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RE: 1992 US green cards lottery update: this replaces my first message, which 
was a bit ambiguous as far as the concept of nationalities and place of birth 
was concerned, as I realized by the questions asked in subsequent e-mail; this 
one should be clear as to who can apply... It is not what passport you are 
holding, it is YOUR PLACE OF BIRTH. 

                                Hello,

  The following will be of interest to those of you who, for whatever 
reasons, need or want legal resident status in the USA.

  In 1992 and 1993, like it did in 1991, the U.S State Department will hold a 
lottery to give away 40,000 "Green Cards": this is called the Transitional 
Diversity Program; the citizens born in 34 countries can enter their name in 
the lotteries; it is NOT necessary, in order to enter the lottery, to have a 
prior job offer, an outstanding regular visa application, or a US sponsor such 
as a family member living in the USA. 

  Applications will have to be mailed or dropped at a particular location, 
tentatively set this year at Arlington Virginia, potentially subject to 
change: last year it was the US post office in Merryfield, Virginia. 
  Applications have to be filed within a certain time-frame window, which 
unofficially and tentatively could now be extended beyond 5 days to reach one 
month. 
  Any applications filed before midnight on the first day of the filing 
period, or after midnight on the last day, will be disqualified; last year, 
39% of the total applications filed were rejected because of early filing and 
another 10.5% were rejected because of late filing.  

  Other important filing conditions have been modified for this and next 
year's draws and among other changes, in 1992 and 1993 people BORN in Canada 
are now eligible; other eligible people must have been BORN in the following 
countries:                             
  Albania, Algeria, Argentina, Austria, Belgium, Canada, Czechoslovakia, 
Denmark, Estonia, Germany, Finland, France, Gibraltar, Great-Britain, Hungary, 
Iceland, Indonesia, Ireland, Italy, Japan, Latvia, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, 
Luxembourg, Monaco, Netherlands (Holland), New-Caledonia, Norway, Poland, San 
Marino, Sweden, Switzerland, Tunisia (this is the complete list).

 If you need more information or assistance, you can communicate with me by 
leaving me E-mail on this network or Compuserve (user ID# 76304,563); please 
expect a couple of days for an answer, but if your problem is really urgent, 
let me know... 

  Good luck to you all...




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