ige

I 'm a Permanent Resident in Australia. And i have only lived here for almost a
year with my fiancee.She is suppose to start applying for her partner/fiancee visa before we got a letter that she won the lottery Diversity visa.
Now we are confused what to do next!!!!If she needs to continue the application in Australia it would take sometime. And at the same time she has to start the lottery Diversity visa application too.
We still don't know hoe we are going to sort it out.
My question is if she gets the green card for how long must she live there before she would be allowed to travel out i know she will be given 6 months to come to America.
And does the american green card expires after sometime if you don't live there?
If anybody could advice where would u suggest to live AMERICA or AUSTRALIA?
We love Australia but i went to America long time ago!

Ray

Her passport will be stamped on arrival ..she can then turn around and fly out ..but better to wait until the GC arrives.. you will not be getting one
Yes ...you are supposed to be a permanent resident
Thats up too you ....

fatbrit

Are you sure your fiancee can take you, too? May be a problem here.

Ray

not unless there married .... preferably before the application goes in ...

fatbrit

It'll be too late after the app goes in. And it will cause red flags (probably overcomeable) if married just before submitting the app. This may be a get-a-lawyer case if OP wants to pursue since fiancee was presumably not listed on initial entry to DV. However, OP should know this is the best visa to come to US with little red tape after issuance of visa.