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Hey all! I haven't made any attempts at a credit rating yet... Unless paying rent & phone/internet/electric bills counts towards that? But I'm not sure if it does.. I haven't got a credit card, or a secured one - mostly haven't got a secured one because I don't have the $300 or so to spare to...

Yeah - I moved to Canada with a friend when I was 18, didn't know anyone in Canada nor did we have a plan besides our first week booked at a hostel, but it all kind of just fell in to place and went great for me. Only came back for family reasons, so I've decided Canada is still a high option on...

This is my concern. I've just turned 21, and still studying my Bachelors degree at Uni, which I honestly doubt will get me anything in the US. I realize it would be quite an impossible task for me to 'make it' very well in the US on my own with my lack of actual career experience, rather than...

It would be incredible if the reason my family-based immigration wasn't working out for me was cause I will have been selected for 2013 :( wishful thinking.

Oh my god! That made my so mad when I was living in Canada! Everyone did it differently! So while at work I'd see a date written down and I'd have to ask around the store who wrote it to figure out if it was DD-MM or MM-DD!! So frustrating. In the end I just kept writing like October 10th rather...

I think Princedriss's comment was really uncalled for. Immigration cuts/changes will affect everybody. If the DV Lottery is cut, it will affect anyone with immigration intents through this option. Regardless of sexual preference. And yes - I do think equal marriage rights should be given for...

I had a passport photo last year and when I scanned it it turned out terribly pixelated and stuff, so I had to take my own one on digital camera... looked terrible though haha. So the photo is my biggest worry this time.

I also save it in my phone, and as a notepad file on my computer haha. I haven't applied yet, need to get the photo sorted, it's difficult.

Depends on the person I guess.... I don't see Australia as being able to offer me what I need. And after living in Canada for awhile and having family I see every year in the US - I know I don't belong nor fit in with the Australian lifestyle.. Sure, this country offers some great things... But...

Good luck to everyone.. I had an alternate way of getting a green card (family based), was incredibly excited - but that got shattered by having it come back rejected due to a signature in the wrong box. We've re-applied but unfortunately I turn 21 this week so by the time it gets back to USCIS...

Yep. On sale on the Gold Coast for coke/diet coke you're lucky to get at about $13 lately. $15 is about right. Can't stand living on the Gold Coast anymore after having lived in Canada and constantly being in the US too. Not to mention the cost of utilities.. There was that study thing or...

Sigh.. I wish people wouldn't apply for the DV Lottery just on a whim, or as a tourist visa, or just to see if they can get it for the heck of it, and never follow through... Really screws it up for the rest of us who are really, really wanting it..

Ah, makes sense. Hopefully the lottery works for you soon then, would be much easier than the E-3, and permanent ;). Haha, I've had to post in so many forums to try and get an answer. Not really getting much help though. I think I might just do it and hope for the best. If not, I lose $440...

Getting ready for the next application too :) Q, weren't you going to try the E-3 route as well? I'm going to attempt a family based GC too I think, as well as the DV. Quite a gamble though for the family based. Good luck to everyone :)

Yeah, they married when I was about 10, so by all legal and visa related terms I'm the child of a US Citizen. So it will freeze my age at 20 right? I've read mixed reportings on this... That's good about the stretching it out, I'm sure we could stretch it out over the 2 years fine, or even...

I was looking into getting a Green Card through my USC step-dad a few months ago before I turn 21 in September, but we rang the US Embassy and they told us it wouldn't work as my step-dad and mum weren't going to move back to the US as well, cause it was just me hoping to go. Anyways, they've...

I think what Qewty meant was to see how many winners were already living in the US. It does seem like there's an awful lot of people selected who already live in the US and just do an AoS... I wondered about this myself too.

Here: they were selected for DV-2012. I don't know if they'd checked the re-draw in July and been selected then or not, or if they just never checked in July after the May incident and got a notification now to check it...