-Instructions-
English.pdf
Asked on January 25, 2019 under Immigration Law, Connecticut
Answers:
SB Member California Bar / FreeAdvice Contributing Attorney
Answered 5 years ago | Contributor
yes, the visa lottery is a diversity lottery so certain countries are excluded from participating in the lottery because there have been many people already coming to the US from those countries, so diversity is established, so to speak. That does not prevent people from those countries from immigrating to the US through a different type of petition, such as through marriage to a US citizen or employment-based or some other type of family reunification, just not diversity visa lottery.
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