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Judge Orders Biden Administration to Reserve 7,395 Slots for DV-2021 Green Card Lottery Winners

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Judge Orders Biden Administration to Reserve 7,395 Slots for DV-2021 Green Card Lottery Winners

US District Court Judge Amit Mehta has issued an order reserving a total of 7,395 diversity visas that were set to expire on Thursday, the last day of the US government’s 2021 fiscal year.

In the last-minute order issued on Thursday, judge Amit reserved 6,914 diversity visas for 22,203 plaintiffs in Goodluck v Biden and consolidated lawsuits.

He also reserved 481 diversity visas for DV-2021 plaintiffs in a lawsuit known as Goh, which is not consolidated with Goodluck vs Biden.

The order provides a huge reprieve to thousands of FY-2021 Diversity Visa Lottery winners whose immigration paths would have been extinguished by the Biden administration’s inaction. 23,853 applicants who are yet to be issued DV-2021 visas can now keep their hopes alive as they chase down the 7,395 visas reserved by Judge Amit.

Earlier this week, US District Court Judge Tanya S. Chutkan ordered the State Department to reserve 966 DV-2021 visas beyond Thursday’s midnight deadline. 

If the Biden administration does not successfully appeal the orders by the two judges, 8,361 DV-2021 visas could be issued.

The Goodluck lawsuit named President Joseph Biden, U.S. Secretary of State Anthony Blinken, Acting Deputy Assistant Secretary for Visa Services US Department of State Julie Stufft, and Acting Director of the Kentucky Consular Center Morgan Miles as the respondents.

Plaintiffs in the case challenged the Department of State’s continued policies, procedures, and practices which suspended the processing of their immigrant visa applications. 

Attorneys for DV-2021 selected plaintiffs have since served the Biden administration with a Litigation Hold to prevent the end of fiscal year destruction of records, files, and documents pertaining to pending DV-2021 immigrant visa applications.

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    • Hello. Please keep up the…
      Hello. Please keep up the excellent reporting. This is a relevant issue for approximately 443,000 Kenyans who entered the annual US Diversity Visa (Green Card) Lottery). It is certainly a matter of interest for nearly 4000 Kenyans who won the Green Card lotteries for DV-2020 and DV-2021.

      The U.S. Government wrote the annual Diversity Lottery into law. That means that it will hold the lottery and issue a maximum of 55,000 diversity visas annually, to Green Cards Lottery winners from various, mostly, nations. The U.S. administration failed to keep that promise and the lottery winners who received notices that they won the 2021 Green Card Lottery have not been interviewed by U.S> Embassies around the world. The lawsuit referred to in this article, was filed in U.S. Federal Court, to force the administration to follow the existing law and processes Green Cards (U.S> Permanent Resident Visas) for ALL lottery winners.

      Congratulations to all the Kenyan Green Card Lottery winners awaiting processing; 1,800 for DV-2020 and 2777 for DV-2021!

  1. We want to from Biden…
    We want to from Biden Administration to focus on the Plaintiffs Applicants of Goodluck lawsuit and give them the visas.

  2. An unjust sentence, shouldn…
    An unjust sentence, shouldn’t the judge have defended the rights of more than 50,000 lottery winners with a comprehensive and action-class sentence? Shouldn’t he be defending those who have not received a complaint and have been left out of the interview over the past year? This is the justice of the American legal system !?

    • Trump Effect will be felt…
      Trump Effect will be felt for generations.
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  3. An unjust sentence, shouldn…
    An unjust sentence, shouldn’t the judge have defended the rights of more than 50,000 lottery winners with a comprehensive and action-class sentence? Shouldn’t he be defending those who have not received a complaint and have been left out of the interview over the past year? This is the justice of the American legal system !?

  4. I want you explain the…
    I want you explain the verious figures to me:
    1. Judge Mehta reserved 6,9
    14 DV 2021 visa for Goodluck plaintiff
    2. 481 for GOH plaintiff
    3.7395 for DV 2021 winners. Are all these figures added to sum up to 14,780 reserved visa for DV 2021 selectees?

    • The writer of this article…
      The writer of this article is not clear enough. Judge Amit Metta reserved 6914 visas in Biden vs Goodluck suit. He also reserved 481 visas in Goh plaintiff. These two added together gives you 7395 total number of visas reserved, not 14,780.

  5. I sincerely trusted the…
    I sincerely trusted the representatives of the US Embassy in Uzbekistan and the US Federation and members of the judiciary. I was looking forward to them making a wise decision and inviting me for an interview and my job number was 1700, but unfortunately the opportunities I had disappeared on their own. And the decisions made aren’t wise I really wanted to live in America.

  6. I hope that even with a…
    I hope that even with a large case number I will not be penalized because for everyone it is a dream to live in America as a righteous and honest citizen. And I believe that there will be justice and support to achieve this dream that comes once in a lifetime, even though with case number +35000 I will not be penalized and others who are before me or behind me. We thank Mr. Morrison and your group and especially the Albanian Florian Gjunkshi from Albania for these reservations. Ishalla with God’s help to get to America Thank you

  7. Hello dear sir/madam
    I am…

    Hello dear sir/madam

    I am writing to you concerning the case number: 2021EU5277, name:Maia Papuashvili, date of birth: 02.07.1975.

    Since all the required documentation was submitted, I still have not heard from you considering any kind of confirmation on delivery (KCC confirmation) or about the scheculed interview.
    Is it possible to provide me with the relevant information about my case?

    Thank you in advance,

    Best wishes,

  8. Hello dear sir/madam
    I am…

    Hello dear sir/madam

    I am writing to you concerning the case number: 2021EU5277, name:Maia Papuashvili, date of birth: 02.07.1975.

    Since all the required documentation was submitted, I still have not heard from you considering any kind of confirmation on delivery (KCC confirmation) or about the scheculed interview.
    Is it possible to provide me with the relevant information about my case?

    Thank you in advance,

    Best wishes,

  9. We trust this administration…
    We trust this administration and Judge to be considerate with all not only plaintiffs. Many of us didn’t have the financial commitment to be on a lawsuit.

    Please save our dream.

  10. I am a dv 2021 winner do we…
    I am a dv 2021 winner do we still have any chance of getting our visa

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