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Birþelio (June) 29, 2008 

ReginosPalëpë: 2 dalis (ReginosPalepe: Part 2)

Kur buvau dingus? (Where have I been?)

Namo praradimo pavojai ið arèiau (Losing your House)

Kas yra patriotas? (What is a patriot?)

Kaip veikia prezidento rinkimø mechanizmas? (Electing a President)

 

 

Liepos (July) 24, 2006

Alimentai vaikø iðlaikymui (Child Support Enforcement)

Laiðkø krepðelis (Mailbag)

Nëra imigraciniø naujienø (No Action on Immigration)

Alimentai vaikui Kalifornijoje (California Child Support)

Ar tikrai kitoks? (Marketing Scheme)

Nemokama antivirusinë (Free Anti-Virus Software)

Foto Konkursas (Photo Contest)

Birþelio (June) 21, 2006

Mes keièiame kryptá (Changing Direction)

Imigruoti á Kanadà (Immigration to Canada)

Kaip atvykti á JAV ir dirbti gydytoju (Coming to the US as a doctor)

Keliauti á Japonijà (Traveling to Japan)

Balandis (Apr) 24, 2006

Paskutinës imigracinës þinios (Immigration Update) 

Balandis (Apr) 13, 2006

Velykinës mintys (Easter Thoughts)

Emigrantø keliu (Emmigrant Road)

Lina Macaitienë

Jau pavasaris (It's Spring)

Balandis (Apr) 10, 2006 

Kol kas nëra jokios imigracinës reformos (No Immigration Reform Yet)

Patikrinti “Application Status” (Checking Application Status)

Darbo leidimai (Work Permits)

Moters biologinis laikrodis (Women's Biological Clock)

Albino Hoffman fotografijos (Photos by Albinas Hoffman)

Kaip tinkamai pasirengti emigranto kelionei (Preparing for the Journey of Emmigration)

Pramogos, renginiai Èikagoje (Chicago Activities)

Kovas (Mar) 30, 2006

Imigraciniai debatai (The Immigration Debate)

DREAM aktas (The DREAM Act)

Kelionë maðina su vaikais ir be jø (Driving Vacations)

Laiðkø krepðelis (Mailbag)

Kovas (Mar) 23, 2006 

Tapimas legaliais (Becoming Legal)

Krepðinis ir iðsilavinimas (Basketball and Education)

JAV pilietybës egzaminas (US Citizenship Exam)

Darbo viza  (Employment Visa)

 Imigrantø vizos (Immigrant Visas)

Lietuviðka garinë pirtis ( Lithuanian steam baths)

Kovas (Mar) 16, 2006 

Amerikieèiai ir imigrantai (Americans and Immigrants)

Tapimas legaliais (Becoming Legal)

Skatiname imigracijà? (Encouraging Immigration?)

Amnestija (Amnesty)

Plaukø ðalinimas lazeriu (Laser Hair Removal)

Investuokite Baltijos ðalyse (Invest in the Baltics)

Kovas (Mar) 9, 2006 

Paukðèiø gripo naujienos (Bird Flu Update)

Antibiotikø þala (Antibiotic Abuse)

Laiðkai ið  Norviliðkiø pilies Lietuvoje (Letter from Norviliskiu Castle)

Kaip atsiimti nesumokëtà algà -- 2 (Unpaid Wages -- 2)

Imigraciniai klausimai (Immigration Questions)

Kur galëèiau rasti kvalifikuotà ðeimos psichologà? (Finding a family therapist)

Laiðkø krepðelis (Mailbag)

Kovas (Mar) 3, 2006

Mûsø vieni metai (It’s been One Year)

Reginos laiðkai (Regina's Letters)

Imigruojant á Canada (Immigrate to Canada)

Padedate vieni kitiems (Readers Help Readers)

Lietuvos kulinarinis paveldas  (Lithuania’s Culinary Heritage)

Kaip atsiimti nesumokëtà algà (Unpaid Wages Complaint)

  Poezijos tinklapis (Poetry Website)

Vasaris (Feb) 23, 2006 

Neramus laikas Buðui (Troubles for Bush)

