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Diversity Immigrant Visa Program
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The Mobile Workforce
Registration for U.S. Diversity Visa Program Open Until November 9
The U.S. government administers an annual Diversity Immigrant Visa Program that, historically, offers one of the most expeditious paths to legal permanent residency and the American dream. Registration is currently…
The Right Coast
Visa Lottery: US must issue thousands of delayed diversity visas | The Sacramento Bee
Nearly 10,000 winners of the FY 2020 Diversity Visa Program, better known as the visa lottery, who were frustrated by their failure to obtain consular interviews to process their U.S.…
COVID-19 Workplace Law Advisor
Registration for FY 2023 Diversity Visa Lottery Opening October 6
Diversity Visa (DV) Electronic Registration for Fiscal Year (FY) 2023 opens October 6, 2021, at noon ET and closes on November 9, 2021, at noon ET. There is no cost…
Immigration Blog
Registration for FY 2023 Diversity Visa Lottery Opening October 6
Diversity Visa (DV) Electronic Registration for Fiscal Year (FY) 2023 opens October 6, 2021, at noon ET and closes on November 9, 2021, at noon ET. There is no cost…
ImmigrationProf Blog
Diversity visas in limbo
Every year, roughly 55,000 people from countries with low levels of immigration to the US are chosen via a lottery to apply for a diversity visa. Very few win --…
David Hirson & Partners, LLP Blog
Diversity Immigrant Visa lottery winners announced
By David Hirson & Partners, LLP
The odds of winning the jackpot in the Powerball lottery are 1 in 292 million. The odds of winning the Diversity Immigrant Visa Program – also known as the visa…
Immigration Lawyers Blog
Weekly Immigration Round-Up: Biden Restarts Processing Permanent Residence Visas; Court Weakens Deportation Moratorium; Supreme Court Examines Immigrant “Wealth Test”
President Biden Ends Restrictions on Permanent Residence Visas On Wednesday, the Biden administration announced it was rescinding a Trump-era order halting the issuance of permanent residence visas to most family…
ImmigrationProf Blog
The Diversity Visa Surprise in the Proposed U.S. Citizenship Act
Yesterday, Senator Menendez released a copy of the Democrats' proposed immigration bill: The U.S. Citizenship Act. It's 353 pages long, so we'll be wading through it all for some time.This…
McEntee Law Group Blog
The Green Card Lottery: If You’re Not In, You Can’t Win
What?The Diversity Visa Program, also known as the “green card lottery”, is a United States government lottery program for receiving a permanent resident card (“green card”). The lottery provides up…
David Hirson & Partners, LLP Blog
Immigration News: Federal Judge’s Order Preserves 9,095 Visas for 2020 Diversity Visa Lottery Winners
By David Hirson & Partners, LLP
On September 30, 2020, Judge Amit P. Mehta of the United States District Court for the District of Columbia ordered the U.S. Department of State to preserve 9,095 visas for…