Judge Rejects Lawsuit; New Visa Lottery Results Announced

A federal judge dismissed a lawsuit filed by a group of people who were wrongly shortlisted in May of this year for the Diversity Visa Lottery Program. Judge Amy Berman's decision cleared the way for the State Department to publish the results of the second lottery held ... Read more

Error forces to redo 2012 visa lottery drawing

Due to a computer error, the results of the 2012 Diversity Lottery have been voided, affecting and disappointing thousands of people who thought they had won a visa through the lottery. Apparently, the computer program conducting the lottery mistakenly caused the 90% of winners to be from applications submitted in the first 2 days - and not ... Read more

Alert: Visa Lottery Fraud

Scammers posing as U.S. government representatives are sending fraudulent emails and letters to applicants for the Diversity Visa program, known as the "visa lottery". These emails and letters tell people that they are winners of a diversity visa, but they are a scam intended to trick them into buying a ... Read more

Visa Lottery Registration Period Opens

Tomorrow begins the registration period for the "diversity visa" lottery, as the U.S. State Department's annual visa lottery is commonly known. Through this program, approximately 50,000 visas will be raffled for fiscal year 2012. The last day to ... Read more

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