US Greencard Through Diversity Lotto

duck_77

Anyone having thoughts on this should do it sooner rather than later as the new Immigration Bill brought before the Senate would abolish it after 2014.

A,though only a proposal, it is worth remembering.

Although the same bill does provide for E3 visas for Ireland which are significant in difference from the Australian version. It only requires High School dip and 2 years of experience/training in a job that requires it. However, it still needs a job before coming over.

Note that the Aus one was for Specialists (Bachelor Degree) qualified.

Here is the addition to the original E visa:

amended by inserting ‘‘, or solely to perform services as an employee and who has at least a high school educationor its equivalent, or has, within 5 years, at least 2 years of work experience in an occupation which requires at least 2 years of training or experience if the alien is a national of the Republic of Ireland,’’ after ‘‘Australia’’

OU812

This is for the USA, Duck, not Aus.

duck_77

The diversity and E3 visa I am referring to are for the USA.

The E3 visa is currently open to Austrailian Citizens to work in the USA but Charles Schumer (D-NY) is part of the Group of Eight looking to change US immigration laws.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/E-3_visa / http://www.uscis.gov/portal/site/uscis/menuitem.eb1d4c2a3e5b9ac89243c6a7543f6d1a/?vgnextoid=71256811264a3210VgnVCM100000b92ca60aRCRD&vgnextchannel=71256811264a3210VgnVCM100000b92ca60aRCRD

http://www.irishtimes.com/news/world/uk/immigration-reform-bill-gets-frosty-reception-from-conservative-republicans-1.1363598

pilgrim pat

Hi i over stayed a us holiday visa i am back in Ireland now will this stop me from getting a visa through the green card lotto ,i know there is a ten year ban , is there anything i can do ?

minaeire

pilgrim pat wrote: »

Hi i over stayed a us holiday visa i am back in Ireland now will this stop me from getting a visa through the green card lotto ,i know there is a ten year ban , is there anything i can do ?

If they spot it on your application they wont accept it and will be denied it.
But that is if they only have it on record and identify if you overstayed your holiday visa

MadMardegan

Hi,

I'm just wondering about something.
I put my name in for the draw which will take place in May this year. The problem I have is, I didn't pass my Leaving Cert (failed Maths and Irish), and have no skills which required 2 or more years to learn (I've been working full time as an Emergency Medical Techinician now for several years and train people in basic life support and first aid, if that makes any difference?)
Now, on the application it said "Leaving Cert. Must have passed at least 5 subjects at ordinary".
Does that mean that on the off chance my name is chosen I will be refused a Green Card because technically I didn't matriculate or will they look at the 5 subjects (English HL/Music HL/French OL/Physics OL/History OL) which I passed and accept that?

Look forward to hearing from you guys.

Also, is it possible to defer it until I repeat my leaving cert (which I will do next year) or do you only have a certain amount of time to accept it?

Simonko

MadMardegan wrote: »

Hi,

I'm just wondering about something.
I put my name in for the draw which will take place in May this year. The problem I have is, I didn't pass my Leaving Cert (failed Maths and Irish), and have no skills which required 2 or more years to learn (I've been working full time as an Emergency Medical Techinician now for several years and train people in basic life support and first aid, if that makes any difference?)
Now, on the application it said "Leaving Cert. Must have passed at least 5 subjects at ordinary".
Does that mean that on the off chance my name is chosen I will be refused a Green Card because technically I didn't matriculate or will they look at the 5 subjects (English HL/Music HL/French OL/Physics OL/History OL) which I passed and accept that?

Look forward to hearing from you guys.

Also, is it possible to defer it until I repeat my leaving cert (which I will do next year) or do you only have a certain amount of time to accept it?

If you're selected next week, you only get a certain amount of time to complete the process. They'll start interviewing people who were selected on October 1st this year and continue until the following September 30th. If you haven't finished the process by the September 30th deadline, you miss your chance.

