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Entrants can win a green card in ‘Diversity Visa’ lottery
Tribuna Connecticut via Danbury [CT] News-Times ^ | November 19, 2003 | Elizabeth Bacelar

Posted on 11/19/2003 6:04:47 AM PST by LurkedLongEnough

The odds are better than winning the state lottery, and the prize is the right to live in the United States permanently. You don’t have to buy a ticket: just apply online.

If you know people trying to get a green card, tell them it’s time to register for the 2005 Diversity Visa Program (DV-2005).

The program is administered on an annual basis by the U.S. Department of State to provide for a new class of immigrants known as “diversity immigrants.” The program makes available 50,000 permanent resident visas annually to people from countries with relatively low rates of immigration to the United States.

Immigrants who meet simple, but strict, eligibility requirements qualify for a computer-generated random lottery.

The visas are distributed among six geographic regions, with a greater number of visas going to regions with lower rates of immigration, and with no visas going to citizens of countries that have sent more than 50,000 immigrants to the United States in the past five years. Within each region, no one country can receive more than 7 percent of the available visas in one year.

While Brazil and Portugal are among the eligible countries, natives of Mexico, Colombia, the Dominican Republic, China, and United Kingdom are not allowed to apply.

The applicant must be a citizen of a country that qualifies, which in most cases this means the country in which the applicant was born. In addition, the applicant must have either a high school education or the equivalent, or two years of work experience within the past five years in an occupation requiring at least two years of training or experience.

Lottery winners will be selected at random by computer from among all qualified entries. Those selected will be notified by mail between May and July 2004 and will be provided further instructions, including information on fees connected with immigration to the United States. Those not selected will not receive any notification.

If you plan to apply, you should read the instructions carefully, since one can only do it once. More than one entry results in disqualification.

Applications will be accepted until December 30 this year.

This is the first year that the State Department will only accept entry forms electronically at http://www.dvlottery.state.gov. There are no fees and anyone can apply from their own home computer.

In order to apply successfully, digital photographs must be sent under specific requirements. Consequently, many choose to pay a small fee for assistance with their application.

However, applicants must be careful with companies advertising this service online. According to lawyers at the Federal Trade Commission, the nation’s consumer protection agency, some businesses and lawyers misrepresent their services by saying that they are affiliated with the U.S. government, or that their company can increase an entrant’s chances of “winning” the lottery.

In order to find out where to get help to apply for the DV-2005, call Tribuna Newspaper at (203) 730-0457.


TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; News/Current Events; US: Connecticut
KEYWORDS: aliens; diversityvisas; immigrantlist; immigration; visas
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1 posted on 11/19/2003 6:04:47 AM PST by LurkedLongEnough
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To: LurkedLongEnough
Do they still operate this stupid program that gave a Green Card to an Egyptian terrorist? I thought it was junked. Here we go again - this so called "diversity" lottery program is another 9-11 waiting to happen.
2 posted on 11/19/2003 6:09:03 AM PST by goldstategop (In Memory Of A Dearly Beloved Friend Who Lives On In My Heart Forever)
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To: goldstategop
I was watching the news out of LA on channel 7 last night on DirecTV and they ran an advertisement for work related injuries.

It showed dishwashers slipping and falling in a restaurant kitchen, a crop picker falling off a trailer, a cleaning lady slipping on a mopped floor.

Then it said to contact the law firm of ***** and finished with "your immigration status doesn't matter, se habla espanol."

3 posted on 11/19/2003 6:13:42 AM PST by N. Theknow (Be a glowworm, a glowworm's never glum, cuz how can you be grumpy when the sun shines out your bum.)
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To: goldstategop
Here we go again - this so called "diversity" lottery program is another 9-11 waiting to happen.

The Department of StHate is all about destroying the Judeo-Christian culture and transforming the US into a rudderless ship, a nation without a history or purpose, a way to dilute and destroy the predominate culture that has brought freedom around the world.

If you are a terrorist, one who is suffering from some profoundly expensive disease, or close to retirement age and want to live off the earnings of others, then sign up today!

Remember, Bosnia was a "diverse" nation, Iraq is still "diverse", Rome and Greece fell because of "diversity", and Europe is collapsing because of "diversity". In contrast, the fastest growing economy is the xenophobic nation of China who is also flooding out Tibet with Chinese culture so that Tibet will be no more.

Diversity is really suicide.

Genesis 11:9

4 posted on 11/19/2003 6:17:33 AM PST by Dr Warmoose
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To: LurkedLongEnough
and the prize is the right to live in the United States permanently.

If I may ... and the prize is the right privilege to live in the United States permanently.

