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National Assembly Majority Leader Aden Duale is among eight Members of Parliament accused of holding dual citizenship. This was disclosed by Kenyans for Justice and Development (KEJUDE), a lobby group that wants eight MPs, two Senators and one former MP probed for holding dual citizenship. In a…
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Millions of individuals from around the world participate in the annual US Diversity Visa program (popularly known as the green card lottery). With that many people hoping for a chance to be among the 50,000 that are selected each year to receive permanent residency in the United States, there are…
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The United States Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS plans to changes all references of the term “foreign national” to “alien” in its policy manual. The move is likely to anger immigration advocates, who have long argued the word “alien” is offensive. USCIS has defended the move, saying it…
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The registration period for 2021 Diversity Visa program (Green Card lottery) runs from October 2nd, 2019 to November 5th, 2019. The Diversity Visa program is run by the State Department and allocates 50,000 permanent resident visas to nationals of countries with low immigration rates to the United…
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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…
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Russia has threatened to ban the US green card lottery for Russians. This is in response to ten members of the Russian delegation being denied visas to travel to the US for the ongoing UN General Assembly. The ten members of the delegation who failed to secure visas include seven members of the…
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The US State Department last week announced that the registration period for the 2021 Diversity Visa Program (DV-2021), otherwise known as the Green Card Lottery, will start on Wednesday, October 2nd, 2019 and end on Tuesday, November 5th, 2019. The State Department urges qualified individuals not…
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Entrants in the Diversity Visa 2019 (Green Card Lottery) program have until Monday, September 30th to check the status of their entries on the US State Department’s Electronic Diversity Visa Lottery website. DV-2019 is for those who submitted their entries during the October 18, 2017 to November…
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Police in Nairobi are holding a man believed to be the mastermind of fake work permits pending arraignment in court on Monday. The suspect, who authorities did not name, is accused of infiltrating the Immigration Department and issuing forged work licenses to different companies and individuals.…
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An estimated 14 million people from around the world participate in the Diversity Visa Program (Green Card Lottery). The Diversity Visa Program provides 55,000 visas annually to nationals of countries with low immigration rates to the United States each year. Earlier this week, the US State…