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 announced by the State Department in June and becomes effective for Diversity Visa 2021 (DV-2021) registration, which is set to start on October 2nd. The State Department at the time of the announcing the policy said the passport requirement would reduce fraud in the lottery system. Previously, a passport was only needed at the green card interview stage for those who won the lottery.

In the lawsuit, the plaints argue the change presents an unreasonable financial and logistical burden for applicants from African countries. “In addition to financial hardship, administrative hurdles make acquiring a new passport time-consuming and impractical in many African countries,” the plaintiffs argue.

Intended to diversity the US population, The diversity visa lottery awards 50,000 visas annually to nationals of countries with low rates of immigration to the United States.

I am really so much…

Rency (not verified) Thu, 09/26/2019 @ 07:44am

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I am really so much interested in applying for the Green card and I hope that everything will work out well

I hope this time is a right…

Iriene shi (not verified) Thu, 09/26/2019 @ 03:37pm

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I hope this time is a right time for me and my family

USA, Dream of my life…

Emad Al Dahleh (not verified) Thu, 09/26/2019 @ 04:08pm

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USA, Dream of my life.

Please my lord make it possible, That's all I want.

Usa

Sadayangy (not verified) Fri, 09/27/2019 @ 01:34am

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Usa

I have been planning to…

Belidah (not verified) Fri, 09/27/2019 @ 01:38am

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I have been planning to participate this year only to realize that I don't have a passport and it will take long for me to get one, that's how my dreams have been shattered

Your dream is still valid…

Ur subconscious (not verified) Fri, 09/27/2019 @ 09:21am

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Your dream is still valid. This is just a minor obstacle. You can't give up now, you hear me?!

I think it’s not a real…

Nikolai (not verified) Fri, 09/27/2019 @ 01:53am

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I think it’s not a real reason of this case 🤔 If they don’t have passport, and win a lottery how they will come in the US? without passport it’s impossible. I think it’s a great idea to add passport number because right now there are a lot of frauds who are making money on applying for someone, they will loose this business.