{"id":23114,"date":"2021-10-19T20:20:24","date_gmt":"2021-10-19T18:20:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/?p=23114"},"modified":"2021-10-22T11:32:06","modified_gmt":"2021-10-22T09:32:06","slug":"over-128000-aspire-to-reach-american-shores-in-2021","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/over-128000-aspire-to-reach-american-shores-in-2021\/","title":{"rendered":"Over 128,000 aspire to reach American shores in 2021"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Denis is filling out forms and completing the last steps of his application for the second time this year, in hopes of winning the US Lottery and having a chance at acquiring the coveted American Green Card.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s worth the sacrifice. I\u2019m a business owner but I still want to leave. Most of my friends are already there, very few remains. The majority left 6-7 years ago and the ones that are still here, well, everyone is applying for the US lottery. America is the land of opportunity, it gives us opportunities we don\u2019t have here,\u201d \u2013 said Denis Zere, citizen.<\/p>\n<p>Denis isn\u2019t the only one who wants to follow his \u2018American Dream\u2019. For years now, the number of applicants from Albania has been on a continuous rise. In 2019, there were 172.817 applications, in 2020 there were 181.270 and in 2021, there have been 128.871 so far.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYes, I\u2019ve filled it out because I want to move to America. I see my future in America. I don\u2019t believe in the future here. I had hope once but I can see that things haven\u2019t been going like I thought they would; I don\u2019t see them moving on the right track any time soon,\u201d \u2013 said another young applicant.<\/p>\n<p>Applications for the American Lottery DV-2023 began on October 6 and will close on Tuesday, November 9, 2021.<\/p>\n<p><strong>YOU MIGHT ALSO LIKE<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li class=\"title-post\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/albania\/2019\/09\/16\/albania-is-losing-its-high-skilled-people-due-to-migration\/\">Due to Immigration\u2014Albania is Losing its High-Skilled Labor Force<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li class=\"title-post\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/albania\/2020\/04\/05\/albanian-emigrants-stranded-at-the-greek-border-basha-a-criminal-act\/\">Albanian emigrants stranded at the Greek border, Basha: A criminal act<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li class=\"title-post\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/north-macedonia\/2021\/03\/16\/rmv-census-majority-of-those-applying-are-migrants-from-switzerland-germany-and-italy\/\">North Macedonia census, majority of those applying are migrants from Switzerland, Germany and Italy<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Denis is filling out forms and completing the last steps of his application for the second time this year, in hopes of winning the US Lottery and having a chance at acquiring the coveted American Green Card. \u201cIt\u2019s worth the sacrifice. 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Most of my friends [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":23,"featured_media":23116,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[153],"tags":[151],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v22.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Over 128,000 aspire to reach American shores in 2021 - Euronews Albania<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/over-128000-aspire-to-reach-american-shores-in-2021\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Over 128,000 aspire to reach American shores in 2021 - Euronews Albania\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Denis is filling out forms and completing the last steps of his application for the second time this year, in hopes of winning the US Lottery and having a chance at acquiring the coveted American Green Card. \u201cIt\u2019s worth the sacrifice. 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