Last time I checked, rightly or wrongly, Northern Ireland was a part of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland. So why are the English, Welsh and Scottish barred from applying?
2007-06-24 10:10:39 · 12 answers · asked by undercover elephant 4 in Politics & Government ➔ Immigration
The Diversity Immigrant Visa Program (green card lottery) - is there to increase diversity in US society. It gives around 50,000 people from countries that are under-represented in the US the small opportunity of winning a visa. The British have loads of legal immigrants who go over to the US each year by themselves - usually without too much difficulty - which means they are not under-represented and so therefore do not qualify for the lottery.
I believe that the people of Northern Ireland are allowed to apply as part of the Good Friday Agreement - and how it recognises that a person born there can legally identify themselves as being either Irish, British or both. :-)
2007-06-24 12:00:04 · answer #1 · answered by Butterscotch 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
There are a number of countries (about 18) whose citizens are not eligible for the DV lottery because they sent a total of more than 50,000 immigrants to the U.S. over the period of the previous five years. The UK is included in that list. Northern Ireland is considered a separate entity for DV purposes.
2007-06-24 17:16:06 · answer #2 · answered by dognhorsemom 7 · 5⤊ 0⤋
The Northern Irish only get in as a result of a provision in the Good Friday Agreement. In addition, you have to have been unemployed for three months and the visa is only for three years, extendible for a further three. Every person who gets one of these visas reduces the number of employment based visas available by one. Other than that, the rules for NI are the same as for GB.
2007-06-25 08:17:56 · answer #3 · answered by skip 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Maybe, because there have been too many suicide bombers linked to UK. They now assume UK as a terrorist country. Well, to a US immigration office if you British and non-white then you must be a terrorist or have a potential to be one, therefore a potential danger to the country.....USA is a racist country they discriminate you even before you enter the country they discriminate you while you in the country and they suck you dry making sure you never return again.
2007-06-25 17:11:16 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
bloody cheek they have ,tv invented by a scot,telephone invented by a scot,usa navy founded by a scot ,andrew carnegie gave the usa all his fortune ,he was a scot
first guy to walk on the moon (armstrong ) his family emigrated from langholm in the scottish borders etc etc
maybe we should bar usa imports
bah humbug to the lot
2007-06-24 23:28:44 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
What country on Earth would grant a card to Someone coming from the U K.??
2007-06-25 14:45:17 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
because the irish are not particularlly fond of the british,so new york and a lot of other cities in the sh*t heap over the pond have millions of irish,just have a think
2007-06-24 17:34:56 · answer #7 · answered by polly 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
because the more immigrants arrive in your country the less chances you have for green card lottery
that's why UK is not on list
2007-06-24 20:53:45 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
its maybe because they've had accepted enough immigrants from UK in the past year or englanders have extra quotes when applying for different type of visas.
2007-06-24 17:16:12 · answer #9 · answered by Ginie 5 · 1⤊ 2⤋
YOU ARE WRONG , it is the one's in the south of ireland that can do that
and you are right we ARE still part of britain
2007-06-24 17:13:26 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 3⤋