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The Visa Lottery

7/3/2015

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The Diversity Immigrant Visa Program (DV Program) is a lottery systems that extends visas to individuals  from countries with low rates of immigration to the United States. 

This radio piece details the story of Abdi, a Somali refugee living in Kenya. Abdi is selected as a recipient for a DV. However, as the narrator explains, he faced myriad struggles before eventually being allowed to settle in Maine. 

Recently, ERICA helped someone in a similar situation come to Baltimore. While his father had been granted asylum,  he was not eligible for asylee family reunification because he was an adult. Luckily, he won a visa through the DV program. ERICA provided his family with a no interest loan to fly him to Baltimore.

To read more about Abdi's story, click here. 



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11/24/2020 04:41:18 pm

Thanks for posting thhis

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