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There is something I do not understand, I’m too old now to return to highschool, if I was to re-sit my A-level exams as a private candidate, and self-revised the content, and achieved A*A*A*, I wouldn’t be able to be eligable for the US DV lottery because my education was not in a continous 12-year time interval, even though I would be eligable to enter all the presitiougs universities in the United Kingdom (correct me if I am wrong).

In your video about the Education or Work Experience requirements for the DV Lottery, in the education rules explanation under section 4 (U), it explains the burden of proof that the applicant has an equivalent of a formal 12-years of education relies on the applicant themselves.
Meaning if I could sufficiently prove that the education I recieved meets the standards, I should be eligable to do that, which is something I believe I can do.
If you don’t mind, can I provide you with an argument and you could evaulte if it stands up to the requirements?

“The education I recieved allowed me direct entry into university, although not a very presitigous one in the likes of Oxford or Camrbidge, but rather a low-ranked public university, equivalent to the community colleges in the United States, which directly admits people who have completed an equivalent of a 12-year continous formal High School education.
My education is not equivalent to an American GED because it was obtained in a continous 12-year pathway,
I also didn’t need further education to get addmission to a university, this would be like doing an “access to higher education course”, “resiting my A-levels”, or doing “GCSE functional skills” in which I would be rewarded a certificate to show that I completed said course and to aid me for admission into a university, none of these courses require A-levels to start them”
However with a foundation year in a university, my admission is soley based on the A-levels I recieved as a result of my 12-years of continous formal education, and all the content taught in this year is directly related to my degree with a few electives classes – which is equivalent to the standard 4 year degrees in the United States that some of the most prestigious universites have there, where the first year students have to do some elective classes.
I am also eligable for all the benefits that a student at a 3 year university course would get, such as student loans, and student discounts, which people doing “access to higer education”, or “resiting A-levels”, or GCSE functional skills” are not.
When I do finally complete my foundation year I do not get a certficiate of completition since I am expected to complete all 4 years, in which I would be rewared a certificate of Bachelor, which would be the same and recognised as the same as a student doing a 3 years course in university in the UK, or a 4 year course in the US”

If this argument isn’t sufficient, what else can I do?
Could I re-sit my A-level exams, would I still be eligable?
Would completed my 4-year degree, (meaning I have a Bachelor’s degree of education) be sufficient?

The problem is that I can’t re-do highschool, I can’t re-join my previous secondary school or sixth form (or any other ones in the country), and get a highschool eduaction equivalent.
I also have no interest in going the work route, because I think I will likely be in education for a verly long while, due to my interest in academia.

However what do you suggest?

If there is nothing I can do, then I will start having to look for alternative visa pathways.

Apologies for being overly verbose, I do hope this message finds you well.

Sincerly,

Noah.

Hi Brit, I have a similar question from the Australian perspective. In Australia it’s not possible to fail the Higher School Certificate (last two years of highscool, equivalent to the UK ‘A levels’ I guess) unless you skipped the final exams. If you fail exams, the worst thing that happens is your university entrance score decreases. I failed 3 of 5 of my final exams but still went on a successful university career getting bachelor, master and PhD. In your estimation, would a consulate officer dig into my actual high school marks and reject on the basis of the failed exams even though I have the certificate stating that I successfully completed the requirements of the HSC?

Hi Brit, I wanted to ask you a question, on were it say which country are you claiming eligibility I wanted to ask you I was born and raised in Zambia so if I write, I was born in Zambia and the eligibility country says are you calming Zambia, I hold a Somali passport, how to go about it in this case can I choose both countries thanks

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