Not that valuable to me... its just a permit to work legally, it does not guarantee that you will settle in USA and be better off than in your current country.
Out of curiosity if it isn't valuable to you then why did you apply for it?
The value of DV green card literally? About $10K. That's how much you'd pay in extra lawyer fees if you go for an EB green card. Maybe little less if lucky. DV green card saves money, hassle and stress. So it is actually invaluable for somebody who is already in US and living tethered to a certain visa/employer/school, feeling the stress of being "temporary", living in a constant state of alert, like DEFCON 3, ready for anything at any moment. And you get used to that stress and mindset, so much so that you don't even realize how much stress it was until after it is over. Having green card is like the relax you feel in your every fiber, the surprising feeling that you can let your guard down, you finally belong, like going back to DEFCON 5.
For somebody outside the US? It is a welcome novelty, a good luck charm falling into one's laps, an "if it works it works, if it doesn't I don't care" attitude, a nice-to-have option, maybe the best thing ever happened, maybe something that just so happened.
Good luck with your journey to US then. By the way, after moving to US, you will miss one thing, you will miss some very beautiful faces. Because, I have heard that Hungarians are one of the most naturally beautiful people of the world.Very valuable and very important.
I have always been dreaming about it.
Growing up in a communist ruled country, US was always the dream land.
Also, becoming an adult in an insignificant country, you always had a feeling, that you aren't even regarded as human. Hungary? What is that? Is that a country? Nobody cares about Hungary and Hungarians, every powerful country (Sovietunion, Austrian Empire, Turkish Empire) could do whatever they wanted with Hungarians, and nobody cared a bit.
Maybe it is a bit different now, but not largely. The EU doesn't intervene when our despotic government takes all the private pension funds from the very people who elected them. It's even impossible to explain this to somebody from the 'West', because they cannot even imagine this kind of attrocity to happen.
I don't want to live in a country where the government can take your pension savings just like that.
And more importantly than ever, I don't want my children to grow up like that.
When communism ended, we wanted freedom, and this freedom is becoming less and less here.
On the other hand, if you are an American citizen, all of a sudden, you become important. The whole world economy hangs on the consumption of Americans, and everybody, even China etc. wants America to consume more. Isn't that great? There is a price of course, but much better than being insignificant and unimportant, and left lying and dying by the road of forgotten nations.
And America protects its citizens, you cannot be dealt like with anybody from an insignificant country, if America stands behind you.
I want my kids to have more options than I had. Their opportunities will be much larger than mine, and it gives me joy.
That is why the GC is the most important for me.
@gabam I am Romanian, not Hungarian. Romanians are beautiful people as well. Most of the Eastern Europeans are beautiful that's for sure. One thing though > I am living away from Romania, in Madrid-Spain, since 2009. So missing my Romanians will not be a big change, I already miss them here in Spain But I can always make a trip to my home country to visit relatives and friends as I am doing every some months since 2009.
@Boo3 I'm a tech pro as well and moving to US will mean more opportunities and interesting jobs as well. Among all those other things that you mention. Further more, my gf is studying to become an MD and moving to US will give her the opportunity to enroll on some top class residency programs and fellowships. So yes, US means a lot for any GC pursuer for sure.
Thanks.Good luck with your journey to US then. By the way, after moving to US, you will miss one thing, you will miss some very beautiful faces. Because, I have heard that Hungarians are one of the most naturally beautiful people of the world.