Education Requirements, I have a doubt

[PurpleRain]

Hello,

I'm an Italian girl, currently living and studying in New York City. I moved here about 3 years ago. Initially I didn’t have a high school diploma, and thus I could not apply to college. But I've worked hard, earned my GED and I’m now at my second year in college. My major is "Social Work."

I'm here on a F-1 student visa, and I wish to apply the green card lottery next year, but I have one big doubt and fear.

On this website, www.immigration-lawyer.com, I read:

A "high school education or its equivalent" is defined as successful completion of a 12 year course of primary and secondary study in the United States, or in another country of a formal course of elementary and secondary education comparable to a high school education in the United States. Completion of a high school equivalency examination (e.g., a GED) will not suffice for purposes of the lottery.

So my question is, should I win the green card, would they give it to me even though I don’t have a high school diploma but a GED? Considering that I’m now attending a recognized, and accredited college, would this be enough to get around the "high school" requirements? After all attending a college denotes a level of education that is considered higher then high school.

I don't have the 2 years work experience requested either, so my level of education (second year in college) is the only thing that I can count on.

I would hate having to wait an additional two years, when I'll have my bachelor, to apply for the green card lottery… but it would devastate me even more winning the green card and then having it denied.

Can anyone tell me if the fact that I'm attending college, and studying toward my bachelor, will be enough to pass the education requirements for the green card lottery?

Thanks in advance for your help.
Rain

 

[borya]

i can only comments one think: DV2007 already finished, so you can apply only on DV 2008, hopfully it going to happen (if you would read other threads, you will see that there is non-zero possibility not to have DV lottery in the future). Anyway, it means you can win GC in 2008, for example, but to this time 4 years college will be finnished by you, so you should not have any problems with that !