IMMIGRATION NEWS

On Tuesday, attorneys for over 11,000 Diversity Visa Program lottery winners and their families (24,089 plaintiffs total) filed a lawsuit, Goodluck v. Biden, against President Joseph Biden, Anthony Blinken, U.S. Secretary of State, Julie Stufft, Acting Deputy Assistant Secretary for Visa Services U…

Kenyans who successfully apply for passports are set to receive them at their doorsteps. This comes after the Department of Immigration and Posta Corporation of Kenya signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) for the launch of last-mile passport delivery services.  Under the new arrangement,…

The government has launched a 60-day Rapid Results Initiative Program (RRI) to expedite the issuance of citizenship documents. The program, which aims at clearing the backlog of citizenship applications at the Immigration Department, will run from June 2nd to July 31st. Speaking during the launch…

Kenyans in the US will soon be able to apply for e-Passports at the Kenyan Consulate in Los Angeles, California. This comes after the consulate received approval from the government to process the new generation passports. “The Kenya Consulate in Los Angeles has been approved by the Government to…

Three Kenyan-born athletes have been granted Romanian citizenship to represent the country at the international level. Joan Chelimo, Stella Ruto, and Delvine Meringor switched their international allegiance in a bid to get more opportunities to compete on the global stage. They were granted…

If you participated the US Diversity Visa program DV-2022 (Green Card Lottery) last year, you can now check if you are one of the lucky winners. Results of DV-2022 are now available online at the Electronic Diversity Visa website run by the US State Department’s Bureau of Consular Affairs. The…

Results of the DV-2022 green card lottery will be available online starting tomorrow - Saturday, May 8, 2021. Entrants who participated in the DV-2022 lottery during the open registration period which ran from October 7, 2020 to November 10, 2020 can check if the won starting at noon EDT on May 8th…

Kenya’s Department of Immigration Services has distanced itself from a pseudo website purporting to offer e-Visa services to foreigners seeking to visit Kenya. In a statement on Thursday, the department clarified that its official website for e-Visa services is www.evisa.go.ke. The scammers behind…

Results of the DV-2022 Diversity Visa, popularly known as the Green Card Lottery, will be available online starting on Saturday, May 8, 2021. Entrants who participated in DV-2022 lottery during the open registration period which ran from October 7, 2020 and November 10, 2020, can check if they won…

The government is set to begin processing e-passports at the Kenyan Embassy in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. The move will enable Kenyans living and working in Saudi Arabia as well as Yemen and Iraq to renew or apply for the new-generation passports without having to travel back to the country. The Kenyan…