Elegible Country passport?

[Luckyyellowhog]

Hello,

I was wondering about applying for the DV lottery and have a question.

I am born in the UK have a UK passport, but also have a New Zealand Passport. My mother is a native New Zealander but my father is from the UK.

Is it at all possible to apply?

Thanks!

 

[Britsimon]

Hello,

I was wondering about applying for the DV lottery and have a question.

I am born in the UK have a UK passport, but also have a New Zealand Passport. My mother is a native New Zealander but my father is from the UK.

Is it at all possible to apply?

Thanks!

Eligibility for the lottery is based on where you were born, not which passport/citizenship you hold. On that basis you are not eligible.

Some people are able to claim "chargeability" because their parents are from an eligible country, they were not resident in the ineligible country at the time of your birth and neither parent is a native of the ineligible country. Your Dad is the problem there - so you are not eligible on that basis either.

You could also be eligible through your Spouse. For example, I am British but my wife is Spanish. We both entered the lottery using Spain as our country of chargeability. That would be your only way to participate in the GC lottery. My sister in law is single!

 

[raevsky]

There is an exception to the rule, however, that is an extremely rare case - birth in the US.
In that case you can play from your country of citizenship if you have one, otherwise from the country of your permanent residence.

However, that all makes sense only if you are not a US citizen, and that is very rare for those born in the US.

 

[Britsimon]

There is an exception to the rule, however, that is an extremely rare case - birth in the US.
In that case you can play from your country of citizenship if you have one, otherwise from the country of your permanent residence.

However, that all makes sense only if you are not a US citizen, and that is very rare for those born in the US.

Wow that would indeed be a very rare case!

 

[raevsky]

Wow that would indeed be a very rare case!

Two main sources how that could happen are the following:
- if a person lost US citizenship previously, volunterely or by a court decision.
- if a person was born in the US, but not in US jurisdiction. That could have happened on the territory occupied by a foreging country during a war with the US. Or a child of a foreign diplomat who had diplomatic immunity at the time of childbirth. That could also be a child of foreign nationals born on the premises of a foreign embassy in the US.

 

[Britsimon]

Two main sources how that could happen are the following:
- if a person lost US citizenship previously, volunterely or by a court decision.
- if a person was born in the US, but not in US jurisdiction. That could have happened on the territory occupied by a foreging country during a war with the US. Or a child of a foreign diplomat who had diplomatic immunity at the time of childbirth. That could also be a child of foreign nationals born on the premises of a foreign embassy in the US.

Brilliant!