From reading the US embassy website, you only need 5 passes at ordinary level, so I assume you will be okay with what you have.

MadMardegan

Simonko wrote: »

If you're selected next week, you only get a certain amount of time to complete the process. They'll start interviewing people who were selected on October 1st this year and continue until the following September 30th. If you haven't finished the process by the September 30th deadline, you miss your chance.

From reading the US embassy website, you only need 5 passes at ordinary level, so I assume you will be okay with what you have.

Thanks for the reply Simonko!

Can anyone else shed any further light on my question?

Aprilmay

You have to had either passed the leaving cert or You must have two years of work experience within the past five years in an occupation requiring at least two years of training or experience.

MadMardegan

Aprilmay wrote: »

You have to had either passed the leaving cert or You must have two years of work experience within the past five years in an occupation requiring at least two years of training or experience.

But it clearly said "must have passed 5 subjects at ordinary level" which I have done. Passing 5 subjects and passing the leaving cert are two different things, and since they've outlined both I'm unsure what to think.

Is it worth ringing the embassy to ask?

hdowney

Simonko wrote: »

If you're selected next week, you only get a certain amount of time to complete the process. They'll start interviewing people who were selected on October 1st this year and continue until the following September 30th. If you haven't finished the process by the September 30th deadline, you miss your chance.

From reading the US embassy website, you only need 5 passes at ordinary level, so I assume you will be okay with what you have.

question. are all the offers made next week? or will any offers be made later in the year etc - say in terms of people being rejected from the pile?

Simonko

hdowney wrote: »

question. are all the offers made next week? or will any offers be made later in the year etc - say in terms of people being rejected from the pile?

I'm unsure of that. However, they usually select more people than they have visas available to account for people not proceeding with the interview or not meeting the criteria if they go to the interview.

BuffyBot

Normally, it's just one round. Last year was an exception - most likely due to the enormous cock up the year before.

MadMardegan

Anyone else have an answer for my question?

username123

MadMardegan wrote: »

Anyone else have an answer for my question?

What difference does it make?

You either get picked or not.

If you dont - makes no difference.

If you do - you find out then anyway?

If its just a peace of mind thing, ring the embassy?

Edit - didnt mean to sound sharp btw, just dont see how it really matters to you one way or the other from a practical perspective. I totally get it might just be a peace of mind thing though.

MadMardegan

username123 wrote: »

What difference does it make?

You either get picked or not.

If you dont - makes no difference.

If you do - you find out then anyway?

If its just a peace of mind thing, ring the embassy?

Edit - didnt mean to sound sharp btw, just dont see how it really matters to you one way or the other from a practical perspective. I totally get it might just be a peace of mind thing though.

Peace of mind is all it is.

I'd hate to be picked and get my hopes up about the whole thing only to he rejected on those grounds. I'd rather have the answer before hand so I know if it's worth pursuing (again, on the off chance I get picked).

I may just ring the embassy anyway.

Thanks though

MadMardegan

E: Double post

username123

MadMardegan wrote: »

Peace of mind is all it is.

I'd hate to be picked and get my hopes up about the whole thing only to he rejected on those grounds. I'd rather have the answer before hand so I know if it's worth pursuing (again, on the off chance I get picked).

I may just ring the embassy anyway.

Thanks though

Well then DEFINITELY ring the embassy - no price on peace of mind!

Best of luck - in theory I think you would be fine anyway as your work skills are very impressive.

Hazys

Just located my confirmation sheet.

You need the confirmation number to check to see if you got the green card or not or else there is no way of finding out and no other way to locate your confirmation number.

You have between May 1 2013 and September 30 2014 to check if you got it or not and activate the process.

I presume a decent amount of people lost their confirmation number so even if they won the lottery, their place is wasted. I presumed they would have loads of places wasted from people throwing in an application for the sake of it and won, but were not serious amount appying and turned it down.

