| From: THE IRISH EMIGRANT Issue No.315
MORRISON VISAS
The Application period for Morrison visas for 93/94 is set for
12.01 a.m. (Washington DC time) on Tuesday, March 2, to midnight
Wednesday, March 31st. Applications by ordinary mail (airmail if
applying from outside US) to:
AA-1 Program
P.O. Box 1994,
Dulles,
VA 20199-1994
USA
Mail received outside the above dates will be discarded as will
mail requiring signed receipt. Application will be selected by
random lottery at the end of the month-long application period.
Application need only be a sheet of paper (typed or legibly
printed) which contains the following information:
1. Applicant's name: Surname (underlined), Forename, Middlename
2. Date and Place of Birth: Day, Month and Year, City/Town,
District/County, Country
3. Name, date and place of birth of spouse and children (if
applicable). (Spouse need not be born in Ireland to be
included in application).
4. Mailing Address: (Current address).
5. US Consulate/Embassy to process application.
(Embassy/consulate of country in which applicant lives prior
to coming to US).
The application need not be signed. NO fee at this stage of
process. Fee of $25 will be charged if applicant is successful.
Application need not include any evidence regarding job offer;
this will be required later at visa interview. VISA applications
are restricted to 1 application per person (the submission of
more than one will automatically disqualify). Married couples may
make separate individual applications with the each listing the
other as a dependent.
Envelope:
The country of which the applicant is native (e.g. IRELAND or
NORTHERN IRELAND) and his/her name and full mailing address
should be typed or legibly printed in the top left hand corner of
the envelope. Thus the top left hand corner of the envelope might
show the following information:
IRELAND
Seosamh O'Gallunach,
111 Somewhere Street,
Any ol' town,
Co. Somewhere,
IRELAND
The envelope should be no larger than 9 and a half inches in
length and 4 and a half inches in width. It should be no smaller
than 6 inches by three and a half inches.
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| I noticed that this current lottery has been advertised quite
heavily in the UK press recently. Being curious I contacted
the address advertised in the Sunday Times and received a
speedy response and application form back yesterday.
The organisation who advertised in the Sunday Times is a law
firm operating out of L.A. They want you to part with $75.00
(for a couple = two applications) and that's just a handling fee
for submitting your application to Washington. The firm justify
this in a number of ways citing their success rates (well they would
would'nt they) and pointing to the exact course of administration
which needs to be followed in order to be successful. They must
make a packet.
I know the odds are astronomically high, there must be about 3-4
million applications for these lotteries, but I may consider
having a go. 75 bucks seems a lot but I understand that
applications for residence for countries such as Australia cost
a couple of hundred pounds even if you are'nt successful. Anyone
else tried in the past and what sort of fees were you paying
through non U.S. Goverment channels?
barry.
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Because its a lottery and all it requires is a simple, clearly filled
out page, most people I know just complete it as requested and take
their chance.
The $75 ( or an other charge) is a rip-off, there is NO way that they
can influence the picking of a name.
However, if you are selected you may need legal help in completing all
the applications, as its not a simple process.
g'luck.
gc
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