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IRISH EXAMINER | October 7th, 2020
Out & About

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Well it’s a start with the restaurant’s and bar’s cal thing and all work together hand in hand and need assistance with your application.
indoor dining that was officially allowed on beat this thing. If you can’t stop criticizing each The immigration legal services staff at the
September 30 with a capacity of only 25%, and other to gain points then shame on you, let the Center is once again appealing to potential appli-
you might ask 25% of what? For instance, your medical people handle it as they are the profes- cants to apply early this year, cautioning that the
capacity is 60 patrons occupancy by law and sionals not the politicians. official DV Lottery website can get frozen closer
believe me some of the smaller bars have only an Next we have a very important announcement to the deadline of noon on Tuesday, November
occupancy of only 15 patrons... now you have to from the Emerald Isle Immigration Center that 10. If you are a member of a local group or organ-
have a laugh at that, right? That is true believe will be welcome to a lot of ears and that is that ization and would like their staff to speak to your
me. the annual diversity visa lottery registration group on the DV Lottery in October or on any
Now the other side of the coin is if your capac- period opens once again on October 7 and runs immigration topic at a future meeting, please
ity is 160 occupancy, then you can have only 40 until November 10 for those who are eligible to contact John A. Stahl, Esq., Director of
patrons; now Mary and Joseph where do we go apply for a green card to reside permanently in Immigration Legal Services and Immigration
from there? Whoever came up with this rule has the United States. Only entries submitted during Attorney at (718) 478-5502, extension 201.
never drunk in his life or was never in a pub or a this period will be accepted and considered for Check their website for additional information
restaurant for that matter? No matter what you selection in the lottery. Applications will only be and upcoming public meeting dates
might hear I am going to tell you that the liquor accepted online via the US Department of State at www.eiic.org.
business is one of the biggest tax revenues for big official website at www.dvlottery.state.gov. Those selected in the random drawing are not
cities all over the world. I am the first to tell you In recent years there has been an increase in notified of their selection by e-mail. Those indi-
to be safe, healthy and well in this pandemic and online scams promising green cards or quicker viduals not selected will be notified of their non-
I am so sure everybody is doing the same. I keep service for a fee. EIIC’s Immigration Attorney selection through the web-based “entry status
on saying is to let the professional people in the and Director of Immigration Legal Services, John check.”
bar and restaurant business to handle their A. Stahl, Esq., urges those interested in applying No fee is charged to enter the annual DV pro-
patrons to the best of their ability, as they know to note that “[t]here is still no fee to apply and gram. The US Government employs no outside
what they are doing. The lockdowns are not help- there is only one official website to register.” He consultants or private services to operate the DV
ing from what we are told and it’s not just the advises individuals to ignore any email offers to program. Any intermediaries or others who offer
USA having this problem, it is all over the world help complete or expedite the application assistance to prepare submissions for applicants
and the politicians should stop making it a politi- process. Please call either of their offices if you do so without the authority or consent of the U.S.
Government. Use of any outside intermediary or
assistance to prepare a DV entry is entirely at the
applicant's discretion. A qualified entry submitted
electronically directly by an applicant has an
equal chance of being selected by the computer at
the Kentucky Consular Center as does an entry
submitted electronically through a paid interme-
diary who completes the entry for the applicant.
The current immigration laws carry heavy
penalties for visa overstays. Those who have
overstayed their visa by 6 months, face a 3 year
bar upon their departure from the United States,
if they have overstayed for one year or more,
they are subject to a 10 year bar. Successful lot-
tery applicants who are undocumented in the US
must be processed for a visa at a US Consulate
abroad under existing immigration laws.
Departing the US will trigger the 3 or 10 year
bars making them ineligible for a visa.
Undocumented lottery winners with a relative
petition or an employer labor certification pend-
ing before April 30, 2001, may be eligible to be
interviewed in the United States under Section
245(i), provided they have not already triggered
the 3/10 year bars by leaving the US. Inquiries
may be made to the EIIC at their Woodside,
Queens’s office at (718) 478-5502 or at their
Woodlawn, Bronx office at (718) 324-3039 or
again, on the EIIC website www.eiic.org.
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Women's
Global Member Tweeting Goddess Samantha
Kelly via Zoom on Thursday, October 8, from
noon to 1:30 pm.
Samantha will update attendees on what the
Covid lockdown has been like for her family and
online community. From reaching out to her
Twitter followers about isolation and self-care, to
irishexaminerusa walks along the Rosslare seaside in County
Wexford, to taking her Women’s Inspire
Network conference virtual — this social media
maven has been sprinkling Twitter magic every-
irishexaminerus where she goes and will share her latest with all
of us!
See you all next week when I am hopefully
Out&About again... C