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ikono19

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I'm a university student in Syria , I graduate in three years , can I apply for visa now , and keep it (incase I win) and go to the u.s after three years , providing I could go there once a year stay a week or so ?
Also , can I tell the counsler that I don't have sufficent funds now , but I don't intend to go to the U.S immediately , and that in three years I WILL have those funds ?
Thanks in advance.
 
can I apply for visa now , and keep it (incase I win) and go to the u.s after three years , providing I could go there once a year stay a week or so ?
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No you can't. The visa expired after 6 months of the issue date, and you can't stay just once a week, once a year. If you leave the U.S more than 6 months, your Green Card will get revoked.

Also , can I tell the counsler that I don't have sufficent funds now , but I don't intend to go to the U.S immediately , and that in three years I WILL have those funds ?
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No you can't. It doesn't matter what you have in the past or will have in the future. What matter is what you have at the interview.
 
ikono19 said:
I'm a university student in Syria , I graduate in three years , can I apply for visa now , and keep it (incase I win) and go to the u.s after three years , providing I could go there once a year stay a week or so ?
Also , can I tell the counsler that I don't have sufficent funds now , but I don't intend to go to the U.S immediately , and that in three years I WILL have those funds ?
Thanks in advance.
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If I understand you correctly, you're asking whether you should enter the lottery now (that's not applying for a visa!). I would advice you to enter the lottery. If you enter it now, you would get the NL in spring 2009. Your interview would be at the earliest in October 2009, in September 2010 the latest (depends on the case number that you get assigned). After that, you have 6months time to travel to US with the immigrant visa. If you cannot move to the US permanently yet, you have the possibility to apply for a re-entry permit, with which you can leave the US for up to 2years.
However, the answer to your second question is no, you have to show that you have enough money and fulfill all the requirements at the time of the interview.
 
364 days is the maxmium (after you have activated the visa the first time), otherwise you need a re-entry permit, which allows stay outside the U.S. up to two years.

But keep in mind, if you stay longer than 6 month outside all time before will not count towards citizenship application.
 
and you will have to prove that you still reside in the US if you stayed out for more than 180 days.
 
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