Uþgavënës (Shrove Tuesday)

Blynai, blyneliai, sklindþiai (Pancakes, crepes, and scones)

Laiðkø krepðelis (Mailbag)

Skyrybos ir mokesèiai (2) (Divorce and Taxes)

Vasaris (Feb) 16, 2006

Lietuvos nepriklausomybë (Lithuanian Independence)

Pompëja (Pompeii)

Laiðkai ið  Norviliðkiø pilies Lietuvoje (Letters from Norviliskiu Castle)

Pasmerkto mirti istorija (Condemned to Die)

Skyrybos ir mokesèiai (Divorce and Taxes)

Laiðkø krepðelis (Mailbag)

Paklausk Erikos (Ask Erika)

Vasaris (Feb) 9, 2006 

Bûk Valentinu pati sau (Be your own Valentine)

Valentino diena (Valentine's Day)

Laiðkø krepðelis(Mailbag)

Psichologijos tinklapis - TAU!

Krepðinio mokykla (School for Basketball)

Emigruoju á Amerikà (Coming to America)

Mamø ir tëèiø klubas (Mom and Dad's Club)

Skaitytojø kûryba (Reader's Creations)

Vasaris (Feb) 2, 2006 

Reginos laiðkai (Regina's Letters)

Mokslinis màstymas – 1 dalis (Scientific Thinking – Part 1)

Muðeikø dovanos (Another Beating, Another Baubel)

Pagalba naujagimiui JAV (Public Aid for Baby)

10 metø viza (10 Year Visa) 

Imigracinë viza anûkui (Immigrant Visa for Grandson)

Sausis (Jan) 26, 2006

Gydymas ar iliuzija? (Healing or Delusion)

Vaizduotës galia (The Power of Imagination) 

Imigracinës vizos (Immigration Visas)

Uþsienis ir dviguba pilietybë (Living Abroad with Dual Citizenship)

Sausis (Jan) 19, 2006

Psichinis gydymas (Psychic Healing)

Vitaminas D ir vëþinës ligos (Vitamin D and Cancer)

Amerikos pilieèiai uþsienyje (American Citizens Abroad)

New York’o dirbanèiøjø apsauga (New York Worker’s Rights)

Laiðkø krepðelis(Mailbag)

Skaitytojø nuomonës (Reader's Opinions)

Sausis (Jan) 12, 2006

Reginos laiðkai (Regina's Letters)

Jûsø kompiuterio saugumas (Security for your Computer)

Seksualinis priekabiavimas (Sexual Harassment)

Vairavimas Virginia valstijoje (Driving in Virginia)

Social Security pinigai (Social Security Benefits)

Sausis (Jan) 5, 2006

Reginos laiðkai (Regina's Letters)

Þalia arbata ir svorio metimas (Green Tea and Weight Loss)

"Uraganiniai" automobiliai (Hurricane Cars)

Klausimai ir atsakymai (Questions and Answers)

Gruodis (Dec) 15, 2005

 Kalëdø kilmë (The Origins of Christmas)

Ðventiniai Kalëdø vakarëliai (Christmas Parties)

Ar tai mokslas? (Is It Science?)

Smurtas namuose (Domestic Violence)

Paauglio klausimas (Teenager's Question)

Kaip atsiimti pinigus  (How to get Money Back)

Suþalojimai darbe (On the Job Injury)

Dþiazas Lietuvoje (Jazz in Lithuania)

Geri dalykai Lietuvoje (Positive Things in Lithuania)

Ðventøjø kûèiø ir kalëdø puota

Gruodis (Dec) 7, 2005

Bliuzø klubas (Blues Club)

Paukðèiø gripo baimë (Catching Bird Flu)

Kalëdø varðkës kukuliukai

Senoviniai klaipëdietiðki patiekalai (Ancient Lithuanian Dishes)

Vertingas projektas (Important Project)

Þiema Èikagoje (Winter in Chicago)

2006 Naujø Metø sutiktuvës  ir renginiai kitose valstijose (New Years 2006)

Laiðkø krepðelis (Mailbag)

