- get a job with an American company (or a German company that will send you to the states) and apply for the card after you're in the States on a visa. You bypass the lottery, since you're already there.
- marry an American. Sad as that is, that's the easiest way to a green card. Find some serviceman in Germany who will marry you for a couple of years (he gets extra "married" pay from the govt, you get a green card; hush-hush and all that, everyone's happy), get your green card (after 2 or 3 years, I think), divorce, and voila! I know, I know, icky and immoral and all that. And sadly, when I was in Manila, there was a line about 200 long at the US Embassy. I asked the Marine what the line was for, and he told me, "They are all applying for fiance visas."
- Move to Canada. It's like the US, but colder and less guns.
Every system has its loopholes. You just have to look for them.
And the funnier thing is: I wanted to try for German citizenship back when I was living in Dresden. But not enough German or Turkish blood in me, according to the system. Darn. :-)
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- get a job with an American company (or a German company that will send you to the states) and apply for the card after you're in the States on a visa. You bypass the lottery, since you're already there.
- marry an American. Sad as that is, that's the easiest way to a green card. Find some serviceman in Germany who will marry you for a couple of years (he gets extra "married" pay from the govt, you get a green card; hush-hush and all that, everyone's happy), get your green card (after 2 or 3 years, I think), divorce, and voila! I know, I know, icky and immoral and all that. And sadly, when I was in Manila, there was a line about 200 long at the US Embassy. I asked the Marine what the line was for, and he told me, "They are all applying for fiance visas."
- Move to Canada. It's like the US, but colder and less guns.
Every system has its loopholes. You just have to look for them.
And the funnier thing is: I wanted to try for German citizenship back when I was living in Dresden. But not enough German or Turkish blood in me, according to the system. Darn. :-)