Everything about the Green Card Lottery and how not to lose your winnings: the lawyer answered readers' questions ForumDaily

The results of the next draw of green cards from the US State Department are already known, they can be checked from 7 May. As a result of the lottery, thousands of lucky people got the desired chance to become a permanent resident of the United States. However, winning a green card is not enough - in order to get it, you still have to go through a complex process of checks and fulfill many requirements. At the same time, many potential immigrants do not know all the details of this process and often make mistakes, which in the end can cost them a winning green card. At the request of ForumDaily lawyer Ekaterina Muratovawhich has over 15 years of experience in the US immigration field, answered our readers' questions about the lottery green cards. The style of questions and answers saved.

Immigration lawyer Ekaterina Muratova. Photos from the personal archive of Catherine Muratova

Question: Hello Catherine! My son filed for reunion with his sister in 2012, after a divorce. I, a mom with a green card, filed a petition for a reunion in 2016 on F2B. Is it possible to combine these cases and my turn to put on 2012 year? Or how to be better in our situation? If so, how can you meet?

Ekaterina Muratova: Combine the two cases you can not, because they are in different categories. Also, you cannot move your turn on 4 a year ago. The priority date is the date on which the documents were filed, and this date cannot change.

Question: If I have a political asylum case and win a green card, can I arrange it in the United States?

Ekaterina Muratova: Yes, under two conditions:

1. Your case is in USCIS and you have not been called in for an interview;
2. if you applied for asylum before the end of your permitted nonimmigrant tenure, and you did not have an illegal presence in the country.

On the subject: When next time you can take part in the lottery green card

Question: Tell me, please, if the participant of the draw, who became the owner of the long-awaited green card, could not even begin the process of passing the checks within the prescribed time limit due to certain circumstances, could he try again to participate in the green card draw? Thank you in advance.

Ekaterina Muratova: Yes

Question: How quickly should I respond (start collecting the necessary documents, fill out the DS questionnaire) after winning the green card?

Ekaterina Muratova: Fill out the form DS-260 without delay, to indicate that you intend to immigrate under this program. This is especially important if your case has a small number. Each win is assigned a number (DV case number) and interviews are assigned in that order. Then, after checking your completed DS-260 form, Kentucky Consular Center will send you instructions for collecting and submitting documents. It takes several months for the Center to review the documents you have submitted before they can schedule an interview for you. Consequently, the lower the number of your application, the more quickly you need to act after winning. There are no fixed dates, such as a month or two after a win, to fill out an application and submit documents.

Question: Hello! My son expects a green card for family reunification, like a married child of a US citizen. Before receiving the documents about a year. During the wait, he divorced. If he marries again, can he go to the US with a new wife?

Ekaterina Muratova: Yes.

Question: Is it necessary to attach their translation in English to the original documents in Russian?

Ekaterina Muratova: Yes, sure.

On the subject: What state aid can a green card holder expect?

Question: What is the quota of green cards allocated during the raffle for Russia and Belarus?

Ekaterina Muratova: Each year, no more than 50 000 immigration visas under this program can be issued, and each individual country cannot receive more than 7% or 3 500 visas.

Q: Costing after winning?

Ekaterina Muratova: The Gossbor Diversity Visa Lottery is $ 330 for each immigrant family member.

Question: If I had a criminal record of 10 years ago, is there an opportunity to win a green card in the lottery? Thank!

Ekaterina Muratova: Yes! Depending on the articles that have been convicted, you can file a petition so that you will not be subject to a criminal record in the United States. Called Waiver of Grounds of Inadmissibility, and this is a common legal practice.

On the subject: How long do I need to wait for the green card for family reunification: data for May

Question: Can a parent-holder of a green card invite or somehow arrange to transfer his adult child to America? How it's done?

Ekaterina Muratova: Yes, if the child is not married. Apply for family reunification. For this category, the queue is now quite long - 6 years, but the path of immigration is.

Question: If there was an overstay, it makes no sense to check and play mail again?

Ekaterina Muratova: Depending on the personal circumstances of a person, you can file a petition so that you are not subject to the US inadmissibility regulation for people who have had a violation of immigration laws in the past. It is called Waiver of Grounds of Inadmissibility, and this is a legal common practice.

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