The Diversity Visa Lottery, also commonly called the DV Lottery, is an annual immigration program that opens its doors for registration every year in October. This period of time which typically runs from early October to early November is called the registration period and is, in effect, the entry period of the DV Lottery. Generally, […]
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The Fourth of July, otherwise known as Independence Day, is the national day of the United States and people living in America are encouraged to celebrate the holiday every year. The Meaning of Independence Day On July 4, 1776, the fledgling republic of the United States declared its independence from Great Britain for a variety
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On May 1, 2013, the winners of the 2014 Green Card Lottery were selected and the winners will be contacted by the Kentucky Consular Center over the next few months. Registrants who wish to know if they should be expecting a visa package or if they need to re-apply next year can check the status
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On May 1, 2013, the State Department started to allow applicants from the 2012 Green Card Lottery registration period the chance to check whether or not they have won. E-DV (The Electronic Diversity Visa Lottery Entrant Status Check Website) Registrants looking to check the status of their application can sign on to the State Department’s
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The United States is traditionally divided into geographic regions and the American South is one of the oldest of these regions. Geographically, it stretches from the East Coast to Texas and Oklahoma, its northern border is the Midwest and the Mid-Atlantic States; its southern border is the Gulf of Mexico and Northern Florida. Many foreign
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Within the past year there has been a significant amount of discussion surrounding sweeping and dramatic degrees of immigration reform in the United States. This not only impacts residents and citizens already settled in the United States, but potential immigrants who are looking to become permanent residents in the future. The very nature of Green
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In the northern hemisphere, June brings summertime and with those three pleasantly months the tradition of state fairs follows in many states. Many people spend a couple of weeks attending a fair in their area for entertainment and recreation and you can too after you become settled in the United States. State fairs originated as
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The Diversity Visa Lottery Countries is a list of nations that will not be eligible for the Green Card Lottery and is annually released on May 1, 2013. When registering for the Green Card Lottery (as the Diversity Visa Program is often called) immigrants must claim a certain country as their country of origin. People
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While one cannot pit a US Visa against a Green Card (they’re effectively just different steps in a process which ultimately terminates at citizenship) for the purpose of this blog we will examine the salient differences between a Green Card and a US non-immigrant visa. For the sake of a visual comparison here is a
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The Green Card is a United States immigration document that has a relatively long history. Though it hasn’t been around since Ellis Island times it is about 60 years old, older than many of the immigration agencies of the United States! One thing that has remained invariable about the Green Card is that it has
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