Niedzwiedz

I have 2 short questions:

First: Is there a way to find out about the Lottery winners, other than just sitting
and waiting for letters from INS ??? Is there any web site of that lottery, and
possible list of winners ?

Second: My friend is US Green Card holder and she filled out the form for reentry
permit, in which she put a date she wanted to leave US - July 2001, but she had to
leave country earlier than that - she left US, in march due to some family problems,
and she intend to be outside of US until january 2003, so is she ok with law ??? She
left country earlier than it is stated in her Reentry Permit, but she is going to be
outside for less than 2 years.

Thank you.

Jurek

Joachim Feise

Niedzwiedz wrote:
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No.

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There is no list of the winners. The official lottery site is the State Department
site at http://travel.state.gov/visa_services.html, and
http://travel.state.gov/dvover.html states clearly: "Neither the National Visa Center
nor U.S. embassies and consulates abroad will be able to provide a list of successful
registrants."

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AFAIK, The actual leaving date does not matter, provided that she filed the reentry
permit *before* she left, and doesn't stay outside for more than 2 years.

-Joe

M. Helmet

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If you want to know the name of all the winners, the answer is no! There is no
such list.

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The closest you get is a statistical breakdown by foreign-state chargeability of
those registered for the DV program. For last year's lottery (DV-2001) the following
information is available:

http://secretary.state.gov/www/brief...ps000623b.html

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