can_man said:
Dear friends,
I have something unusual thing to share. While waiting for Medicals from VO, last week we won Green Card lottery and we have been selected for further processing. Now we have interview soon and hopefully we will get GC.
What will happen if we get Can.PR visa before Green Card interview. Should we inform US visa officer that we also have Canadian PR.When you play for US Green Card Lottery,you have to select your country. That's OK. We applied for the lottery last October, that time we were not Canadian Residents. The concern is that Canadians are not eligible to apply for GC lottery. I am praying to get GC before Canadian PR and then decide which one to keep.
Let say I get both by the end of this year, can I do landing first in US get GC and then do landing in Canada through land border crossing. Then stay in Canada for 2 months until I get PR and return is US. When I return in US from Canada which documents should I use, GC or CanPR. Its so complicated. Any help would be appreciated.
Believe me, now I'm hoping that Vienna to delay my application until I get GC.
Thanks
First of all, congratulations for these two options which have opened up for you.
The two processes should not hinder of affect each other. Your DV selection was made not because of your country (of residence), but your nationality (country of birth). So even when you become a Canadian PR, you would still remain eligible under the DV-rules because of your country of origin - unless you decide to become a Canadian citizen, but this should take a few years.
So, bottom line: send your papers to Kentucky, there is no harm in this. If your Canadian PR gets approved in the meantime, you can still decide, which route you want to follow: attend the mandatory interview at your US embassy and get your Green Card, or just forget abour the Yanks, and go to the better part of North America
And even at this point you still do not have to make a final decision. You can persue both routes simultateously. There in no harm in obtaining a Green Card, and becoming a Canadian PR at the same time. However, you will have to make a decision eventually, because of the residency obligations: you will have to stay in Canada at least 3 out of 5 years. And I think, that the US authorities want you to settle in the US eventually, too, although I do not know, if there is a deadline to do so. But I know, that you have to activate the Green Card within 6 months, or so. Then you have the option of requesting a "Reentry Permit", which would give you an additional 2 years, in which you would not have to establish permanent residency in the US.
I don`t think, that it would make a difference, where you'd activate / land first.
Just be aware, that you need to file your tax-report in both countries, if you follow both routes!
Good luck, whatever you decide to do with this unique situation!
