Message-ID: <21158020.1075840252918.JavaMail.evans@thyme> Date: Fri, 1 Dec 2000 06:28:00 -0800 (PST) From: steve.iyer@enron.com To: kenneth.lay@enron.com, rosalee.fleming@enron.com Subject: Your support for becoming a US citizen Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-From: Steve Iyer X-To: Kenneth Lay, Rosalee Fleming X-cc: X-bcc: X-Folder: \Kenneth_Lay_Dec2000\Notes Folders\Discussion threads X-Origin: LAY-K X-FileName: klay.nsf Dear Ken: The purpose of this note is to seek your help in becoming a citizen of the US. I've been a Houston-based employee of Enron for nearly 10 years, of which seven were with the Dabhol project. I obtained my green card in 1992, which entitled me to apply for US citizenship in 1997. I recently went through the final interview and was awaiting a call to take oath. Instead, the INS denied my application for citizenship on grounds of my extensive travel. This, despite the fact that: (1). A disqualification can be made only if an applicant is - out of the country for a continuous period of six months; or - is out of the country for more than 30 months in the sixty month period after the green card. (Neither of these apply to me). (2). I had filed a notification to the INS immediately after getting my green card (in 1992) informing them that I will be travelling extensively on business. Filing this notification allows me to travel without the restrictions mentioned above. Ken, I need your help on two fronts: (1). Support in filing an appeal to the INS. This will cost an outside counsel between $1500-$3000. (2). Request my US Representative Mr.DeLay to send the attached letter to the local INS administrator. I believe this will clear the way for my becoming a citizen of the US, to which I eagerly look forward. Steve Iyer Enron Broadband Services Phone: (713) 345-7139 Mobile: (713) 503-5760 steve_iyer@enron.net