An edition of The fixer (2019)

The fixer

visa lottery chronicles

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An edition of The fixer (2019)

The fixer

visa lottery chronicles

In the West African nation of Togo, applying for the U.S. Diversity Visa Lottery is a national obsession, with hundreds of thousands of Togolese entering each year. From the street frenzy of the lottery sign-up period and the scramble to raise money for the embassy interview, to the gamesmanship of those adding spouses and dependents to their dossiers, the application process is complicated, expensive, and unpredictable. In 'The Fixer' Charles Piot follows Kodjo Nicolas Batema, a Togolese visa broker-known as a "fixer"-as he shepherds his clients through the application and interview process. Relaying the experiences of the fixer, his clients, and embassy officials, Piot captures the ever-evolving cat-and-mouse game between the embassy and the hopeful Togolese, as well as the disappointments and successes of lottery winners in the United States. These detailed and compelling stories uniquely illustrate the desire and savviness of migrants as they work to find what they hope will be a better life.

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Language
English
Pages
212

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Cover of: Fixer
Fixer: Visa Lottery Chronicles
2019, Duke University Press
in English
Cover of: The fixer
The fixer: visa lottery chronicles
2019
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Table of Contents

Border practice
The interview
Kinship by other means
Trading futures
Embassy indiscretions
Protest
Prison
America, here we come
Lomé 2018.

Edition Notes

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Series
A theory in forms book, Theory in forms

Classifications

Dewey Decimal Class
304.8/7306681
Library of Congress
DT16.5 .P49 2019, DT16.5.P49 2019

The Physical Object

Pagination
x, 212 pages
Number of pages
212

ID Numbers

Open Library
OL27263149M
Internet Archive
fixervisalottery00piot
ISBN 10
1478001917, 1478003049
ISBN 13
9781478001911, 9781478003045
LCCN
2018047216
OCLC/WorldCat
1048941265
Wikidata
Q115917165

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