Hello V.O.

I have a question that has been vexing me. My fiance and myself won the initial round in the 2016 greencard lottery. When entering the lottery (the edv stage), the rules are very clear: Stating you are not married when in fact you are married is means for immediate disqualification. I had just sponsored my fiance as a common-law spouse and I wanted to play it safe, so we put down that we were married.

After being selected in the lottery, I did more research and it turns out that I may have done the incorrect thing. Now, I have plenty of evidence to prove that I was able to sponsor my fiance based on our government's definition of common law marriage. We also got married, in the proper legal sense, immediately after finding out we were selected.

We don't want to travel to the interview and get the medicals if we are just going to be flat refused (I believe this will also tarnish our ability to obtain a visa in future). Will we be immediately refused? To be sure, we are perfect candidates: I have a job from a fortune 500 company waiting and ready for me in the USA. We also meet every other credential the green card lottery specifies. We have more than just a high school degree: We both have masters degrees.

Please can I get your opinion, I am at my whits end.

Many thanks in advance

Star craft!