IMMIGRATION NEWS

Republicans in Washington are calling for an to the Diversity Visa Lottery program, popularly known as the Green Card Lottery in the wake of the terrorist attack in New York City on Tuesday in which a man originally from Uzbekistan who plowed through pedestrians and cyclists. 29-year-old Syfullo…

Residents of some nine states in the United States might need to have a valid US passport, permanent resident card or other form of ID to board domestic flights beginning January, 2018. The US Transport Security Administration (TSA) will stop accepting driver’s licenses from states that do not…

The US Department of State started accepting fresh applications for Diversity Visa (DV-2019), popularly know the Green Card Lottery for the fiscal year 2019 on Wednesday, October 18th at noon ET. The lottery period initially opened on October 3rd, but the State Department last week announced that…

A federal judge on Tuesday blocked the Trump administration from implementing the latest version of a travel ban that had been scheduled to take effect tomorrow (Wednesday). Judge Derrick K. Watson of the United States District Court of Hawaii said the ban is unconstitutional. The ban was to…

The US State Department has announced that a technical glitch on its website, all those who submitted entries for the Diversity Visa 2019 (DV-2019) lottery, also known as the Green Card Lottery, between October 3rd and October 10th will need to submit their applications again beginning Wednesday,…

(AP) President Donald Trump has told congressional leaders that his hard-line immigration priorities must be enacted in exchange for extending protection from deportation to hundreds of thousands of young immigrants, many of whom were brought to the U.S. illegally as children. Trump's list of…

California on Thursday became the first state in the country to sign a “sanctuary state” bill that limits local and state law enforcement agencies cooperation with federal immigration authorities. California governor Jerry Brown on Thursday signed Senate Bill 54 in a bid to shield the more than 2.3…

(AP) The Trump administration is finalizing the details of a set of immigration principles that could upend efforts to come up with a permanent fix for the status of young immigrants who came to the country illegally as children. The principles, according to people familiar with ongoing discussions…

Kenya has introduced new tougher rules for foreigners wishing to study in the country. In the new rules unveiled by the immigration department, foreign students will be required to get a clearance certificate from the police department while applying for a study visa. The new rules further orders…

The US Diversity Visa Program for the fiscal year 2019 (DV-2019), popularly known as Green Card Lottery began at noon today (Tuesday, October 3rd) and closes at noon on Tuesday, November 7, 2017. Administrated by the Department of State, the lottery program makes 55,000 permanent resident visas (…