Winning the green card before getting married

[Inky 1,110]

http://www.visajourney.com/forums/topic/312013-winning-the-green-card-before-getting-married/page__p__4690522#entry4690522

[Ban Hammer 13,333]

duplicate and triplicate posts moved to this forum and merged.

[Max1gk 68]

Are you aware that the recent Diversity Visa lottery is going to be repeated? Because of a computer error, the DV lottery results were invalid, so the lottery is going to be repeated. The results of the new lottery should be available around July 15.

http://www.dvlottery.state.gov/

If he does get a visa through the DV lottery then you would not get any direct benefit from it. You wouldn't get a derivative visa unless you were already married, and you were included on his DV application. After he gets his green card and marries you then he would be able to petition for an F2A visa for you. However, it may take years before your priority date is current, and you can't apply for visa (if you're outside the US) or adjust status (if you're inside the US) until your priority date is current. You also can't adjust status unless you've maintained your non-immigrant status the entire time. Since the current wait for an F2A is about four years, it doesn't look like you'll be able to stay in the US with a B1 visa for the entire time.

Since he had his interview in March 2011 I'm sure he won the DV-2011