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Posted by Tatiana Durbak on May 27, 2002 at 17:18:58:
In Reply to: Green Card Winner 2003 posted by Ivan on May 26, 2002 at 13:13:23:
: Hi!
: My sister won a DV 2003 lottery.
: The problem is that by now she
: got married for the Russian guy.
: In order to get Russian citizenship
: she needed first to loose Ukrainian.
: So now she is in the between.(She is not Ukrainian already but not Russian yet)
: What's bothering me is the fact that
: each country has it's own quote.
: So if she moves on and get Russian citizenship for the purpose of the DV 2003 she might be disqulified because she won as Ukrainian cizen.
: I am thinking that maybe it will be better just to stop and reverse the process of citizenship transfer and
: apply as Ukrainian citizen.
: Does anybody heard about similar case.
: Any help would be appriciated.
: Regards,
: Ivan.
If an applicant has "won" the DV lottery under one national category, that person will not be granted an immigrant visa if s/he applies for the visa (on the basis of the DV lottery) under another national category. This means that if someone "wins" as a Ukrainian and then becomes a Russian citizen and tries to apply for an immigrant visa (on the basis of the DV lottery) as a Russian, that person cannot be granted the visa.