11
Oct
2023
The Diversity Visa Lottery (DV Lottery) is an annual program that makes available 55,000 diversity visas to eligible individuals from countries with historically low rates of immigration to the United States. The DV Lottery is a randomized computer drawing, and there is no cost to enter. The DV Lottery is a great opportunity for people READ MORE
02
Nov
2017
In the wake of the terrorist attack in New York City this week by a foreign national who entered using the Diversity Immigrant Visa Program, President Trump has called for ending it. Eliminating the program is not the answer to terrorist attacks, since it is an important part of the US immigration system and the READ MORE
19
May
2011
The US Department of State (DOS) has voided the results of the 2012 Diversity Visa Lottery that were previously posted on its website. The results were invalid because they did not represent a “fair, random selection of entrants, as required by US law” according to the DOS. The DOS will run a new selection process READ MORE