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LATEST NEWS:
March 2011:
President Barack Obama passes staff
from the White House Military Office
as he jogs along the Colonnade of
the White House following an event
that ran late in the State Dining
Room, March 1, 2011. The departing
officers and members of their
families were lined up to take
departure pictures with the
President in Oval Office.
The US government has recently released the statistical
breakdown of the DV-2010 diversity visa program, the
so-called green card lottery.
Approximately 110.000 successful applications for US
permanent residence were randomly selected from more
than 13.6 million entries which were received during the
60-day submission period last year.
However, only half of the selectees will actually
receive a green card. The other half is expected to
either not follow through with the application process
or be disqualified due to strict educational and
financial requirements requested from all winners.
More than half of all applicants were born in a
developing country. The top three countries in terms of
winning entries were Ghana, Nigeria and Bangladesh,
Together they account for more than 15% of the total
number of winners.
Due to per-country limitations, only 3,500 winners per
country are allowed to receive a green card. Even if
educational requirements are met, more than half of
Ghana´s 8,752 winners will therefor not be able to
actually come to the USA.
While the green card lottery is especially popular in
less developed countries, interest is rising in Europe
as well. A new research by the Pew Institute in
Washington has shown that confidence in Obama has lifted
the US image considerably around the world, especially
in Germany, where US favorability has risen from 31%
during the Bush years to 64% this June.
This research is supported by a record number of green
card applicants from Germany last year. The submission
period for the 2008 green card lottery lasted for about
four weeks after the last presidential election. During
that time, there was an increase of almost 150% in
applications from most European countries." More
applicants result in a relatively higher number of
successful participants as well. In Germany, for
example, 2,188 people actually won the green card - the
highest number recorded during the last decade.
News : From the State Department Rule for the DV Program:
"Alien petitioners for the Diversity Visa Program will no longer be
permitted to submit a petition by mail. Instead, the Department will
require that all petitions be submitted to it in an electronic format,
using an Internet website dedicated specifically to the submission and
receipt of Diversity Visa."
US Immigration News Update
November 26, 2011
Immigration
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