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ARMENIAN GREEN CARD WINNERS TOP NEIGHBORS IN REGION
Tert.am
18:18 ~U 13.10.11
Some 1,200 Armenian citizens have been declared winners of the United
States 2011 Green Card Lottery, and another 1,000 have been issued the
diversity immigrant visas for 2012, the US Consul to Armenia has said.
At a news conference on Wednesday, Robert Farquhar told the Armenian
service of RFE/RL that Armenia tops the neighboring countries with
the number of its green card winners.
He said 700 residents of Georgia and 350 residents of Azerbaijan won
green cards in 2011. As for Russia, the diplomat said 2,400 citizens
of that country have become winners of diversity visas this year.
The 2013 Green Card Lottery was launched on October 4 and will last
through November 5. Every year the program offers 55,000 visas to
the resident of eligible countries.
Farquhar said the lottery is organized for the countries with low
emigration records. In the meantime he noted that the citizens of
states whose emigration rate exceeded 55,000 in the past five years
are not eligible to apply for diversity visas.
Tert.am
18:18 ~U 13.10.11
Some 1,200 Armenian citizens have been declared winners of the United
States 2011 Green Card Lottery, and another 1,000 have been issued the
diversity immigrant visas for 2012, the US Consul to Armenia has said.
At a news conference on Wednesday, Robert Farquhar told the Armenian
service of RFE/RL that Armenia tops the neighboring countries with
the number of its green card winners.
He said 700 residents of Georgia and 350 residents of Azerbaijan won
green cards in 2011. As for Russia, the diplomat said 2,400 citizens
of that country have become winners of diversity visas this year.
The 2013 Green Card Lottery was launched on October 4 and will last
through November 5. Every year the program offers 55,000 visas to
the resident of eligible countries.
Farquhar said the lottery is organized for the countries with low
emigration records. In the meantime he noted that the citizens of
states whose emigration rate exceeded 55,000 in the past five years
are not eligible to apply for diversity visas.