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by didip 1400 days ago
The lottery is still a thing but not for India and China.
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You are talking about the diversity visa. It only applies to countries that don't send many people already.

H1B has a global cap, so there's a lottery. It's a completely different thing.

Green Cards also have a cap. China (and India in particular) are screwed. If you are from India and take your 1 year old baby to the US, it's likely – if nothing is done – that your baby will never get a green card. Child dependents lose eligibility at 21 years old; the current projections are pointing to much longer times than that.

That’s not true. You might be confusing the H1B lottery and the Green card cap per country. The two are barely related.
I think you are talking about the Green Card lottery which doesn't allow certains countries that have had too many immigrants in the past 7 (I think) years. The H1-B lottery doesn't have country limitations.
wdym by this? it most definitely is still a lottery