IMMIGRATION NEWS

Kenya is planning to have a fully automated visa issuance service by 2021, the Immigration Department has said. This was revealed by Deputy Director of Immigration Services Alicent Odipo in a letter to the Airline Operators Committee at the Jomo Kenyatta International Airport (JKIA). The complete…

Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) has begun implementing expedited deportation of undocumented immigrants who have been in the US for less than two years, BuzzFeed News reported citing internal emails and documents. This comes after the Appeals Court paved the way for the implementation of…

Registration is now open for the Fiscal Year 2022 Diversity Visa (DV-2022), popularly known as the Green Card Lottery, is now open. Registration began on Wednesday, October 7, 2020 at 12pm and will run until Tuesday, November 10, 2020. The Diversity Visa program, run by the US Department of State,…

Registration for the Fiscal Year 2022 Diversity Visa, popularly known as the Green Card lottery, begins tomorrow, October 7th, 2020. The US State Department, which runs the program, announced last week that registration for DV-2022 will open on October 7, 2020 and 12pm ET and close on November 20,…

The Trump administration has proposed a rule change that makes more difficult for American citizens and permanent residents to sponsor immigrants for green cards. The Department of Homeland Security on Thursday announced that it will publish a rule proposing to asking those who sponsor an immigrant…

The US State Department has announced that the registration period for the Fiscal Year 2022 (DV-2022) Diversity Visa, popularly known as the Green Card Lottery, will run from October 7, 2020 12pm to November 10, 2020 Eastern time. The Diversity Visa program makes up to 55,000 permanent resident…

A total of 2,777 Kenyans won the green cards through the Diversity Visa program (green card lottery) which took place between October 2nd, 2019 and November 6th, 2019, according to the US State Department. A total of 132,404 applicants from around the world won the lottery and were notified to file…

President Trump’s administration is set to introduce tough visa rules for international students from selected countries. Under the new policy by the US Department of Homeland Security (DHS) students from several countries will not get visas with a validity period exceeding two years. This will…

Entrants who participated in the DV-2020 diversity visa lottery (green card lottery) have until September 30, 2020 to check the status of their entry through the DV Entrant Status Check website. The DV-2020 registration ran between October 3, 2018 and November, 6, 2018. Those who participated in…

Kenya’s Department of Immigration Services has announced the lifting of a six-month stay amnesty granted to foreigners following the outbreak of Covid-19. The amnesty allowed foreign nationals to overstay their visas due to travel restrictions occasioned by the pandemic. Immigration Director-…