Is the US Green Card Lottery selective? I mean does it preference higher educated people ; dokters, academics?

Question

A friend of mine who is an excellent software programmer won a greencard in the us greencard lottery. I was wondering if this was a coincidence or that him being a software programmer had anything to do with it.

Answer 1

No. The Green Card lottery, is formally known as the DV Immigrant Visa
It is used to randomly award 50,000 immigrant visas to native born citizens from countries with low immigration rates to the US.

Eligibility depends on the following factors: Citizenship, country of birth, minimal educational level (I think it's high school).

Meet the eligibilty factors and it's random (I think there's a cap on each country). A software engineer from Chile has the same odds as a high school graduate maid from Chile.

Answer 2

no, it is a coincidence, the DV lottery is a random... they pick you out of the bunch not by who your are, but by chance....

"Each year, the Diversity Lottery (DV) Program makes 55,000 immigrant visas available through a lottery to people who come from countries with low rates of immigration to the United States. Of such visas, 5,000 are allocated for use under NACARA beginning with DV '99. The State Department (DOS) holds the lottery every year, and randomly selects approximately 110,000 applicants from all qualified entries. The DOS selects the approximately 110,000 applications since many will not complete the visa process. However once 55,000 are issued or the fiscal year ends, the DV program is closed. If you receive a visa through the Diversity Visa Lottery Program you will be authorized to live and work permanently in the United States. You will also be allowed to bring your spouse and any unmarried children under the age of 21 to the United States."

Answer 3

No. When Clinton amnestied 93,000 Mexicans, but sent back 13 Irish, part of the buy-off with Kennedy was to give Irish preference in the following immigration lottery. Its like any other lottery, only it pays off in greecards rather than greenbacks.

Answer 4

i do not trust every person has been denied get admission to for no reason in any respect. i imagine that the INS agent who might want to deny someone get admission to is only a bureaucrat operating lower than federal rules and there are often times blunders made. I actually trust that there is a lot anger hostile to the U. S. at the moment (for although reason, possibly Iraq?) that we isn't in a position to cease hate on the borders. even as they make certain they prefer to kill us back, they're going to. do no longer ignore that it replaced into 8 years between the first Al Quada attack on the international commerce center and the 2d. This authorities has no longer made the international safer in view that 9/11, and that is in accordance to THIS authorities.the following is a quote from an American intelligence evaluation dated September 24, 2006. " the conflict in Iraq has higher Islamic radicalism, worsening the concern chance" "regrettably, lower than the pretext of scuffling with "The conflict on Terror"-the conflict with out boundary traces, the conflict with out end, a lot of our civil liberties were discarded. The so referred to as "Patriot Act has allowed massive Brother no longer basically to adhere his foot on your door and hear for your conversations, yet as well to close the door on your face.

Answer 5

No...... It is coincidental.... Since you dont have to fill your qualifications in the greencard form..

The computer selects randomly among all millions of qualified applications. people of all occupations win....

Answer 6

it has nothing to do with it. In fact it is designed so unskilled workers have at least a shot of coming here... assuming their countries aren't already inundating us with illegal immigrants.

Answer 7

I sure as Hell hope it's something they take into consideration.

Answer 8

coinsedence