USA Green Card Lottery

[Uther]

OP you were born here, so you already won the lottery of life (allegedly)

 

[jon86]

I have a UK degree in Law and 7+ years senior management experience in hospitality. Not sure if thats any good to the US but iv just spent some time on the Canadian website and seems my degree, experience, english speaking and financial worth is enough to qualify to join their pool as a Skilled Immigrant via Express Entry.

In order to be a lawyer in the USA, you'd need to do some sort of conversion or bridging legal training course to learn the US legal system before you could take any state law bar exams. It's debatable as to what visa you could get with your "senior management experience in hospitality" if it wasn't an inter-company transferee visa. I imagine that you would already be looking into that if it was an available option. As someone who frequents the British Expats forums and sees many people in your shoes trying to move to the USA on a hope and a prayer, I think that your best option is to try to get into Canada instead, as you've said. Canada has a similar feel to USA, is more welcoming to immigrants, (a lot) more liberal (which you may or may not like), and in some parts, (even) prettier.

 

[Kutter]

guy i work with is from morocco most of his family entered and they have all been successful. He said everyone who enters from Morocco seems to get in.

 

[Dr House]

My parents were born in a different country, not the UK, so I believe I may be allowed.

This is how I got my green card. Lost it years ago because I could not visit often enough

 

[dowie]

In order to be a lawyer in the USA, you'd need to do some sort of conversion or bridging legal training course to learn the US legal system before you could take any state law bar exams.

he might as well go get a JD over in the states - at least if you go to a US university you're able to stick around for up to a year (IIRC) in order to find a job once you graduate

 

[BombayMix]

I would love too but I'm not sure my wife will approve!

Is she a British Citizen? I know an English guy who got in as his wife was Somalian thus eligible and got a spot!