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Originally Posted by nntrixie

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I simply asked if the requirement they be able to support themselves was enforced once they were here?

That's all.

I didn't understand your post in that light?

Don't know if it's still true but years ago a relative wanted to sponsor her nephew. She was told she'd need to show proof of $50,000 which she didn't have. Needless to say, her nephew never got here.

Yes the lottery is weird, I do not know how it came to be.
(anybody on this list nows)

But at least requires people that are skilled, educated and
financially independent.

Now as we see from the last post even family immigration
requires at least $ 50,000, personally I know that working
VISAS require you to have at least $ 25,000 in the bank
(again this depends on the judgment of the immigration
employee).

Originally Posted by nntrixie

This isn't all the legal immigration, is it?

and prove that they can support themselves for at least 5 years

I doubt that is every enforced. One may have to 'prove' it before coming here, but I don't for a minute believe it is enforced after they come here.

We have over 2 Million... yes Million Legal immigrants a year..

Originally Posted by ronaldlion123

Yes the lottery is weird, I do not know how it came to be.
(anybody on this list nows)

Ted Kennedy dreamed it up. It is open only to countries that are "underrepresented", in other words all countries except Mexico, China, and India.

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Diversity Visa Lottery 2008 (DV-200 Results

The Kentucky Consular Center in Williamsburg, Kentucky has registered and notified the winners of the DV-2008 diversity lottery. The diversity lottery was conducted under the terms of section 203(c) of the Immigration and Nationality Act and makes available *50,000 permanent resident visas annually to persons from countries with low rates of immigration to the United States. Approximately 96,000 applicants have been registered and notified and may now make an application for an immigrant visa. Since it is likely that some of the first *50,000 persons registered will not pursue their cases to visa issuance, this larger figure should insure that all DV-2008 numbers will be used during fiscal year 2008 (October 1, 2007 until September 30, 200.

Applicants registered for the DV-2008 program were selected at random from over 6.4 million qualified entries received during the 60-day application period that ran from 12:00 AM on October 4, 2006, until midnight, December 3, 2006. The visas have been apportioned among six geographic regions with a maximum of seven percent available to persons born in any single country. During the visa interview, principal applicants must provide proof of a high school education or its equivalent, or show two years of work experience in an occupation that requires at least two years of training or experience within the past five years. Those selected will need to act on their immigrant visa applications quickly. Applicants should follow the instructions in their notification letter and must fully complete the information requested.

Registrants living legally in the United States who wish to apply for adjustment of their status must contact the Bureau of Citizenship and Immigration Services for information on the requirements and procedures. Once the total *50,000 visa numbers have been used, the program for fiscal year 2008 will end. Selected applicants who do not receive visas by September 30, 2008 will derive no further benefit from their DV-2008 registration. Similarly, spouses and children accompanying or following to join DV-2008 principal applicants are only entitled to derivative diversity visa status until September 30, 2008.

Only participants in the DV-2008 program who were selected for further processing have been notified. Those who have not received notification were not selected. They may try for the upcoming DV-2009 lottery if they wish. The dates for the registration period for the DV-2009 lottery program will be widely publicized during August 2007.

* The Nicaraguan and Central American Relief Act (NACARA) passed by Congress in November 1997 stipulated that up to 5,000 of the 55,000 annually-allocated diversity visas be made available for use under the NACARA program. The reduction of the limit of available visas to 50,000 began with DV-2000.

The following is the statistical breakdown by foreign-state chargeability of those registered for the DV-2008 program:


AFRICA

ALGERIA


1,926


ERITREA


878

ANGOLA


27


ETHIOPIA


5,241

BENIN


438


GABON


37

BOTSWANA


22


GAMBIA, THE


57

BURKINA FASO


186


GHANA


5,914

BURUNDI


39


GUINEA


463

CAMEROON


3,152


GUINEA-BISSAU


4

CAPE VERDE


13


KENYA


4,547

CENTRAL AFRICAN REP.


