What is a diversity visa?

Are you talking about 1 1.23 American diversity visa program?

According to the US "Wall Street Journal" report, the figures released by the State Council 2 1 show that150,000 people around the world applied for the US "diversity visa program", that is, the green card lottery, an increase of nearly 25% over last year and a record high.

Drawing a green card is a shortcut to immigrate to the United States. Every year, 50,000 people can become legal permanent residents of the United States through this visa. Now, some members of Congress want to cancel the green card lottery plan established by Congress 20 years ago.

Green card lottery attracts many people to fill out electronic application forms online every year. During the one-month application period, 62,000 last-minute applicants registered every hour. The deadline for registration this year is 1 1.3.

All kinds of immigrants are attracted to the United States, including taxi drivers, professional athletes, online entrepreneurs and soldiers.

Grace, a 29-year-old Israeli who runs an Internet company in San Francisco, said, "Without the green card lottery, I wouldn't start a company in the United States and create value for the United States."

However, critics believe that the green card lottery has aroused security concerns, attracted some uneducated immigrants, and enabled some people without connections in the United States to enter the country faster than those sponsored by relatives and employers.

* * * and the party's congressman Guterres proposed legislation to abolish the green card lottery. He said: "More and more people are surprised that we continue to implement this policy after hearing about the green card lottery." He said that with the victory of the CPC in the mid-term elections and the high unemployment rate in China, "now is the best time to abolish the green card lottery".

1990 established the green card lottery to enhance the diversity of immigrants. Now, except Mexico, China, Indian and Philippine countries with large immigrant populations, the green card lottery is almost open to immigrants from all over the world. Applicants do not need any special skills, as long as they have a high school diploma.

The number of applicants for green card lottery has increased year by year, and this year's number has exceeded 2.5 times that of 5.5 million five years ago. Immigration scholars believe that the rapid increase in the number of applicants may be due to the increasingly extensive global network connection, and more and more people know the information of lottery immigrants, and they can apply without paying any fees.