Lapkritis (Nov) 22, 2005 

Legendos apie iðsilavinimà (Myths about Education)

Asimiliacija (Assimilation)

Eks- gubernatoriaus teismas (The Ryan Trial)

Poet and Musician (Poetas ir Muzikantas)

Lapkritis (Nov) 17, 2005 

Padëkos pietø receptai (Recipes for Thanksgiving)

“Lietuvos kulinarijos enciklopedija” (Encyclopedia of Lithuanian Cuisine)

Lietuvos kulinarinës tradicijos (Lithuania's Culinary Tradition)

Palyginimai (Comparing)

Viskas apie kalakutà (All About Turkey)

Lapkritis (Nov) 10, 2005 

Kà reiðkia Padëkos ðventë  (What Thanksgiving Means)

Pasirengimas Padëkos Dienos pietums (Pot Luck Thanksgiving)

Thanksgiving ðventės atsiradimo istorija

Baltøjø rûmø rûpesèiai (White House Troubles)

Spaudos laisvë (Freedom of the Press)

Skaitytojø laiðkai Tinai (Reader's Letters to Tina)

Þalios kortelës loterija (Green Card Lottery)

Klausimas apie Þalios Kortelës loterijà (Question about Green Card Lottery)

Kaip jauèiasi gráþæ gyventi á Lietuvà? (2) (Back Home in Lithuania)

Invalidas Lietuvoje ðiandien (An Invalid in Lithuania Today)

 


 

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Reginos Palëpë Home Page  Lapkritis (Nov) 10, 2005

Question about Green Card Lottery

I have been in America for four years on an overstayed visa.  I recently talked to a lawyer who told me that there was a special application to enter the green card lottery.  He said it would cost a lot of money to get this application.  Could you tell me a website where I could download this application for less or maybe for free?

 

There is no fee to enter the lottery, but if you are here on an overstayed visa, you will not be eligible.  Please read our other article about the lottery for details.  According to the US State Department website that describes the eligibility requirements for the Diversity (Green Card) Lottery (http://www.dvlottery.state.gov/), foreign nationals who are currently present in the US are eligible to win an immigrant visa in the Lottery only if they qualify under Section 245 of the Immigration and Naturalization Act.  Reading this piece of the law, it specifically excludes anybody who

 

is not in a lawful nonimmigrant status; or (8) any alien who was employed while the alien was an unauthorized alien, as defined in section 274A(h)(3), or who has otherwise violated the terms of a nonimmigrant visa. 

 

 

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Klausimas apie Þalios Kortelës loterijà

Keturis metus gyvenu Amerikoje su nebegaliojanèia turistine viza, pasilikau virð nustatyto laiko (overstayed visa).  Neseniai kalbëjausi su advokatu ir jis man pasakë, kad gali uþpildyti specialø pareiðkimà dalyvavimui Þalios Kortelës loterijoje ir kad labai daug pinigø jam kainuos gauti toká pareiðkimà (application). Ar negalëtumëte nurodyti tinklapio adreso, kur galëèiau pasikrauti (download) toká pareiðkimà uþ maþesnæ kainà arba nemokamai?

 

 JAV vyriausybës departamento (US State Department) tinklapyje nurodomi reikalavimai, keliami tiems, kurie nori dalyvauti Þalios Kortelës loterijoje (Diversity (Green Card) Lottery) Tinklapio adresas: (http://www.dvlottery.state.gov/), uþsienio ðaliø pilieèiams,  ðiuo metu gyvenantiems JAV, leidþiama ðioje loterijoje dalyvauti ir mëginti laimëti imigranto vizà tik tuo atveju, jeigu jie atitinka tam tikrus ástatymu keliamus reikalavimus, iðdëstytus dokumente Section 245 of the Immigration and Naturalization Act.  Skaitydama ðio ástatymo iðtraukà galite suprasti, kad ypatingai iðskiriami (kaip negalintys dalyvauti loterijoje) visi 

 

neturintys teisëto nonimigracinio statuso; arba (8) bet kuris  ne amerikietis  (any alien), kuris dirbo, neturëdamas leidimo dirbti JAV, kaip apibrëþta sekcijoje section 274A(h)(3), arba bet kuris, paþeidæs nonimigracinës (pvz.: turistinës, studento) vizos terminus.   

