The online registration deadline for DV-2012 Lottery is on Wednesday, November 3, 2010. Eastern Daylight Time (EDT) (GMT -4). All entries must be submitted electronically via the Electronic DV Entry Form DS-5501 at www.dvlottery.state.gov. Paper entries are not be accepted. Marcus Kosins Jr. strongly encourages all his customers not to wait until the last day of the registration period to enter. For further information, contact us at www.usvisa.jp.
Paris Hilton. © Glenn Francis, www.PacificProDigital.com
American celebrity Paris Hilton has not learned from her fellow American actor Robert Downey Jr. about the implications of pleading guilty to criminal charges. Years ago in 2001, Robert Downey Jr. pleaded no contest (a.k.a. nolo contendere) to drug-related charges so that he could avoid having to do jail time. Consequently, Japanese immigration authorities detained Downey when he tried to enter Japan in 2009.
As reported by Doreen Hemlock of Sun Sentinel:
Tabatchnik and his partners are seeking approval to join a federal program that lets foreigners who invest at least $500,000 in certain job-creating ventures to obtain U.S. residency with their families.
Fourteen EB-5 regional centers had been approved by in Florida alone, with more requests like Tabatchnik’s pending. More than 80 are authorized nationwide, said U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services.
Read more: Florida developers look to foreign investors for funds.
ESTA（電子渡航認証システム‐エスタ）申請料
2010年9月8日より徴収（ESTA有料化）
ESTA申請料14ドルの支払いを回避しましょう
2010年9月8日より、米国政府によりESTA申請料が課されます。この申請料は2種類の料金により構成されています。
- 手数料－ESTAの申請者全員が4ドルの申請手数料を請求されます。
- 認証費－申請が認可され、ビザ免除プログラムでの渡米の認証を受けた場合、申請者のクレジットカードに追加10ドルが請求されます。ESTA申請が却下された場合は、申請手数料のみの請求となります。
在東京米国移民弁護士マーカス・カズンズ・ジュニアは、渡米されるすべての顧客に対し、9月8日に14ドルの申請料請求が始まる前に、ESTA申請を完了されることをお勧めします。すぐに渡米されるご予定が無くても、ESTAは2年間有効ですので、9月8日前に申請料無料のESTAをオンラインで申請して下さい。ESTA申請は、オンラインでhttps://esta.cbp.dhs.gov.にて行って下さい。
Beginning September 8, 2010, there is an ESTA fee required by the US Government. The fee is comprised of two parts:
- Processing Charge — All applicants requesting an ESTA are charged $4 for the processing of the application.
- Authorization charge — If your application is approved and you receive authorization to travel to the United States under the Visa Waiver Program, an additional $10.00 will be charged to your credit card. If your electronic travel authorization is denied, you are only charged for the processing of your application.
The United States is phasing out its requirement for visitors to manually complete the green CBP Form I-94W paper arrival/departure document. This applies to air or sea travelers who are citizens of countries included in the Visa Waiver Program (VWP), and who have received prior travel authorization via the Electronic System for Travel Authorization (ESTA).
The I-94W forms will continue to be required at land borders; in case of system outages; and when deemed operationally necessary. Also, the I-94 white paper document, for citizens from non-Visa Waiver Program countries remains in effect for the foreseeable future.
