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I'm an Australian citizen but was born in Pakistan. Do I go in the Australian queue or Pakistani queue for green card lottery?

• sumedh 9y ago
  You go in the Pakistani queue. One of my friend who is an Indian citizen can apply because he was born in Kuwait while folks who were born in India cannot apply.
  • senatorobama 9y ago
    How stupid. I am an Australian for all intents and purposes.
    • sumedh 9y ago
      I believe one of the reason for having that rule is to prevent people buying citizenship of some poor country and then use that to apply for the lottery. Selecting by country of birth prevents those shenanigans.
    • ndeepak 9y ago
      If you're married to an Australian (non-Pakistani), you can "cross-charge" your GC application to your spouse. This is true for employer-based GC, may apply to diversity visa as well.