 

Èia labai aiðkiai pasakyta, kad jeigu paþeidëte non-imigracinës vizos terminus, tai jûs nesate tinkama (dalyvauti loterijoje).  Tiek pasiliekant virð vizoje nurodyto laiko, tiek dirbant be leidimo darbui paþeidþiami turistinës vizos galiojimo terminai, todël nebegalite dalyvauti Þalios kortelës loterijoje (Diversity Lottery).

 

Tas pats vyriausybës departamento (State Department) tinklapis aiðkiai nurodo, kad tëra VIENAS kelias ásijungti á loterijà. Jokie popieriniai pareiðkimai nebus priimami. Taip pat labai aiðkiai sakoma, kad nëra jokio mokesèio uþ áregistravimà. Jeigu kam nors mokate pinigus uþ tai, kad padeda jus áregistruoti, tai tie pinigai eina tam asmeniui, o ne JAV vyriausybei. Mes kiek sutrikome iðgirdæ, ir nesuprantam kodël jums paaiðkino, kad reikalinga speciali forma þmonëms, kurie ðiuo metu nelegaliai gyvena JAV.  Atrodo, kad ði “speciali forma” tëra specialus bûdas iðvilioti ið jûsø sunkiai uþdirbtus pinigus.  

 

Ið tikrøjø yra nemaþai þmoniø, kurie neblogai pragyvena, mulkindami nelegalius imigrantus, besitikinèius, kad kokiu nors bûdu jie gali tapti legaliais. Mes esame girdëjæ ne vienà istorijà apie þmones, kurie, sumokëjæ po keliolikà tûkstanèiø doleriø uþ neva jiems parengtà Þalià Kortelæ, vëliau ásitikino, kad ji buvo netikra. Troðkimà tapti legaliu nesunku suprasti, bet turite bûti atsargûs ir apdairûs. Kai kas nors sako jums, kad ðtai yra bûdas kaip tai padaryti, bet reikës mokëti didelius pinigus, laikas kaþkà pradëti átarti. Ðiandien maþiausiai 11 milijonø þmoniø nelegaliai gyvena JAV ir kiekvienas ið jø norëtø pasidaryti legaliu. Deja, daugeliu atvejø tai visiðkai neámanoma. 


(Lithuanian Text)

Question about Green Card Lottery

 

According to the US State Department website that describes the eligibility requirements for the Diversity (Green Card) Lottery (http://www.dvlottery.state.gov/), foreign nationals who are currently present in the US are eligible to win an immigrant visa in the Lottery only if they qualify under Section 245 of the Immigration and Naturalization Act.  Reading this piece of the law, it specifically excludes anybody who

 

is not in a lawful nonimmigrant status; or (8) any alien who was employed while the alien was an unauthorized alien, as defined in section 274A(h)(3), or who has otherwise violated the terms of a nonimmigrant visa. 

 

This pretty clearly says that if you have violated the terms of a non-immigrant visa, you are not eligible.  Both overstaying a visa and working without authorization would violate the terms of a tourist visa and make you ineligible to enter the Diversity Lottery.

 

The same State Department website clearly states that there is only ONE way to enter.  You must do it electronically at their website.  No paper entries will be accepted.  It also clearly states that there is no fee charged to enter.  If you pay somebody to help you enter, your money goes only to that person, not to the US government.  We are a little confused why you were told that there was a special form for people who are currently illegal in the US.  It seems likely that this “special form” is only a special way to give away your hard-earned money. 

 

There are people out there who make a living by taking advantage of illegal immigrants who hope that they can somehow become legal.  We have heard stories of several people who have paid many thousands of dollars for what was supposed to be a green card, only to find out later that it was a fake.  The desire to become legal is perfectly understandable, but you need to be careful.  When somebody tells you there is a way to do it, but it will cost you a lot of money, it is time to be suspicious.  There are at least 11 million people now living illegally in the US and every one of them would like to become legal.  However, in most cases it is just not possible.

 

 

 

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