5 posted on 11/19/2003 6:20:05 AM PST by DumpsterDiver
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To: LurkedLongEnough
U.S. Department of State= U.N state department
6 posted on 11/19/2003 6:26:24 AM PST by freetradenotfree
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To: *immigrant_list; A Navy Vet; Lion Den Dan; Free the USA; Libertarianize the GOP; madfly; B4Ranch; ..
ping
7 posted on 11/19/2003 9:14:03 AM PST by gubamyster
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To: gubamyster
Anyone know how I can post a picture to FR? I got one on this subject, just need a host.
8 posted on 11/19/2003 9:20:17 AM PST by CJ Wolf
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To: CJ Wolf
Does your ISP offer you a home page or storage space? If so, you can upload/FTP the picture to there, and many of us can give you the code to post it.

FReepmail in a sec...
9 posted on 11/19/2003 9:26:39 AM PST by HiJinx (The Right person, in the Right place, at the Right time...to do His work.)
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To: Dr Warmoose
This program is authorized by statute, so you'd better direct your ire where it belongs . . . Congress.
10 posted on 11/19/2003 9:30:16 AM PST by 1rudeboy
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To: HiJinx
thanks, here it is. I took the picture on the Tube in london. Your tax dollars at work here:


11 posted on 11/19/2003 10:12:33 AM PST by CJ Wolf
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To: CJ Wolf
Bad news...Geocities pics often don't display...they have a bandwidth sharing problem...let me see if I can help...

Click to see larger image.

I moved it into my closet!

12 posted on 11/19/2003 10:27:28 AM PST by HiJinx (The Right person, in the Right place, at the Right time...to do His work.)
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To: LurkedLongEnough
There are free faxes to send which state your reasons to end the diversity lottery at www.numbersusa.com. Sign up and fax!
13 posted on 11/19/2003 10:43:23 AM PST by janetgreen (Mexifornia is NOT a joke - it's REAL)
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To: LurkedLongEnough
If "diversity" (ie: racial pudding) was so necessary for the survival of the human species it would occur naturally. Since it doesn't the only conclusion is that it is bad and divisive. "Diversity" = CULTURAL MARXISM
14 posted on 11/19/2003 10:45:00 AM PST by richtig_faust
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To: Dr Warmoose
The Department of StHate is all about destroying the Judeo-Christian culture and transforming the US into a rudderless ship, a nation without a history or purpose,


Exactly what the Italian Marxist Gramsci said, and it was his conclusion that to destroy christianity and culture within a country was the only way to get it to fall to communism.
15 posted on 11/19/2003 10:46:27 AM PST by richtig_faust
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To: gubamyster; FoxFang; FITZ; moehoward; Nea Wood; Joe Hadenuf; sangoo; appalachian_dweller; ...
The odds are better than winning the state lottery, and the prize is the right to live in the United States permanently. You don’t have to buy a ticket: just apply online.

UnFreakinbelivable! And who is sponsoring this atrocity that is probably written in Spanish!

16 posted on 11/19/2003 11:06:51 AM PST by JustPiper (All 19 of the hijackers entered the U.S. on valid visas- 18 of 19 had State Driver's Licenses!!!)
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To: PhiKapMom




You were asking about this diversity lottery the other day...


17 posted on 11/19/2003 11:09:59 AM PST by Sabertooth (No Drivers' Licences for Illegal Aliens. Petition SB60. http://www.saveourlicense.com/n_home.htm)
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To: LurkedLongEnough
Here's a fabulous email I received a while ago:
 
----- Original Message -----
 
Subject: Few chances only come once in a lifetime
 
Some chances come only once...

Find out here!

Live and Work in the United States of America!

You only have one life to live!
Reach OUT and touch your FREEDOM!

The UNITED STATES of AMERICA is welcoming 50.000 NEW PEOPLE this year!
Get one of the thousands of Green Cards and turn your DREAMS into REALITY.
The American Dream is calling you, start a better life in the Free World!

View here - Visit this address for you chance to win!

Wealth, Freedom and the chance to live life the way YOU want it!

Some chances only come once in a life time - Apply for your Green Card and create a Better Tomorrow!

Apply for your Green Card

Cut and paste the URL above in your brwoser or simply double click it NOW.

Why are there always typos in spam?

18 posted on 11/19/2003 12:47:04 PM PST by AnnaZ (::: RADIOFR :: Hi-Fi FReepin' 24/7 ::: http://www.theotherradionetwork.com/pgs/rfr_schedule.htm :::)
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To: Dr Warmoose; janetgreen
Recent image of illegals waiting to get drivers licenses in TENNESSEE!

Block by block, city by city, state by state.........

19 posted on 11/19/2003 2:29:15 PM PST by Joe Hadenuf (I failed anger management class, they decided to give me a passing grade anyway)
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To: Joe Hadenuf
My God, I would swear that this picture was taken at the Santa Ana, California DMV! They're everywhere!
20 posted on 11/19/2003 5:00:39 PM PST by janetgreen (Mexifornia is NOT a joke - it's REAL)
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