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I'm not French or German. I haven't really heard of the lottery before, and I suspect this is the reason: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diversity_Immigrant_Vis
by ido 16y ago
I'm not French or German.
I haven't really heard of the lottery before, and I suspect this is the reason:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diversity_Immigrant_Visa#Winning_chances http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diversity_Immigrant_Visa#Winnin...
The amortized chance of "winning" over all regions is 1.51%.
- yardie 16y agoIt depends. They have quotas for different countries. Think of how many people are applying from your country. Then think of how many people are applying from Mexico, China, India, Guatemala. That is just the means so you have a much higher probability than if you are from a West European country than you do from a developing country.
- ido 16y agoThat's true, but I am not from a western european country :)