European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - March 28, 1989, Darmstadt, Hesse Tuesday March 28. 1989 the stars and stripes Page 3 visa lottery takes . Posts by storm applicants overwhelm consular staffs. Washington a1 from Senegal to Sicily and Morocco to Malaysia. Thrones of Agil aled people have besieged . Embassies and consulates in recent weeks not in anger bul in eagerness. People anxious to gain information about a new program that will Gram 20.000 immigrant visas to the United slates in 1991 and 1992 have kept embassy telephones rinsing and snarled embassy entry ways. For example. In Cairo Egypt. Tilt1 embassy was forced to shut Down its Complex and Call the local police recently to Deal to vhf a crowd of 2.000 people demanding details. In Bucharest Romania people began forming lines at 6 and police were finally forced to Organ i a the crowds into groups Tif 20 persons for entry into the embassy. The Rush was touched Oft last month when the slate department announced that citizens from. 162.coun-tries will be eligible for inc special visa lottery. Some. 20.00 1 entrants will be chosen a random by computer and applicants Only have until Friday to apply. Normally immigrants have to prove they have close relative in the United slates or a scarce profession to a Nice the country said Frances Jones an offi rial Willi till1 state department s consular affairs of fice. The enthusiastic response is understandable she said .because"suddenly., there s an Opportunity for anyone to came to the uni cd Siales Hui Only if they meet the other As Well such As Good lie Alth and no criminal contacts v the Hist lottery a More restrictive program in 1986. Brought 10.1 00 people Inlo Hie country. Some Mil lion applicants lost out gop ours pen democrats 2-1 in 1987-1988 Washington. Cap during .the1987-88 election Cycle the Republican i arty raised and spent More Ihan double the non rim of Sincy taken in and spent by the democrats but the Gap Between the two parties financial strength was less the. The Loop totalled s22 7 million. 27.percent More than the demo crat is 7 1j million. During the most recent it Calion Csc direct contributions to candidates totalled jj.4 million for the republicans and ,7 million for Llie Democrat slow i dec said. Rep. Howard l. Herman a Calif. The prime Spon Sor of the Law establishing the program said it was designed o encourage diversity in the nation s immigration program and to give Opportunity to those who family contacts to come to is Good for America Berman said la is a tremendous source of economic innovation and growth it appears there will be no problem attracting applicants. Within hours of the announcement. . Posts abroad were Busy. The Marine on weekend duly in Kuala Bumpur was Amoni the first to feel the Collius Maslic response he spent his shift informing callers they d have to wait until monday morning for information Jones said the . Embassy in Malaysia reported. In the first week the embassy handed out More than 3,000 information sheets about she program and handled More than 1.000 phone Calls. In desperation the embassy installed a five min ulc Telephone recording with information that logged annul Iuo Calls a Day. Elsewhere around inc world. Jones said embassies reported similar situations ". In Dakar Senegal a special Telephone hot line was set up. And the Telephone has never slopped ring ing the embassy reported. In Rabat Morocco embassy officials put info mation on bulletin boards so people wailing in lines could read about the program. Hut that did t Stop others from wailing in Long lines trying to get help with their applications., in Casablanca Morocco the Posl handed out5.000 information sheets in three Days. In Jordan the switchboard operator fielded thousands of Calls in Ilic Days Afier the program was announced. In Dacca Itan Glades. The emboss reported Tiisler est from All Sci meals of society from unit cml professors Drivers along with heavy de Mand for information Bui the fact that no application form was available appeared to confuse some a Well As the request that inc information required such As name residence and address be typed in use roman alphabet on a Shyrl of paper. More than one application arrived using roman. Numerals the embassy reported. The embassy in Dublin Ireland reported an response lha lilt workload of an already hard pressed consular unit. From the embassy in Suva,.Fiji, office ttys reported being besieged with Lei Ephone Calls requests for in formal Ion and letters More than 1.0011 information sheets were handed Oitt. Tongans. Rotmans Vanuatu ans and others in the South Pacific Are eager to participate in the program the embassy report Lodi Tonga and Vanuatu Are inde pendent nations while Utuma is an Island group Llinat impart of.Fiji in contrast however the residents of Northern tally. And Denmark seem in moving to the United states. The Post in Copenhagen said the announcement did not Alt acl Media talc lion or evoke any great Public interest.". And even thou fish sonic 162-requests came to the. Posl in Palermo Sicily no inquiries a Cre received in the first weeks of the program in tie Tina Milan and Ronic Jones reported. A Nussli v. rises put of the Fields if a Furmer Cacao put Siulian in the Imp oust in Africa. The Basilica s forum i supported donw it not in guile As he Fth rival to Romeos the Tui in if is. Peter s in Home hut it Iii. Order if i to it to Tiv Lynu will seat 7, Chi and hold 11, Kin Houim bulks Faran purtrd$u3milltun . Tin ill Dunk at a a Niue Ink to 2si Milia in it is scheduled for vimiipll1 a. Ninth of Ahl Jun is by Ini Cotill rusted Tiomi in september. . Reviews curbs on exports for making Poison Gas Washington i a the Bush is considering tougher i . Cubs to Bluet a ports of Poison Gas Themi eals and equip Man in third world lounges a commit the department of Liti a said sunday. I tul f a Eden bits undersecretary of com Nerce for Niport Admi mss ration said the Steps could also include Ftp and cd International cooperation. Is Well As re1-1, legislation or at least bolstered regu jul ions for enforcing current Maiuu s on we re reviewing the strengthening of controls he said Noling thai the Polit review was being handled primarily by the slate and Commerce Dupan meals with some input from the ctn iral . Trec Denberg said he expects the review to be completed in the Neu few months. Most like Cwon t need legislation we just pcs further regulation he . And More importantly a link in s Likely that Ems be looking rna sonar cooperation.". in it the i nil no Stales and 1ft Oiher Indusi Rutili v d nations hav de to present he Axium of critical Themi Cas and for making Poison to fuiui1problem countries Iran. Iran. Libya and Syria. Hut there Are other Hirid world coun tries he said that Are belies i to be interested in de do pm a chemical Vou have a country such As i g i which it right net dior to Libya and obviously has. A concern a cml libyan Capa Eily in make the Inocal Sica Pum a Here Here Are no conic us. Whatsoever on that Type or Host diem Micals other counties thai cipher Hase Poi son Gas or arc developing the capability of making it include Krael. India i a t Stan hernia North , Taiwan China and Ethiopia
