Does being selected for green card lottery affect F-1 application?

[Lukebrickgc]

Hi,

I?ve been selected in the diversity visa program aka green card lottery and due to go University in less than 2 months time.

I?m currently deciding whether or not to submit the documents for the green card lottery, or to just apply for student visa (F-1) and proceed...

[Atticut Finch]

Hi,

My wife is a 2018 DV Lottery winner, but she entered the lottery using the photo from her 2017 entry. There is no noticeable difference between her current appearance and the one on the photo. However, we all know that the rules stated to not play with the 2017 photo, because you...

[anjalirawat]

Hello,

I am filling my application for DV lottery 2019. I had a question that there is option to write first name, middle name and last name.
but on the passport we have only given name and surname.
so what should my first name be?
option 1) first name + middle name...

[TSch]

Hi,

I know that when applying for a J1, a non-immigration visa, you shouldn't have applied for an immigration visa previously (as that can be regarded as contradictory). I am wondering if merely the participation in the diversity visa lottery whilst on the J1 could have an impact on my...

[dashoon]

Hi all,

My employer will (hopefully) apply for my H1B visa early next year.

I was wondering if I can still apply for the DV visa lottery this week or whether an entry in the green card lottery could jeopardize my upcoming H1B visa application?

Any help/thoughts...

[Agapanthus]

Hello Everyone,

I would like to ask about the green card lottery (Diversity Program) please. Both me & my sister are older than 21 years old, if my parents applied for Green Card lottery can they include both me & my sister in the application? or my sister and I should apply separately...

[Bruno Costa]

Hello,
I'm thinking of applying for the visa DV Lottery program, but I have doubts about the affidavit of support.
All applicants must fill this form?
In my case I do not have any family in the US, so i haven't anyone that support me.
I've read somewhere that when filling...

[Matt82]

Hi,

I have been selected for the dv2016 and i am waiting for the appointment that should come up around marsh next year. My concern is that I was born with a congenital heart disease, through my childhood I had a few surgeries. Now i am 33 years old, and i have a pretty much regular...

[Mirika Tokhman]

Hi all,

Just a quick question. I made a litte error when filling out the form. I wrote the province instead of the city of birth.
Has anyone else done this? Will this throw my chances of winning/if I do win?

Thank you

[Kaaren]

Hi everybody,

I signed up for the green card lottery two days ago, but I made a mistake in filling up the form.

The mistake:

There were several address boxes. Some were optional to fill, one was required. I entered the required one, but then I also filled the address...