Each year, the supervision makes 55,000 permanent resident cards available to people from underrepresented orders like Uzbekistan and Ethiopia. To apply, these folks must obtain the equivalent of at least a high school education or two years of work skill during the past five at a job that required at least two years of training.
Sweepstake winners randomly chosen by a State Department computer program obligated to submit documents and be interviewed at the U.S. embassy in their home country. Fewer than 1 percent of applicants are hand-picked and undergo background checks, according to The Washington Post. They can be established a permanent residency visa if they clear the background check.
Identically half of the visa recipients came from Africa in 2016, contract to NPR. The top individual countries included Nepal, Egypt and Iran. While a set amount of luck gets applicants in the door, application speed and adherence to program prevails and regulations are key factors in the application process.
Still, Trump has said vacillating the lottery is one of his conditions for a bill to protect DACA recipients.
To that end, recommended reform from Republican Sens. Tom Cotton, R-Ark., and David Perdue, R-Ga., inspire a request ofed the Reforming American Immigration for Strong Employment Act, would use a point-based technique similar to ones in the United Kingdom and Australia and would base appointment on education level, job offers and ability to speak English. The plan would drastically slim down the number of immigrants and be similar to restrictions from the early 20th century.
And it would kill the diversity visa lottery program, which means if someone is unqualified to qualify for a family, refugee or employment visa, they would drink no other option to enter the U.S.