Jodi's Blog Posts Tagged 'lottery' (1)

I have been in New York for 11 years.  Gavin and I won green cards in the green card lottery.  It's part of the United States diversity visa program where 50,000 people win each year.  We had entered the lottery and forgot about it.  It was our anniversary and Gavin came home with an envelope.  I thought, "Wow, a gift certificate!"  It was a letter from immigration saying we won green cards.



Soon after, Gavin was offered a job and we decided to come to New York for a year or two. We…