Thousands of green card lottery winners are fighting for their right to move to the USA: for many there is no longer hope - ForumDaily
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Thousands of winners of the green card lottery are fighting for their right to move to the USA: for many there is no longer hope

The fate of tens of thousands of winners green card lotteries still unknown. Many did not have time to arrive in the United States on time due to the COVID-19 pandemic and the suspension of visa issuance. The edition told in more detail Voice of America.

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This summer, thousands of lottery winners around the world filed a class action lawsuit against the administration of US President Joe Biden. They fear losing their perhaps only chance to build life in a new country due to the failure of the United States to process their visa applications with a limited duration.

Recently, the District Court for the District of Columbia considered the lawsuit and ordered the US Department of State to reserve about 10 thousand visas for the 2020 lottery winners... But, according to lawyer Charles Cook, who represents the interests of the plaintiffs, much still remains unclear.

“The court gave the government a year to issue these visas,” explains Cook. “But the government has 60 days from the date of the court’s decision, that is, until the twenty-ninth of November, you can file an appeal and obtain the suspension or cancellation of the court’s decision to issue visas. We do not know what they are going to do. Almost a month has already passed, and it is still not known how visas will be distributed and which of the plaintiffs will receive them. "

It is also unclear why the court ordered to issue only 10 thousand visas, if there are 141 thousand plaintiffs from 24 countries. At the same time, those who decided not to sue will not be able to receive the coveted green card.

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“For the lottery winners who have not filed a complaint against the government in court, there is no longer any chance of getting a visa. The same goes for the 2019 winners. They didn’t go to court, and there’s nothing to be restored here, ”says Cook.

It was in this situation that Ainura Kadyrova from Uzbekistan found herself. She took part in the lottery in 2019, learned about the victory in 2020 - in the midst of a pandemic, when the consulates were already quarantined.

“My son really wants to go there, and we won the lottery the first time,” says Ainura. - When we won, I thought: well, it’s destined, dreams come true. I didn’t file a lawsuit because there was a pandemic, I thought they hadn’t opened yet, they weren’t working. I hoped that if they opened, they would definitely inform us. "

Evgeny and Maria Pereverzevs, who live in Germany, also did not receive visas after winning a green card in 2020, but they did not despair and decided to try their luck again. And not in vain - their names were again among the winners.

“In May 2021, we filled out a questionnaire after winning. And now we are just waiting, - the spouses explained. - A list of documents should come, which we need to provide further for processing. We are still waiting, but, as far as we know, processing is now proceeding at an accelerated pace. "

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In the entire history of the lottery, such a situation with the issuance of visas has arisen for the first time. According to experts, it can negatively affect the future of the program.

"The visa lottery has always caused a lot of controversy, and in recent years Congress has increasingly raised the issue of ending the program," said Center for Immigration Research Director Jessica Vaughan. - When a situation occurs in which lottery winners begin to fight for the imaginary right to move to live in the United States on a permanent basis, even more questions arise. Shouldn't other, more important categories of immigrants be a priority? I think this situation will be the beginning of a more serious conversation about who should be allowed to immigrate to the United States. "

Before the pandemic, the United States issued up to 55 green cards annually to immigrants from around the world. However, despite the ongoing difficulties with the winners of recent years, in October the US State Department already announced the start of online registration for participation in the DV-2023 lottery.

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