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  1. April 06, 2022

    Feds Keep Diversity Visa Order Paused, But Must Update Tech

    A D.C. federal judge extended the stay of his order directing the State Department to issue more than 9,000 diversity visas while the Biden administration appeals to the D.C. Circuit, but he unfroze his directive for the department to update the technology for processing the visas.

  2. March 03, 2022

    Diversity Visa Order Paused For Speedy DC Circ. Appeal

    A D.C. federal judge gave the Biden administration on Thursday a 30-day reprieve from an order requiring 9,095 delayed diversity visas to be issued by Sept. 30, offering the administration time to seek an expedited review of the order. 

  3. September 30, 2020

    Feds Must Save 9K Diversity Visas Despite Expiration

    The Trump administration must preserve 9,095 of the 40,000 unused green cards awarded through the 2020 Diversity Lottery Program, a D.C. federal judge said late Wednesday, hours before the green cards were set to expire completely.

  4. August 12, 2020

    DC Court Orders Feds To Turn Over Diversity Visa Ban Docs

    A D.C. federal judge on Wednesday ordered the federal government to hand over documents concerning the Trump administration's coronavirus travel ban to diversity visa winners who say the virus restrictions wrecked the lottery program.

  5. July 10, 2020

    Visa Winners Say Trump Is Using Virus To End Lottery

    Hundreds of foreign citizens who won visas out of a pool of millions sued the Trump administration Friday, accusing the president of using a coronavirus-related travel ban to effectively shutter the diversity lottery program.

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