Getting a Greencard through the visa lottery

After you apply online, you may be one of the lucky few who gets notification eight months later from the Department of State that your name has been drawn from visa lottery. The next thing to worry about would be proving you are not inadmissble and are not at risk of becoming a public charge. For the latter you may need a family member or close friend file an affidavit on your behalf stating their responsibility to the United States govt. if you do become a public charge. They would have to file an I-134 Affidavit of Support. This is a big deal because if you become a public charge, the person who files this affidavit will have to pay the government all the support you need for three years.

Are you an immigrant who is "inadmissible"?

Some individuals are "inadmissible" into the U.S. and are permanently barred from entering the U.S. in most cases. But there are cases when, even though inadmissible, a person may be able to obtain a waiver, such as in the case of the spouse or the unmarried child under 21 of a U.S. citizen who has HIV/AIDS, or a drug offender who was caught with less than 30 grams of marijuana.

Here is a list of persons or reasons for inadmissibility

A criminal conviction

A health problem such as tubercolosis and HIV/AIDS

Drug abuser or addict

Drug offenders

drug traffikers

Immediate family members of drug traffikers

spies and violators of export or technology transfer laws

terrorists or their representatives

nazis

someone likely to become a public charge

someone who received public assistance through fraud

people who improperly obtained student visas (F-1)

stowaways

persons permanently ineligible for citizenship

persons subject to special registration who fail to have thier depature confirmed