1998 Diversity Immigrant Visa Lottery; United States IMMIGRATION

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1998 Diversity Immigrant Visa Lottery

Prepared by JEFFREY A. DEVORE, Attorney at Law, West Palm Beach, Florida, USA.

The Diversity Immigrant Visa Program provides foreign nationals a way to immigrate to the United States that does not require the sponsorship of a family member or employer.

The program is commonly referred to as the "Green Card Lottery" and is administered by the U.S. Department of State.
The purpose of this page is to advise you about the program in the event you or someone you know would like to participate.
The lottery is designed to benefit natives of "low admission" countries from which immigration was lower than 50,000 over the preceding five years.

The Immigration and Naturalization Service determines which countries are "low admission" and "high admission."

To be eligible to participate in the lottery, an alien must not only be a native of a designated state, but must also have at least a high school education or its equivalent, or have worked at least two years in an occupation that requires at least two years of training or experience
An alien is considered to be a native of the country in which he or she is born.

Citizenship is not determinative.

However, an alien ineligible solely due to country of birth who is the spouse of an otherwise eligible alien may also register under the "cross-chargablilty" provisions of the program.

Additionally, an alien's spouse and dependent children under the age of 21 are also included should the alien's application be selected.

Children under age 18 without a high school diploma or equivalent should not register as they are precluded from obtaining an immigrant visa due to the educational requirements
The Immigration and Naturalization Service has determined that the following countries are "high admission" countries and its natives are therefore excluded from participation in this year's program:
- Canada
- Colombia
- Dominican Republic
- El Salvador
- India
- Jamaica
- Mexico
- Philippines
- Poland
- China (Mainland)
- Taiwan
- South Korea
- Vietnam
- United Kingdom
While natives of the United Kingdom and its dependent territories are ineligible, natives of Hong Kong and Northern Ireland are eligible to participate.

Further, no country may receive more than seven percent (3,850) of the available visas.

The registration period commences at Noon on Monday, February 3, 1997 and closes at Noon, Wednesday, March 5, 1997.

Applications submitted outside the registration window will be rejected.

Only one application may be submitted by each applicant
Once all eligible applications have been registered, a computer will randomly select approximately 100,000 persons (including registered aliens and their dependent family members).

The Department of State has selected this number to ensure that all available visas are issued as they cannot be "carried forward" to the next fiscal year.

Issuance of visas under this program will begin on October 1, 1997.
IT IS IMPORTANT TO UNDERSTAND THAT THIS PROGRAM IS A LOTTERY AND MUST BE CONSIDERED AS SUCH.

SIMPLY PUT, IT IS A LONGSHOT.

THERE IS NO GUARANTEE OF BEING SELECTED AND ULTIMATELY OBTAINING AN IMMIGRANT VISA

Prepared by: Jeffrey A. Devore, P.A.
1555 Palm Beach Lakes Boulevard, Suite 1501, West Palm Beach, Florida 33401
Tel.: (561) 478-5353, Fax: (561) 478-2144 e-mail: jdevore@visabank.com

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