8


LESOTHO


4

CHAD


47


LIBERIA


2,148

COMOROS


5


LIBYA


88

CONGO


1,206


MADAGASCAR


43

CONGO, DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF THE


111


MALAWI


53

COTE D’IVOIRE


614


MALI


171

DJIBOUTI


20


MAURITANIA


27

EGYPT


4,392


MAURITIUS


62

EQUATORIAL GUINEA


7


MOROCCO


5,017

NAMIBIA


12


MOZAMBIQUE


8

NIGER


165


SOUTH AFRICA


713

NIGERIA


8,773


SUDAN


1,147

RWANDA


138


SWAZILAND


4

SENEGAL


917


TANZANIA


218

SIERRA LEONE


1,137


TOGO


1,509

SOMALIA


214


TUNISIA


150

UGANDA


370


WESTERN SAHARA


1

ZAMBIA


214


ZIMBABWE


167











ASIA

AFGHANISTAN


57


LEBANON


190

BAHRAIN


11


MALAYSIA


87

BANGLADESH


5,983


MALDIVES


0

BHUTAN


10


MONGOLIA


259

BRUNEI


2


NEPAL


2,562

BURMA


653


NORTH KOREA


4

CAMBODIA


187


OMAN


5

HONG KONG SPECIAL ADMIN. REGION


69


QATAR


6

INDONESIA


266


SAUDI ARABIA


61

IRAN


1,435


SINGAPORE


70

IRAQ


164


SRI LANKA


675

ISRAEL


150


SYRIA


94

JAPAN


382


TAIWAN


446

JORDAN


56


THAILAND


108

KUWAIT


46


UNITED ARAB EMIRATES


27

LAOS


7


YEMEN


70











EUROPE

ALBANIA


2,862


GEORGIA


516

ANDORRA


1


GERMANY


1,469

ARMENIA


1,130


GREECE


77

AUSTRIA


70


GUADELOUPE


4

AZERBAIJAN


271


HUNGARY


182

BELARUS


1,072


ICELAND


13

BELGIUM


89


IRELAND


162

BOSNIA & HERZEGOVINA


73


ITALY


363

BULGARIA


1,567


KAZAKHSTAN


304

CROATIA


41


KYRGYZSTAN


180

CYPRUS


16


LATVIA


75

CZECH REPUBLIC


158


LIECHTENSTEIN


0

DENMARK


58


LITHUANIA


334

ESTONIA


37


LUXEMBOURG


12

FINLAND


59


MACEDONIA, FORMER YUGOSLAV REP. OF


343

FRANCE


603


MALTA


5

FRENCH GUIANA


6


MOLDOVA


474

FRENCH POLYNESIA


6


MONACO


4

FRENCH SOUTHERN AND ANTARCTIC LANDS


0


MONTENEGRO


22

MACAU


19


NETHERLANDS


123

MARTINIQUE


4


SERBIA


557

NETHERLANDS ANTILLES


18


SLOVENIA


12

NETHERLANDS ARUBA


8


SPAIN


135

NEW CALEDONIA


0


SWEDEN


118

NORTHERN IRELAND


34


SWITZERLAND


132

NORWAY


43


TAJIKISTAN


126

PORTUGAL


48


TURKEY


2,188

REUNION


0


TURKMENISTAN


124

ROMANIA


1,526


UKRAINE


5,018

SAN MARINO


0


UZBEKISTAN


3,101

SLOVAKIA


157


WESTERN SAHARA


0











NORTH AMERICA

BAHAMAS, THE


17

















OCEANIA

AUSTRALIA


649


COOK ISLANDS


0

CHRISTMAS ISLANDS


0


NAURU


1

FIJI


630


NEW ZEALAND


260

KIRIBATI


9


NIUE


5

MARSHALL ISLANDS


0


PALAU


7

MICRONESIA, FEDERATED STATES OF


0


PAPUA NEW GUINEA


4

SAMOA


27


TUVALU


0

SOLOMON ISLAND


2


VANUATU


0

TONGA


120

















SOUTH AMERICA, CENTRAL AMERICA, AND THE CARIBBEAN

ANTIGUA AND BARBUDA


1


DOMINICA


9

ARGENTINA


106


ECUADOR


217

BARBADOS


17


GRENADA


1

BELIZE


14


GUATEMALA


74

BOLIVIA


148


GUYANA


24

BRAZIL


0


HONDURAS


42

CHILE


26


NICARAGUA


39

COSTA RICA


22


PANAMA


17

CUBA


691


PARAGUAY


26

PERU


0


SURINAME


3

SAINT KITTS AND NEVIS


1


TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO


82

SAINT LUCIA


5


URUGUAY


23

SAINT VINCENT AND THE GRENADINES


1


VENEZUELA


256



Natives of the following countries were not eligible to participate in DV-2008: Brazil, Canada, China (mainland-born, excluding Hong Kong S.A.R. and Taiwan), Colombia, Dominican Republic, El Salvador, Haiti, India, Jamaica, Mexico, Pakistan, Peru, the Philippines, Poland, Russia, South Korea, the United Kingdom (except Northern Ireland) and its dependent territories, and Vietnam.
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results of the 2008 lottery

Originally Posted by Bowman

Originally Posted by ronaldlion123

Yes the lottery is weird, I do not know how it came to be.
(anybody on this list nows)

Ted Kennedy dreamed it up. It is open only to countries that are "underrepresented", in other words all countries except Mexico, China, and India.

It is not only Mexico, China or India which are excluded, the UK ,except Northern Ireland cannot apply and this year Brazil was a new exclusion. There are quite a few others. The list of ineligble countries is on the USCIS website.

pistov I thought it was more than just the lottery. I didn't understand about the lottery exactly.

I just don't believe that every immigrant that comes here has to have that kind of financial reserves. But then, I could be wrong. Our illegal immigration overshadows any legal immigration here in Texas.

I do believe though that Texas has a huge number of legal immigrants and has had for a very long time - going back to the Vietnam refugees, I know.