Greetings everyone!
I hope it's OK to make an intro thread here - I've seen them before but not often and as there's no intro sub forum I'm hoping it doesn't break any rules.
I've been lurking around for about 6 months and finally decided to join.
I've been enjoying reading all the winners stories from Australia in particular, it gives me a lot of hope.
I have entered this year for the first time myself as I have just become eligible. (I didn't finish high school but have now been working for over two years in a qualifying occupation. My job falls under the "Computer Programmer" category.)
Although I know one cannot pin all their hopes on a lottery I do desperately hope I might be one of the lucky ones; I have friends in California and a job I could walk into over there.
I am starting a degree next year (just a BA, doing it over 18 months rather than two years by doing double course load) so I will have a back up option with the H1B, although the DV lottery would mean not waiting 10 plus years for a GC through EB3, so obviously that's preferable.
Anyway, I just wanted to introduce myself and share a little info - I already know a lot about many of you from your posts over the last 6 months so felt it was fair you knew a bit about me.
Wench
I hope it's OK to make an intro thread here - I've seen them before but not often and as there's no intro sub forum I'm hoping it doesn't break any rules.
I've been lurking around for about 6 months and finally decided to join.
I've been enjoying reading all the winners stories from Australia in particular, it gives me a lot of hope.
I have entered this year for the first time myself as I have just become eligible. (I didn't finish high school but have now been working for over two years in a qualifying occupation. My job falls under the "Computer Programmer" category.)
Although I know one cannot pin all their hopes on a lottery I do desperately hope I might be one of the lucky ones; I have friends in California and a job I could walk into over there.
I am starting a degree next year (just a BA, doing it over 18 months rather than two years by doing double course load) so I will have a back up option with the H1B, although the DV lottery would mean not waiting 10 plus years for a GC through EB3, so obviously that's preferable.
Anyway, I just wanted to introduce myself and share a little info - I already know a lot about many of you from your posts over the last 6 months so felt it was fair you knew a bit about me.
Wench
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