For someone wishing to move to the U.S. the diversity lottery is a non-option, as the odds of winning it is a tiny fraction of 1%. Practically speaking, if you

For someone wishing to move to the U.S. the diversity lottery is a non-option, as the odds of winning it is a tiny fraction of 1%. Practically speaking, if you're not being persecuted, and don't have immediate relatives in the US -- you can only come as a skilled worker. It's the only route available to the vast majority of those who wish to come here. And the US is incredibly hostile to skilled workers by allocating a tiny number of visas for skilled workers. For comparison, Australia with 1/15th the US population lets in nearly as many skilled workers as the US does in a year -- i.e. approximately 15 times as many, per capita.