Republican Senator John Cornyn introduced a bill on the Senate floor Tuesday that would create 55,000 visas for graduates of STEM advanced degree programs with qualifying job offers. The bill would not add to the number of immigrant visas issued each year, but would reallocate the 55,000 visas dedicated to the Diversity Visa Lottery. Supporters [...]

Proposes to Replace DV Lottery with Visa for Advanced Degree Holders While attempts have been made to terminate the Diversity Lottery or Green Card Lottery program before, none of them had put forward such a desirable replacement program of Immigrant Visa for Advanced Degree holders.  The Bill, called S. 2868 as of now, was introduced [...]

The most popular program allowing to randomly give away green cards to lucky winners of citizens of various countries might not be available after the fiscal year 2007. The US House of Representatives has passed a Bill that seeks to do away with the ‘diversity visa lottery’ system. One of the arguments for getting rid [...]

US Department of State has announced that registration for the 2007 Diversity Visa (DV) Lottery will begin at noon on October 5, 2005. Persons seeking to enter the lottery program must register online through the designated Internet website during the registration period. The website for registering for the 2007 DV Lottery, www.dvlottery.state.gov, will be available [...]