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Posted on:
October 11th, 2007 |
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Diversity Visa Lottery 2007 (DV-2007) Results
The Kentucky Consular Center in Williamsburg, Kentucky has registered and notified the winners of the DV-2007 diversity lottery. The diversity lottery was conducted under the terms of section 203(c) of the Immigration and Nationality Act and makes available *50,000 permanent resident visas annually to persons from countries with low rates of immigration to the United States.
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Approximately 82,000 applicants have been registered and notified and may now make an application for an immigrant visa. Since it is likely that some of the first *50,000 persons registered will not pursue their cases to visa issuance, this larger figure should insure that all DV-2007 numbers will be used during fiscal year 2007.
Applicants registered for the DV-2007 program were selected at random from over 5.5 million qualified entries received during the 60-day application period that ran from 12:00 AM on October 5, 2005, until midnight, December 4, 2005. The visas have been apportioned among six geographic regions with a maximum of seven percent available to persons born in any single country. During the visa interview, principal applicants must provide proof of a high school education or its equivalent, or show two years of work experience in an occupation that requires at least two years of training or experience within the past five years. Those selected will need to act on their immigrant visa applications quickly. Applicants should follow the instructions in their notification letter and must fully complete the information requested. (more…)
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Posted on:
September 20th, 2007 |
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The US Embassy in Nepal has recently completed a thorough review of the 2007 Diversity Visa (DV) program, says a release from the American Centre. More than 1100 Nepali citizens received immigrant visas to the United States through the 2007 Diversity Visa Lottery Program. Over 85% of the Lottery winners met minimum program and legal requirements to qualify and earned the opportunity to start a new life in the United States of America, release says.
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The review has affirmed that the Embassy’s adjudications in DV cases were in full compliance with United States law, and confirmed that the small number of DV applicants who were refused visas did not qualify under US law, meaning that fewer than 13 percent of the total DV-2007 applicants failed to meet the minimum education or work requirements clearly stated in the application instructions. Another two percent of the DV applicants misrepresented themselves by presenting false documents, the release added. (more…)
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