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Coronavirus: Immigration to US to be suspended amid pandemic, Trump says

  • President Donald Trump has said he will sign an executive order to temporarily suspend all immigration to the US because of the coronavirus.
    On Twitter, he cited "the attack from the invisible enemy", as he calls the virus, and the need to protect the jobs of Americans, but did not give details.
    It was not clear what programmes might be affected and whether the president would be able to carry out the order.
In regards to the above and incase the orders are passed and executed,who will be affected?guys applying for immigrant visas or both?and will this affect the remaining selectees of DV 2020/2021?
 
bubblysnowflake said:
Coronavirus: Immigration to US to be suspended amid pandemic, Trump says

  • President Donald Trump has said he will sign an executive order to temporarily suspend all immigration to the US because of the coronavirus.
    On Twitter, he cited "the attack from the invisible enemy", as he calls the virus, and the need to protect the jobs of Americans, but did not give details.
    It was not clear what programmes might be affected and whether the president would be able to carry out the order.
In regards to the above and incase the orders are passed and executed,who will be affected?guys applying for immigrant visas or both?and will this affect the remaining selectees of DV 2020/2021?
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I want to say ALL aspects of immigration would be affected. But we have to wait and see until it is passed to see the criteria.
 
Teewy said:
Nobody knows until the Executive Order is released. But if I had to guess, I'd say it's very likely that all forms of immigrant visas including DV and some work visas will be put on hold. Not sure how this year's H1b recipients will be handled though. I'm devastated by the news too. But as a person who hasn't even won, there's no point freaking out about this.
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oh yea sure, just hoping that they wont cancel the whole lottery thing.
Good thing that its temporary
 
The Department of State is postponing the opening of the Entrant Status Check for the DV-2021 applicants from May 5 to June 6, 2020. The Department’s resources are currently being used in our role in responding to the COVID-19 pandemic and are prioritized for the assistance to U.S. citizens overseas. The delayed opening will not negatively impact our ability to pre-process and schedule DV-2021 interviews, which are scheduled to begin on October 1, 2020. The Department takes seriously our role in administering the Diversity Visa Program in accordance with all laws and regulations.

https://travel.state.gov/content/tr...dv2021-entrant-status-check-announcement.html
 
Teewy said:
How about everyone just chill out and not think about this until things calm down a little?
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I don't see anyone being "un-chilled" and in these times with the world on its head, some people need things to hope and wish for - let them have that :cool:
 
Another month of waiting will fly by fast hopefully. I do well to put it out of mind between applying and finding out the results, but I always get antsy at around this time of year. I haven’t caught COVID-19, haven’t won the lottery, so my fingers are crossed that this will be our year. Lol, good luck everyone who is waiting, see you all here in another month.
 
One more day to go. Good luck to all of us. It may be my last year to be eligible in participating the diversity visa because the US-HK Policy Act may change soon.
 
Hey guys!

My EB3 didn’t work out so here I am again. Playing for the 9th time in a row! Good luck.
 
Is everyone checking ASAP? Draw time will be around 2am locally, so I think I’ll wait till a bit later on Sunday morning!
 
Good Luck to all. Just remember the first few days are very difficult to check on. Last year it took 4 days for me to be able to check as it crashed every time. Patience is key, the results won't change from if you check at 2am Sunday or 3pm Friday. It is what it is. Good Luck, especially to the veteran players. My fingers are crossed that this is your year.
 
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