TEXAS
Registration for the 2016 United States Diversity Visa Program, commonly known as the "green card" lottery, has opened.
The program opened Wednesday and is scheduled to close on November 3, 2014, the US Department of State said.
Kenyans wishing to submit entries must do so electronically during the registration period.
Applicants
who submit paper entries will be rejected. All applicants are
encouraged to print and retain their online confirmation page after
completing their Diversity Visa entries to enable them to check their
entry status.
“We strongly encourage applicants not to
wait until the last week of the registration period to enter. Heavy
demand may result in website delays. No entries will be accepted after
November 3,” the State Department said.
IMMIGRANT VISAS
Entrants
selected during the draw will receive instructions on how to proceed.
They can then go ahead and apply for immigrant visas for themselves and
their eligible family members.
A number of countries,
however, will not be eligible to apply for this year’s program as they
have sent more than 50,000 immigrants to the US in the last five years.
They
include Brazil, Nigeria, South Korea, the United Kingdom (except
Northern Ireland) and its dependent territories, Ecuador and Mexico.
The
Diversity Visa Program was on the chopping block last year when the US
Senate passed a Bill aimed at reforming the US immigration system.
However, the US House of Representatives did not take up the Bill and it stalled, maintaining the visa program.
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