US embassy completes thorough review of 2007 DV program
By: media for freedom
US embassy completes thorough review of 2007 DV program
More than 1,100 Nepalese citizens received immigrant visas to the United States through the 2007 Diversity Visa Lottery Program, according to a press release issued by the US embassy in Nepal.
The US Embassy, which recently completed a thorough review of the 2007 Diversity Visa (DV) program, said that over 85% of the lottery winners met minimum program and legal requirements to qualify and earned the opportunity to start a new life in the United States of America.
The release further added, "The review has affirmed that the Embassy's adjudications in DV cases were in full compliance with United States law, and confirmed that the small number of DV applicants who were refused visas did not qualify under US law, meaning that fewer than 13 percent of the total DV-2007 applicants failed to meet the minimum education or work requirements clearly stated in the application instructions."
Another two percent of the DV applicants misrepresented themselves by presenting false documents, it said.
The Diversity Visa program, which was designed to bring greater racial and ethnic diversity to the United States, offers permanent residency visas to citizens of countries that have a traditionally low rate of immigration to the United States.
More than 7,800 Nepalese have immigrated through the Diversity Visa program since 2001. Source:nepalnews.com
