November 2007 - Hoe een Tv programma je leven kan wijzigen !!!

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November 2007 - How watching Tv can turn your life upside down !!

On a Thursdayevening we are watching tele at home, The name of the TV Program is 'We are from Belgium' and this particular edition is about 2 people from Belgium moving permanently into the States. They sell everything, have a 'good-bye' party and we can follow their first months in Florida.

Bart & myself have visited the States often and we always have felt comfortable and relaxed, it kind of felt as a 2nd home for us.

What we did not know about ( until that Thursday night in November  ) was the existence of a Green Card Lotery, every year 50.000 people world-wide receive a Green Card which allows you to work and live in The States, you even have the option to become an American citizen after 5 years.

As we were very surprised and curious we surfed the net straight away that night, we discovered it was not difficult to apply if you meet with the first basic requested demands, the only complicated demand was a digital photo with some technical specifications.

On Saturday we went to the photographer to get these passport photographs and then we did send our application on the net, Usa here we come !!!:-