Visa lottery opens on February 12

NEW YORK - The U.S. Immigration and Naturalization Service will accept applications for its annual visa lottery from February 12 to March 12.

The lottery, which awards legal, permanent residency in the United States to immigrants, requires that applicants have either a high school diploma of five years' experience in a field that requires two years of training.

Applicants should submit their name and date of birth, as well as those of their spouse and children under age 21, current mailing address, native country, signature and a recent photo by the deadline. There is no charge for applying. Winners are chosen randomly by computer.

Congress established the visa lottery in 1990 to create greater diversity among immigrants. It is open only to immigrants from countries that have sent less than 50,000 people to the United States in the past five years, among them Ukraine.

In last year's lottery 55,000 of the 4.5 million applicants won green cards. For more information or to obtain New York City's consumer guide for applying call (212) 4874270.

Copyright © The Ukrainian Weekly, February 4, 1996, No. 5, Vol. LXIV

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