On January 31, the President signed a proclamation which includes Sudan in an expanded set of countries whose nationals are subject to entry restrictions under Presidential Proclamation (P.P.) 9645.  This new Proclamation suspends the issuance of Diversity Immigrant visas to nationals of Sudan, effective February 21. Other immigrant and nonimmigrant visa categories are not affected. …

INSTRUCTIONS FOR THE 2021 DIVERSITY IMMIGRANT VISA PROGRAM (DV-2021) (PDF 348 KB) DV-2021 Program: Online registration for the DV-2021 Program will start at noon, Eastern Daylight Time (EDT) (GMT-4), on Wednesday, October 2, 2019, and will end at noon, Eastern Standard Time (EST) (GMT-5), Tuesday, November 5, 2019.  Do not wait until the last week of the registration period to enter, as heavy demand may …