If you participated in the green card lottery at the end of last year, you will have to be patient. The State Department announced on Monday April 27 that the results will be delayed from May 5 to June 6.

The Department's resources are used for its response against the Covid-19 and are used primarily to assist American citizens abroad ”, said the State Department in a press release. However, he said that the review process of the selected files should not be affected because the “interviews for DV-2021 (the name given to the Diversity Lottery for 2021, editor's note) are due to start in October“.

The announcement comes a few days after the proclamation of Donald Trump who suspends the arrival in the United States of immigrants "posing a risk to the US job market during the economic recovery after Covid-19“. This proclamation notably interrupts the issuance of green cards for a period of two months (from April 24) for applicants living outside the United States. “Anyone who is not in the United States and who has not yet had an interview for their green card is affected by this decision"Said Eliot Norman, a Virginia-based lawyer who was invited to attend a FACC Washington conference on the President's decision on Tuesday.

Critic of the green card lottery, which allows 50,000 happy elected officials to win the precious document each year, Donald Trump did not explicitly return to the DV-Lottery in his proclamation. The president cannot simply remove it because the device stems from a law passed in Congress.

On the other hand, its proclamation has the consequence of suspending it. “No files are currently being processed in consulates and embassies, says Eliot Norman. The president cannot repeal an immigration law. However, it can prohibit entry into the territory for holders of immigrant or temporary visas. That's what he does“. According to the lawyer, lottery participants outside the United States should have no illusions. He believes the suspension measures will be extended until the November election given the pessimistic economic outlook. The next lottery is due to open in October.

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