Does applying for the US Green Card lottery reduce your future chances of getting a tourist visa?

11/5/2018 6:15:22 PM

Having applied for the Green Card lottery and subsequently having successfully received a US tourist visa, I can say that a mere application does not affect your chances of obtaining a B1/B2 visa. The application form doesn’t ask about lottery applications and neither was I asked about it at the consulate interview.

Therefore I presume this is mostly an unfounded myth.

7/21/2014 8:00:30 PM

The US Government doesn’t publicly specify how it decides on a person’s eligibility for a visa, hence there can be no “official” answer to your query.

In general, your local embassy will only know that you applied for the Green Card Lottery, if you are selected as those names are sent to the embassy, non-selected names that are not. But they do ask if you have previously applied. And so it is up to you to decide on how honest to be.

What an immigration lawyer told me (a neighbor) is that if your qualifications are solid for the visa, having applied for the lottery has little effect. But if you are borderline, then it becomes a bigger factor.

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