Lottery

[flyrr100]

I just flew with a pilot from Oz. He and his wife won their green cards last year in the lottery! All they needed was a high school graduation and a clean police record.
Do the Brits have the Green Card Lottery?

[owen3]

No if you are born in the uk you are not allowed to apply for it.
Barbara

[florida4sun]

Unless your parents are born abroad.

<blockquote id="quote" class="ffs">quote:Originally posted by owen3
No if you are born in the uk you are not allowed to apply for it.
Barbara
[/quote]

[roger]

Carolyn won the green card lottery this year. Although we are both British, because she was born in Germany she is able to apply each year. I am also able to apply since I am married to someone born in Germany. Although she won, all the family get Green Cards.

As Martin says, if you were not born in a qualifying country, but both parents were born in a qualifying country then you can also apply.

[canarypam]

If you are born in Ireland you can apply - it's very unfair on us Brits [msnmad]

[Jill]

It is all part of the 'special relationship' we have with America!

[canarypam]

Yes indeed - my husband emailed President Bush about it once he did get a reply back just saying thank you for your email etc etc ....

[florida4sun]

Actually it is a fair system. It is aimed at attracting diversity. Just about every brit wants to live in Florida and they have no shortage of brits applying for visas. The lottery is aimed at countries who do not send many people over to the USA.

<blockquote id="quote" class="ffs">quote:Originally posted by canarypam
If you are born in Ireland you can apply - it's very unfair on us Brits [msnmad]
[/quote]

[roger]

Any country that sends an average of 10,000 people or more to the USA over the last 5 years (ie 50,000 people over 5 years) is excluded from the Green Card Lottery. It always does seem odd that Northern Ireland can apply though (Ireland is understanable).

So if ever the UK sends less than this number of people to the US then we would start to be included in the lottery.

[Cruella DeVilla]

We stand side by side with her no matter what but we are excluded[?]