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US court halts DV lottery

Published : Friday, 30 October, 2026 at 7:47 PM

Observer Online Report

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A US federal appeals court has allowed the Trump administration to suspend the Diversity Visa (DV) lottery programme until an ongoing legal battle is resolved, halting the green card lottery.

A three-judge panel of the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals issued the order on Thursday (October 29), following an emergency request from the government.

The ruling came after a lower court ordered the government to resume the programme. The appeals court said the State Department's failure to open registration was not justified but ruled that the plaintiff, Red Eagle, lacked the legal standing and sufficient grounds to pursue the case.

Red Eagle chief Curtis Morrison told Newsweek that the organisation would take further legal action challenging the State Department's handling of the programme.

The DV lottery, commonly known as the green card lottery, offers up to 55,000 immigrant visas annually to people from countries with historically low rates of immigration to the United States. The programme was established under the Immigration Act of 1990.

-AH

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