Below is post from another forum regarding the whole debate about lottery cancellation and reduction of visa etc and whether DV 2007 will be cancelled etc.
Please if you dont like the post or are sick of hearing about cancellation etc please ignore this post, no need to take it out on the forum board. Just for those who might be itnerested.
Thank you
From Eskimo Board:
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If you read the excerpt from the instructions below, does someone have the actual date the NACARA Act was to be implemented/to take effect on as Passed by the Congress?? The reason being, It says "The actual reduction of the limit to 50,000 began with DV-2000 " I was also contemplating DV Lotterys future and this line struck me!!
If the effective date was say somewhere in the Fiscal year for DV99 then this shows that State Dept does have some power/discretion to implement the law by their dates. DV 99 Reg was held in Oct/Nov. The enactment was passed during the registration period for DV99 in 1997 and for DV2007 we are getting NL's and the law is yet to be passed!!
And if this is the Case then this is a very good indication that KCC/Dept of State may very well reduce VISAS from DV-2008 or Cancell lottery (if thats what was passed by Congress) from DV-2008
These are just assumptions, i didnt find the enactment dates for that NACARA Act as passed by Congress. If someone can compare enactment dates then that would be good cause i maybe wrong.But if these were to be true then at least DV2007 Winners get some more glimmer of hope.
From the Diversity Lottery Instructions:
By law, the U.S. diversity immigration program makes available a maximum of 55,000 permanent residence visas each year to eligible persons. However, the Nicaraguan Adjustment and Central American Relief Act (NACARA) passed by Congress in November 1997 stipulates that beginning as early as DV-99, and for as long as necessary, 5,000 of the 55,000 annually-allocated diversity visas will be made available for use under the NACARA program. The actual reduction of the limit to 50,000 began with DV-2000 and remains in effect for the DV-2007 program.
Please if you dont like the post or are sick of hearing about cancellation etc please ignore this post, no need to take it out on the forum board. Just for those who might be itnerested.
Thank you
From Eskimo Board:
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If you read the excerpt from the instructions below, does someone have the actual date the NACARA Act was to be implemented/to take effect on as Passed by the Congress?? The reason being, It says "The actual reduction of the limit to 50,000 began with DV-2000 " I was also contemplating DV Lotterys future and this line struck me!!
If the effective date was say somewhere in the Fiscal year for DV99 then this shows that State Dept does have some power/discretion to implement the law by their dates. DV 99 Reg was held in Oct/Nov. The enactment was passed during the registration period for DV99 in 1997 and for DV2007 we are getting NL's and the law is yet to be passed!!
And if this is the Case then this is a very good indication that KCC/Dept of State may very well reduce VISAS from DV-2008 or Cancell lottery (if thats what was passed by Congress) from DV-2008
These are just assumptions, i didnt find the enactment dates for that NACARA Act as passed by Congress. If someone can compare enactment dates then that would be good cause i maybe wrong.But if these were to be true then at least DV2007 Winners get some more glimmer of hope.
From the Diversity Lottery Instructions:
By law, the U.S. diversity immigration program makes available a maximum of 55,000 permanent residence visas each year to eligible persons. However, the Nicaraguan Adjustment and Central American Relief Act (NACARA) passed by Congress in November 1997 stipulates that beginning as early as DV-99, and for as long as necessary, 5,000 of the 55,000 annually-allocated diversity visas will be made available for use under the NACARA program. The actual reduction of the limit to 50,000 began with DV-2000 and remains in effect for the DV-2007 program.