The US State Department Bureau of Consular Affairs has announced
the commencement of the 2014 Diversity Visa program (DV-2014).
According
to information posted on the bureaus’s website, the entry submission
period for the program starts from 12:00 PM EDT (GMT -4) on October 2,
2012 to 12:00 PM EDT (GMT -4) on November 3, 2012.
The
bureau also stated that the entry form will only be available for submission
during this period only, adding that entries will be accepted through the
U.S. Postal.
Meanwhile, legislation,
which would eventually eliminate the Diversity Visas is in progress
in the U.S Congress.
Sponsors
of the bill are also working to re-allocate the 55,000 visas currently awarded
to Diversity Visa Lottery winners and reserve them for undocumented
immigrants already in the United States.
The
proposed legislation however specifies that beneficiaries must be
graduates in the fields of Science, Technology, Engineering and Math (STEM.)
In the
Senate, Senator John Cornyn a Republican from Texas has already introduced a
bill (S. 3185) that would re-allocate Diversity Visas to STEM graduates
The
Diversity Visa Program ,popularly known as Green Card Lottery Visa program
was established in 1990 to provide visas to persons from specific countries.
As moves
are being made to eliminate the program, an adjustment was made in the 2013
edition to include citizens of South Sudan and Poland while
Bangladesh was removed as a qualifying country because of
high rate of migration to the US
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