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Originally Posted by Diplok
Hopefully this lawsuit will get tossed, as it's acceptance could well mean that the new results due to be published on July 15 will be cancelled.
I have been participating in the DV lottery, as I was told by my lawyer I could since my country of birth is not on the list of disqualified country, and I fall under 245i and I'd be able to adjust status in country if selected.
Hopefully, come July 15 I'll be one of the winners.
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Hey are you 100% sure? Or your lawyer sure? I think you should get a second opinion.
There can be a serious problem for lottery selectees who are the US in unauthorized status. The law which allowed out of status people to apply for the DV green card in the US (Section 245i of the Immigation law) is no longer in effect. The DV "winner" who is out of status can no longer apply in the US for the green card. If they go back home to apply, they will be subject to the 3 year and 10 year bar to re-entry if they were out of status for 6 months or more. They cannot get the green card here and they cannot get it at home. The DV lottery has become unavailable for those out of status in the US for 6 months or more.
In case of DV lottery - you may be able to adjust your status if you was out of status for less than 180 days. Please see pages 60-62 in this publication -
http://www.mygreencard.com/downloads...ardDV2010b.pdf
Read more: I won DV lottery for last year but , i,m out of status - JustAnswer
http://www.justanswer.com/immigratio...#ixzz1PyG7aC00
On the DV Lottery application it clearly states you have to be of legal status to win. I've heard of people that were out of status and won then went to the interview and got BOOTED... Don't know how true that is but it does say on the site that one needs to be of legal status even if you country of birth is in the green light.Be careful if you do win though. And you might want to bring this up to your lawyer I don't think you got a good one just eating your money man be careful