2018 Diversity Immigrant Visa Lottery to Open in October
The U.S. Department of State has released instructions for its annual Diversity Immigrant Visa Lottery Program. Applications for the Fiscal Year 2018 Diversity Lottery will be accepted electronically from Tuesday, October 4, 2016 at 12:00pm EST to Monday, November 7, 2016 at 12:00pm EST. Applicants will learn the results of the lottery in 2017. Every year, approximately 50,000 immigrant visas are available to applicants from countries with low immigration rates. The State Dep
Feds Release Guidelines on Safety of Self-Driving Cars
The futuristic self-driving car we’ve all seen in the movies is quickly becoming a reality. Google will be testing its self-driving prototype this year. Mercedes, Tesla and BMW have released or will soon release autopilot features to allow a car to drive itself. More recently, Uber announced plans for a driverless fleet and, in some markets, the vehicles are already on the road. Given this growing industry, the U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) has released its long-awa
Happy Constitution Day! U.S. Citizenship Through Naturalization
It’s Constitution Day and Citizenship Day in the United States. On this day in 1787, the Founding Fathers signed the U.S. Constitution and recognized those Americans who became citizens. It is in that spirit that we wanted to discuss citizenship and naturalization laws in today’s blog post. U.S. citizenship status has many benefits and privileges. Among others, citizens gain the right to vote, the right to a U.S. passport so that they may travel in and out of the country free
