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From:steve.iyer@enron.com
To:kenneth.lay@enron.com, rosalee.fleming@enron.com
Subject:Your support for becoming a US citizen
Cc:
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Date:Fri, 1 Dec 2000 06:28:00 -0800 (PST)

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