Visa eligibility does not transfer to the following year. The entire process must be completed in a year. With time running out, the mother of three decided to join other diversity visa winners in a lawsuit against the U. In an email to VOA, a State Department spokesperson said, "Being randomly chosen as a selectee does not guarantee that you will receive a visa or a visa interview.
Selection merely means that the person is eligible to participate in the DV program. We have three kids. We followed all procedures and submitted all required forms and documents," she said. In , then-President Donald Trump announced a series of actions that blocked people from Muslim-majority countries from coming to the United States. Then, in March , Trump shut down consulates around the world amid the coronavirus pandemic.
His administration subsequently announced a ban on certain immigrant visas, arguing it was needed to protect the American economy. As a result, thousands of winners of the visa lottery were blocked from coming to the United States.
According to federal documents , once consulates began to reopen in the summer of , officials were ordered to process diversity visas last. Immigrant advocates sued. Last month, a federal judge ordered the Biden administration to resume processing lottery visa winners.
Last week, U. District Judge Amit P. Mehta in Washington issued an order setting aside about 7, visas for diversity lottery winners. In court documents, U. He added that a significant cause of processing delays is "the State Department's complete cessation of adjudicating diversity visa applications for five months and its unlawful deprioritizing of those applications when adjudications resumed.
While the State Department declined to comment on ongoing litigation, the agency said, "We are committed to reducing the backlog of immigrant visa applicants waiting to schedule appointments at their U.
Applicants should monitor the website of the relevant embassy or consulate for updates. Morrison said winners experiencing current delays have a roughly 1-in-3 chance of finishing the process and immigrating to the U. Samar received news in that she had won a spot in the diversity visa program. She was tapped from among the millions of people around the world who enter the lottery each year.
She told VOA she sent all required paperwork and has been waiting for an interview at an American consulate. Samar said she could apply for the program, but the odds of winning the lottery twice in a row are small. Meanwhile, the Green Card has changed its color several times. For a while, it had even been pink, since a light green shade is used again. Since the DV program has already been executed three times in February, once in November, and several times in October. The responsible institution changed in The formerly appointed National Visa Center in Portsmouth had to hand the processing over to the Kentucky Consular Center, which since then has been in charge of the receipt and evaluation of the applications.
In the first year, it was still possible to enter several applications per person into the DV lottery. This lead to a few persons applying hundreds of times and thus most probably receiving a Green Card. The effects were a completely overloaded institution and injustices in the distribution, as better-off persons could file more applications.
Since then each person is only entitled to submit one application per year and has to trust in Fortuna. The Immigration and Naturalization Service INS determines the eligible countries and application rules based on a calculation laid down in law. These rules can change from year to year. The video below uncovers the most important DV Program instructions and shows you step by step how to register successfully for the official US Green Card Lottery. This guidance video is therefore very helpful to DV applicants.
Section of the Immigration Act of Pub. The Act makes available 50, permanent resident visas annually to persons from countries with low rates of immigration to the United States. From the State Department: "Alien petitioners for the Diversity Visa Program will no longer be permitted to submit a petition by mail. Instead, the Department will require that all petitions be submitted to it in an electronic format, using an Internet website dedicated specifically to the submission and receipt of Diversity Visa.
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