UK Qualified Dentist (BDS) and Legal Masters Graduate wishing to move to USA to live

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Jul 26th 2013, 3:48 am

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Re: UK Qualified Dentist (BDS) and Legal Masters Graduate wishing to move to USA to l

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He said they are residents of N Ireland. If they were BORN there, they can do the lottery, otherwise no.

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If they have an Irish (including Northern Irish) parent or grand parent, they are, I think, eligible for an Irish passport, which could get them into the lottery, couldn't it?

Jul 26th 2013, 4:19 am

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Re: UK Qualified Dentist (BDS) and Legal Masters Graduate wishing to move to USA to l

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He said they are residents of N Ireland. If they were BORN there, they can do the lottery, otherwise no.

Rene

He said they both have Irish passports.

Jul 26th 2013, 6:33 am

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Re: UK Qualified Dentist (BDS) and Legal Masters Graduate wishing to move to USA to l

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If they have an Irish (including Northern Irish) parent or grand parent, they are, I think, eligible for an Irish passport, which could get them into the lottery, couldn't it?

Correct. My ex wife was born in Bolton to NI patents. She was entitled to apply for an Irish passport and entered the green card lottery some years back.

Jul 26th 2013, 1:47 pm

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Re: UK Qualified Dentist (BDS) and Legal Masters Graduate wishing to move to USA to l

I would have thought the best bet would for her to get the transfer and you to piggyback.

Getting sponsored as a non qualified Dentist seems a long shot.

Jul 26th 2013, 1:59 pm

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Re: UK Qualified Dentist (BDS) and Legal Masters Graduate wishing to move to USA to l

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I would have thought the best bet would for her to get the transfer and you to piggyback.

Agreed

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Getting sponsored as a non qualified Dentist seems a long shot.

And qualifying on a student visa with no guarantee of getting a working visa is expensive and risky; possible, likely even, with careful planning, but still risky.

Jul 26th 2013, 4:58 pm

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Re: UK Qualified Dentist (BDS) and Legal Masters Graduate wishing to move to USA to l

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He said they both have Irish passports.

Having an Irish passport doesn't mean you were born in that country, though, right? For example, my Iranian husband has a US passport, but he wasn't born in the USA.

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Jul 26th 2013, 5:00 pm

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Re: UK Qualified Dentist (BDS) and Legal Masters Graduate wishing to move to USA to l

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Having an Irish passport doesn't mean you were born in that country, though, right? For example, my Iranian husband has a US passport, but he wasn't born in the USA.

Rene

The DV lottery is open to CITIZENS of a country. Not only residents. Isn't it?

Jul 26th 2013, 5:08 pm

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Re: UK Qualified Dentist (BDS) and Legal Masters Graduate wishing to move to USA to l

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The DV lottery is open to CITIZENS of a country. Not only residents. Isn't it?

Not EVEN residents, the nationality (evidenced by passport) is the defining qualification. It doesn't matter where a British citizen resides he/she is not eligible for the DV lottery (unless he/she has an additional nationality which is eligible.)

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Jul 26th 2013, 5:09 pm

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Re: UK Qualified Dentist (BDS) and Legal Masters Graduate wishing to move to USA to l

Agreed - that was my point. Its the citizenship that's relevant, not that they reside in that country.

Jul 26th 2013, 6:06 pm

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Re: UK Qualified Dentist (BDS) and Legal Masters Graduate wishing to move to USA to l

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The DV lottery is open to CITIZENS of a country. Not only residents. Isn't it?

No. The DV lottery is open to people BORN in certain countries.

It does not matter where the person is a Citizen or Resident. What matters is the country where they were BORN.

Rene

Jul 26th 2013, 6:07 pm

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Re: UK Qualified Dentist (BDS) and Legal Masters Graduate wishing to move to USA to l

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Agreed - that was my point. Its the citizenship that's relevant, not that they reside in that country.

It's not really even the citizenship that's relevant. It's the country one was born in.

Rene

Jul 26th 2013, 6:36 pm

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Re: UK Qualified Dentist (BDS) and Legal Masters Graduate wishing to move to USA to l

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It's not really even the citizenship that's relevant. It's the country one was born in. .....

So how does that reconcile with the "one Irish grandparent" experience cited by some?

Jul 26th 2013, 6:38 pm

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Re: UK Qualified Dentist (BDS) and Legal Masters Graduate wishing to move to USA to l

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So how does that reconcile with the "one Irish grandparent" experience cited by some?

Finally someone articulates what I was trying to say!

Jul 26th 2013, 6:41 pm

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Re: UK Qualified Dentist (BDS) and Legal Masters Graduate wishing to move to USA to l

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So how does that reconcile with the "one Irish grandparent" experience cited by some?

I believe that is the "Kennedy" exception written into the bill.

Jul 26th 2013, 7:09 pm

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Re: UK Qualified Dentist (BDS) and Legal Masters Graduate wishing to move to USA to l

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So how does that reconcile with the "one Irish grandparent" experience cited by some?

There is some kind of rule where you can also qualify based on your grandparent. I am not sure of the details.

Rene

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