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New Federal Lawsuit Challenges New Passport Requirement for Green Card Lottery, Says Policy Unfairly Targets Africans

A federal lawsuit that challenges the Trump administration’s new requirement that diversity visa lottery (green card lottery) applicants posses a valid passport enter the lottery was filed on Tuesday. The policy was a…

Sep 25, 2019

Immigration

Moscow Threatens to Block Russians from the US Green Card Lottery in Protest of UN Delegation Visa Denials

Russia has threatened to ban the US green card lottery for Russians. This is in response to ten members of the Russian delegation being denied visas to travel to the US for the ongoing UN General Assembly. The ten mem…

Sep 25, 2019

Immigration

How to Avoid being Disqualified from the Green Card Lottery (Diversity Visa Program)

The US State Department last week announced that the registration period for the 2021 Diversity Visa Program (DV-2021), otherwise known as the Green Card Lottery, will start on Wednesday, October 2nd, 2019 and end on…

Sep 24, 2019

Immigration

DV-2019 Green Card Lottery Entrants Have until Next Week (September 30th) to Check their Winning Status

Entrants in the Diversity Visa 2019 (Green Card Lottery) program have until Monday, September 30th to check the status of their entries on the US State Department’s Electronic Diversity Visa Lottery website. DV-2019 i…

Sep 23, 2019

Immigration

Police in Nairobi Nab Suspect Behind Fake Work Permits

Police in Nairobi are holding a man believed to be the mastermind of fake work permits pending arraignment in court on Monday. The suspect, who authorities did not name, is accused of infiltrating the Immigration Depa…

Sep 22, 2019

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Requirements to Participate in the DV-2021 Diversity Visa Program (Green Card Lottery)

An estimated 14 million people from around the world participate in the Diversity Visa Program (Green Card Lottery). The Diversity Visa Program provides 55,000 visas annually to nationals of countries with low immigra…

Sep 21, 2019

Immigration

Valid, Unexpired Passport Required to Participate in Upcoming Green Card Lottery

Those who want to participate in the upcoming green card lottery will now need a valid, unexpired passport. Instructions for DV-2021 have a passport number, country of issuance, and expiration date of the passport as…

Sep 20, 2019

Immigration

Is My Country Eligible to Participate in the DV-2021 Diversity Visa Program (Green Card Lottery)?

The US State Department earlier this week announced that the registration period for the Diversity Immigrant Visa Program (popularly known as the green card lottery) for the Fiscal Year 2021 will run from October 2nd…

Sep 20, 2019

Immigration

Registration Period for the 2021 Diversity Visa Program (Green Card Lottery) Begins October 2nd, 2019

The US State Department has announced that the registration period for the 2021 Diversity Visa Program (DV-2021), popularly known as the Green Card Lottery, will begin on Wednesday, October 2nd, 2019 at 12pm EDT and e…

Sep 19, 2019

Immigration

US to Welcome over 34,000 New Citizens in Commemoration of Constitution Day and Citizenship Day

United States Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) has announced it will welcome mother than 34,000 new citizens in celebrations across the country marking Constitution Day and Citizenship Day. The US celebrat…

Sep 17, 2019

Immigration

600 Nigerians to be Repatriated from South Africa over Xenophobic Attacks

At least 600 Nigerian nationals are this week set to be repatriated from South Africa following the break out of a new wave of xenophobic attacks. Nigerian Consul General in Johannesburg Godwin Adamu said about 600 ci…

Sep 9, 2019

Immigration

USCIS New Policy to Cause Delays in Issuance of Work Permits for Asylum Applicants

In a move being criticized by human rights and refugee advocates, US Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) on Friday announced that it is eliminating the requirement that USCIS adjudicate work permits for asylu…

Sep 6, 2019

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Online Immigration Tools to be Offline Tonight as USCIS Performs System Maintenance

The United States Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) has announced that it will be conducting a system maintenance beginning on Friday, September 6th at 11:59pm (ET) and ending on Saturday, September 7th at…

Sep 6, 2019

Immigration

Benefits and Responsibilities of a US Green Card Holder

A green card allows a foreign national to legally live and work permanently anywhere in the United States. Green card holders, also called permanent residents, qualify to apply for US citizenship after five years (thr…

Sep 5, 2019

Immigration

Canada Invites 3600 Candidates to Apply for Permanent Residence in the September 4th Express Entry Draw

The Canadian government has issued 3,600 invitations to apply (ITAs) for permanent residence in a new Express Entry draw. In a draw held on Wednesday, September 4th, Canada issued 3,600 ITAs, bringing the total ITAs i…

Sep 4, 2019

Immigration

Several Kenyans Affected After Fresh Wave of Xenophobic Attacks in South Africa

Kenyan nationals are among foreigners who have been affected by a fresh wave of xenophobic attacks in South Africa. Several Kenyans were attacked in Gauteng Province following the violence that broke out on Monday, Ke…

Sep 4, 2019

Immigration

Facebook Says Homeland Security Cannot Create Fake Accounts to Monitor Visa, Green Card and Citizenship Applicants

Facebook on Tuesday warned the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) against creating fake accounts on its platform. DHS last week announced that the US Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS), an agency within D…

Sep 4, 2019

Immigration

USCIS to Use Fake Social Media Accounts to Monitor Visa, Green Card and Citizenship Applicants

US Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) can now create fake social media accounts to monitor foreign nationals seeking visa, green cards, and citizenship. USCIS, an agency within the Department of Homeland Sec…

Sep 3, 2019

Immigration

Various Ways to Get a US Green Card (Permanent Residency)

Each year, millions of people seeks for ways to migrate to the United States. There are however limited ways of doing so, and even more limited slots available for those intending to move to the country as permanent r…

Aug 31, 2019

Immigration

Immigration: Outrage over ICE's Rule Change on U Visas

The Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) earlier this month issued a directive that changed rules on how applications for U visas are handled. The directive, dated August 2nd, allows immigration authorities to de…

Aug 30, 2019