mrpilock

Hi All,
Just trying to find out some info on the green card lottery as i have a friend that would dearly like to live in the states and visits as much as possible.
He has assets that would nett him $300,000 but he has no girlfriend or family in the states and i gather he can apply for the green card lotto?.
Can any one tell me what the process involves for him and the time frame ?
And where to download any application forms he may need?

Thanks again.

Kind regards


Keith:PARTY:

Denis Barlow

On 11 Aug 2002 16:13:59 GMT, mrpilock <[email protected]> wrote:

    >Hi All, Just trying to find out some info on the green card lottery as i have a
    >friend that would dearly like to live in the states and visits as much as possible.
    >He has assets that would nett him $300,000 but he has no girlfriend or family in the
    >states and i gather he can apply for the green card lotto?. Can any one tell me what
    >the process involves for him and the time frame ? And where to download any
    >application forms he may need?
    >Thanks again.
    >Kind regards
    >Keith:PARTY:
    >--
    >Posted via http://britishexpats.com

Where is he from? Great Britain is excluded from the lottery.

Denis

mailmena

Green card lottery for 2004 has not yet been annouced. It saids that it'll be available sometime in Aug. You should keep checking for updates from the US dept of state page.

http://www.travel.state.gov

[email protected]

You do realize there are non-marriage visa newsgroups, right? You are posting from
Brit Expats.. If he is from the UK, he is not eligible.

Finally, search anywhere for "2003 Diversity Visa" or go to the official source for
Visa info from the people that grant visas.

http://travel.state.gov/visains-
tructions.html

You will note that you had to apply in October 2001.

I believe that sometime this month, the DV-2004 will be announced.

Joe Thomas

Yes the Visa lottery is for countries that presently have a small number of
immigrants. The countries listed are somewhere on the Dept of Justice web site and
not INS web site, but I think you can find a link somewhere on the INS site.

JoeAlpha

<[email protected]> wrote in message news:[email protected]...
    > You do realize there are non-marriage visa newsgroups, right? You are posting from
    > Brit Expats.. If he is from the UK, he is not eligible.
    > Finally, search anywhere for "2003 Diversity Visa" or go to the official source for
    > Visa info from the people that grant visas.
    > http://travel.state.gov/visai-
    > nstructions.html
    > You will note that you had to apply in October 2001.
    > I believe that sometime this month, the DV-2004 will be announced.

andrewdean

Northern Ireland is the only part of Great Britain not excluded. Eligibilty for the green card lottery depends on where you were born not where you live now.

Drew


"For DV-2003, natives of the following countries1 are not eligible to apply because they sent a total of more than 50,000 immigrants to the U.S. in the previous five years:

CANADA, CHINA (mainland-born), COLOMBIA, DOMINICAN REPUBLIC, EL SALVADOR, HAITI, INDIA, JAMAICA, MEXICO, PAKISTAN, PHILIPPINES, SOUTH KOREA, UNITED KINGDOM (except Northern Ireland) and its dependent territories, and VIETNAM. Persons born in Hong Kong SAR, Macau SAR and Taiwan are eligible."

mrpilock

Hi all,
he`s a brittish guy,Thanks for the help and advice its grately apreciated.
I guess he needs to find himself an american girlfriend.LOL


Kind regards

Keith

rogerpenycate

Hi Alan,
I'm sure I read somewhere about an "Enterprenuerial Visa"
whereby if someone has a certain amount of money to invest in the US the can obtain a visa.
I can't remember where I read ot, or what the amount is, or indeed even if it still exists.

Roger

rogerpenycate

Perhaps I dreamed it, as I just dreamed that your posting was
from Alan and not Keith.
I guess I'm losing it ;o)

Roger



QUOTE]Originally posted by rogerpenycate:
Hi Alan,
I'm sure I read somewhere about an "Enterprenuerial Visa"
whereby if someone has a certain amount of money to invest in the US the can obtain a visa.
I can't remember where I read ot, or what the amount is, or indeed even if it still exists.

Roger







[/QUOTE]

Donna Maindrault

In article <[email protected]>, rogerpenycate
<[email protected]> wrote:

    > I'm sure I read somewhere about an "Enterprenuerial Visa" whereby if someone has a
    > certain amount of money to invest in the US the can obtain a visa.

There is a "treaty investor" visa (E-2), and I've heard that people with as little as
$10,000 and a good business plan with support from American investors and suppliers
have been successful. Didn't the poster say the friend had $300,000?

http://www.usvisanews.com/nonimv-e2.-
html

Who knows, maybe he'd hit it off with his secretary...

-Donna