It must be only a small amount of people who have won the lottery and followed through and got the green card.

What a crazy system.

How is there no second round of places after the initial round of people turned it down or just never logged in to check their status?

Aprilmay

username123 wrote: »

Well then DEFINITELY ring the embassy - no price on peace of mind!

Best of luck - in theory I think you would be fine anyway as your work skills are very impressive.

This!! I think your good also, if you don't have what they class as passing the leaving, you have the other requirement as you are qualified in the position your in.

athtrasna

Hazys wrote: »

Just located my confirmation sheet.

You need the confirmation number to check to see if you got the green card or not or else there is no way of finding out and no other way to locate your confirmation number.

The easiest thing to do with any confirmation number is to print your screen as a pdf and email it to yourself, store it in a file named confirmations or something like that. I have a USA folder in my email account which includes pdfs of green card lottery confirmations and also our most up to date ESTAs

Celticghirl

Hi guys,

I have a few questions about the DV lottery as I'm thinking of applying for 2015 and would appreciate your advice.

In 2002 I went to the states on the visa waiver programme and overstayed, returning to Ireland over a year later. I travelled on a British passport. When I was there I met my now husband who was also an overstayer, he was there 3 years and on his irish passport. Anyway we came home, got married, had kids etc.

In 2009 we decided to chance it and return to the states on holiday, ESTA was approved and pre clearance in Dublin was a breeze! I was now on an Irish passport with my married name but my husband used the same passport he'd flown home on!

So my questions are; does this mean they don't know we overstayed? If selected should be list the overstay on the forms? It has been 10 years so would it be forgiven by now?

I don't want to be applying if we've no chance!

silja

Celticghirl wrote: »

In 2009 we decided to chance it and return to the states on holiday, ESTA was approved and pre clearance in Dublin was a breeze! I was now on an Irish passport with my married name but my husband used the same passport he'd flown home on!

So my questions are; does this mean they don't know we overstayed? If selected should be list the overstay on the forms? It has been 10 years so would it be forgiven by now?

Assuming there is a question about previous visits/ overstays on ESTA (it's been a few years since I filled it out), did you declare it? If not, you lied, which is a major issue for US immigration.

If there is no such question on ESTA, you should be ok as the ban for overstaying more than a year is 10 years, which has passed.

Celticghirl

silja wrote: »

Assuming there is a question about previous visits/ overstays on ESTA (it's been a few years since I filled it out), did you declare it? If not, you lied, which is a major issue for US immigration.

If there is no such question on ESTA, you should be ok as the ban for overstaying more than a year is 10 years, which has passed.

I don't think they ask if you've previously overstayed, just if you've ever been denied entry or deported etc.. Which we haven't!

Lornac22

lil_lisa wrote: »

I would recommend getting a pre-paid registered envelope since it will be carrying your passport and visa. The people at the post office usually know exactly what to give you when you mention passport and the dimensions.

I'm trying to find the right size envelope 34 cms x 56 cms and can't seem to find one anywhere...

I've tried Easons & the Post Office and they don't have any??

Can anyone recommend anywhere cz I need one ASAP

Thanks

lil_lisa

It doesn't have to fit exactly right, as long as a passport and ideally a few folded pages can fit in it, it will work. I usually chose a larger size just to be safe.

Just any FYI for anyone looking, the DV lottery results are out tomorrow, May 1st. You can check your results here. Don't trust any non-government website to give you accurate results. There are a lot of scams out there.

Best of luck to those entered! Be sure to let us know if you won.

Ronchi

Is the Greencard results today

athtrasna

Ronchi wrote: »

Is the Greencard results today

See the post directly above yours

username123

Im trying to check my results but Im getting an Invalid Confirmation Number.

Just realised it says that DV2014 wont be available til noon EDT which will be 5pm today for us.

hdowney

I am so excited. I am not checking mine til tomorrow though. I have two exams in the morning that I am studying for so I'll wait til after them