Every year the United States Government issues 50,000 Green Cards through the Diversity Immigrant Visa Program(the Green Card Lottery), even after 911 incident. Applicants are chosen randomly by a computer-generated drawing.Why not stop giving away 50,000 green cards every year (to almost 200 countries) to people who have never been in the States and inability to understand English, (and they maybe the threats to the States)? Why not, instead, expedite the regular green card process for people who are diligently working in the States with work visa and contributing to USA by intelligence and TAXES! (usually regular process takes 4-5 times longer)This will increase the safety and productivity in the States.
I agree
No opinion
I disagree
Add your comment
Just a correction:
The "winners" of the lottery are not automatically given the status of resident alien.
You are only entitled to get an appointment with an officer of an US consulate. In a lengthy 1:1 interview the officer decides whether you are allowed to get the visa or not. See the lottery as an entry ticket to the consulate or embassy.You have to have at least high school level and/or work experience (5 years). Many applicants are being refused.
When you are through, you start without credit history and only with your own funds - which are spent in the United States - paying taxes.
The "diversity" (lottery) visa are only issued to people belonging to countries which normally do not have many visa applicants. They exist to maintain a diversity of nationalities in the United States.
The purpose of the Lottery as I understand it, is to allow foreign nationals to have access to the possibility of obtaining a Green Card. 'Tis a matter of politics, I suppose, as to whether one might consider "foreign national" worthy of such "access" to such a "possibility." Changing the lottery to your suggestion defies the purpose of letting Providence -be it a god, a spirit, or anything else one may believe in- do Her work.You should also know that even if you are in the process of waiting/applying for a Green Card, you may still place a bid in the Lottery.
The goal of the program, as the name suggests, is to add to the diversity of the immigrant population. Speeding up the regular GC process does not ensure representation from countries which have been traditionally under-represented. Correlation between lottery winners and safety threats to the country are certainly not proven. If you believe in strengths of diversity in every form, the lottery system definitely does provide an incentive for potential immigrants from underrepresented countries to be evaluated faster.