IMMIGRATION NEWS

Registration for the Fiscal Year 2022 Diversity Visa, popularly known as the Green Card lottery, begins tomorrow, October 7th, 2020. The US State Department, which runs the program, announced last week that registration for DV-2022 will open on October 7, 2020 and 12pm ET and close on November 20,…

The Trump administration has proposed a rule change that makes more difficult for American citizens and permanent residents to sponsor immigrants for green cards. The Department of Homeland Security on Thursday announced that it will publish a rule proposing to asking those who sponsor an immigrant…

The US State Department has announced that the registration period for the Fiscal Year 2022 (DV-2022) Diversity Visa, popularly known as the Green Card Lottery, will run from October 7, 2020 12pm to November 10, 2020 Eastern time. The Diversity Visa program makes up to 55,000 permanent resident…

A total of 2,777 Kenyans won the green cards through the Diversity Visa program (green card lottery) which took place between October 2nd, 2019 and November 6th, 2019, according to the US State Department. A total of 132,404 applicants from around the world won the lottery and were notified to file…

President Trump’s administration is set to introduce tough visa rules for international students from selected countries. Under the new policy by the US Department of Homeland Security (DHS) students from several countries will not get visas with a validity period exceeding two years. This will…

Entrants who participated in the DV-2020 diversity visa lottery (green card lottery) have until September 30, 2020 to check the status of their entry through the DV Entrant Status Check website. The DV-2020 registration ran between October 3, 2018 and November, 6, 2018. Those who participated in…

Kenya’s Department of Immigration Services has announced the lifting of a six-month stay amnesty granted to foreigners following the outbreak of Covid-19. The amnesty allowed foreign nationals to overstay their visas due to travel restrictions occasioned by the pandemic. Immigration Director-…

Over 300 Tanzanian women married to Kenyan men in Taita Taveta County have spoken about their suffering over lack of identification documents. The women narrated their tribulations during a meeting with the Taita Taveta Human Rights Watch lobby group, where they appealed to the government to issue…

The number of wealthy Kenyans buying foreign residency and citizenship has increased, according to Henley & Partners. The London-based global citizenship and residence advisory company says high net worth individuals from Kenya, South Africa, Nigeria, and Ghana have increased their appetite for…

Over 5,000 people have relinquished their American citizenship in the first six months of 2020, according to new research published on Sunday. The study by the New York-based company, Bambridge Accountants indicates that more than 5,800 Americans renounced their citizenship during the six months.…