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    Egyptians and Russians won the most U.S. green cards in this year’s random visa lotte

    Egyptian and Russian citizens won the most U.S. green cards in this year’s random visa lottery

    BY DANIEL SHOER ROTH

    JULY 27, 2019 03:54 PM, UPDATED 1 HOUR 27 MINUTES AGO

    The Diversity Immigrant Visa program offers 50,000 green cards for those who are selected.

    BY MARTA OLIVER CRAVIOTTO

    More than 23 million people from around the world — the applicants and their family members or “derivatives” — tried this year to legally immigrate to the United States and achieve the American Dream through the visa lottery program, the U.S. State Department statistics show.

    Winners were selected through a randomized computer drawing from over 14 million qualified entries received during the 34-day application period last year.


    According to the department, the visas were distributed among six geographic regions “with a maximum of seven percent available to persons born in any single country.”


    The two countries that won most immigrant visas were Egypt and Russia, with 5,568 and 5,118 winners, respectively, of this year’s DV-2020 diversity lottery, followed by the Democratic Republic of Congo (4,743 applicants selected), Iran (4,101), Nepal (3,696) and Sudan (3,691).

    The department published in its August 2019 Visa Bulletin the official statistical breakdown by country for Fiscal Year 2020 Diversity Immigrant Visa Program, which makes available up to 55,000 permanent resident visas, known as green cards, each year, to foreign citizens from countries with low rates of immigration to the United States.

    Permanent resident visas for Egyptian citizens increased by 33 percent, and for Russian nationals by 40 percent, compared to last year’s DV-2019 diversity lottery, which made available4,185 visas for Egypt and 3,641 visas for Russia, according to the August 2018 Visa Bulletin.

    Last year, Iran received the highest number of visas — 4,199 — followed by the Democratic Republic of Congo (4,186), Egypt, Ukraine (4,025) and Ethiopia (3,856).


    In the Americas region, natives from Cuba benefited the most from this year’s DV-2020 drawing, and 2,703 Cuban nationals were selected at random for a green card. It is a substantial increase compared to last year, when only 326 citizens of Cuba won.


    Venezuela was the only South American country that exceeded the threshold of 1,000 visas, totaling 1,068 winners — a decrease from the 1,282 Venezuelan nationals who won in last year’s draw.


    The visa lottery is one of the immigration programs that President Donald Trump has openly criticized. He has said that the “worst of the worst” are selected in the cost-free process.

    “About 70 percent of immigrants who come to the United States today are admitted based on family relationships or through a random visa lottery —a system that favors random chance over the skills our economy needs,” President Trump’s Immigration Plan for the 21st Century says.


    Read more: Immigrants can now apply for U.S. citizenship and green cards online. Here’s how.


    IF YOU WERE SELECTED FOR A GREEN CARD


    If you or a relative won the lottery, the next step is to submit an application for permanent residence using Form DS-260, and start to prepare for an interview in English.

    But first, you have to confirm that you’re qualified. Overall, the winner must have at least a high school diploma or its equivalent, or two years’ work experience over the past five years in an eligible occupation that requires at least two years of training or experience.


    After the Kentucky Consular Center (KCC) processes the Form DS-260, the visa winner and his or her relatives that will be allowed to migrate to the U.S. will receive instructions on how to scan and upload the required supporting documentation, including birth certificates, court and prison records, military records and police certificates.

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