Newsletter 11-12/1999

Preface

You can find all previous newsletters in the archives on our website. Since the newsletters are sometimes based on each other, we recommend you read the earlier ones as well in case you get our newsletter for the first time this month. In...

Information for green card winners and participants in the lottery

The program DV-2001 has officially ended on November 3, 1999. The winners will probably be notified between the middle of April and the end of June 2000. In case you participated through our program, you should already have received a certificate about successful submission...

Immigration through relatives

In this newsletter, we would like to briefly explain how to get a green card through a relative in the US. There are many rumors about this, e.g. that an uncle or an aunt in the US makes you eligible to apply for...

Au Pair in the US

Do you have questions about studying in the US, a student exchange to the US or advanced training in the US? Many high school graduates and students are interested in studying in the US, but never quite dare taking the big step over...

Rarely used option: The H-2B Visa

While, as mentioned in previous editions, it is becoming more and more complicated to obtain the H-1B Visa (work visa for up to 6 years), since there are more applicants than visas every year, another visa option remains widely unused. With the H-2B Visa,...

Short News

Due to the year 2000 problem (Y2K) the State Department has asked the consulates not to issue any non-immigrant visas (so no tourist visas either during the first 2 days of the year 2000 and no immigrant visas (no green cards) for the first...

Useful addresses (au pair)

Here is an overview over au pair organizations: Au Pair Care Ringstr. 69 12205 Berlin Tel.: 030/84 39 39 0 Fax: 030/84 39 39 39 www.ayusa.de EF Educational Foundation Markgrafenstr. 58 10117 Berlin Tel.: 030-20 34 70 Fax: 010-20 34 72 01 www.ef-deutschland.de Verein für Internationale Jugendarbeit (Association for international youth work) Goetheallee 10 53225...