{"id":2212,"date":"2019-06-22T01:14:31","date_gmt":"2019-06-22T01:14:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/britsimonsays.com\/?p=2212"},"modified":"2019-06-22T01:14:40","modified_gmt":"2019-06-22T01:14:40","slug":"big-changes-coming-to-the-dv-lottery","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/britsimonsays.com\/big-changes-coming-to-the-dv-lottery\/","title":{"rendered":"Big Changes coming to the DV Lottery"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>There are big changes being proposed to the Green Card lottery. The changes will probably be implemented in time for the DV2021 entry period this October. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It DOES NOT affect DV2019 or DV2020 in ANY way.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>You can watch the video below for a full explanation of the changes:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed-youtube wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<div class=\"epyt-video-wrapper\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\"  id=\"_ytid_13024\"  width=\"676\" height=\"380\"  data-origwidth=\"676\" data-origheight=\"380\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/8icUoo0Ke_Y?enablejsapi=1&#038;autoplay=0&#038;cc_load_policy=0&#038;cc_lang_pref=&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;loop=0&#038;modestbranding=0&#038;rel=0&#038;fs=1&#038;playsinline=0&#038;autohide=2&#038;theme=dark&#038;color=red&#038;controls=1&#038;\" class=\"__youtube_prefs__  epyt-is-override  no-lazyload\" title=\"YouTube player\"  allow=\"fullscreen; accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen data-no-lazy=\"1\" data-skipgform_ajax_framebjll=\"\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>I would really like to hear from people whether they think this is a good or bad thing &#8211; leave me a comment below, or on the YouTube page. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The official site about the law change is <a href=\"https:\/\/federalregister.gov\/documents\/2019\/06\/05\/2019-11762\/visas-diversity-immigrants\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>There are big changes being proposed to the Green Card lottery. The changes will probably be implemented in time for the DV2021 entry period this October. It DOES NOT affect DV2019 or DV2020 in ANY way. You can watch the&#8230; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/britsimonsays.com\/big-changes-coming-to-the-dv-lottery\/\">Continue Reading &rarr;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v22.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Big Changes coming to the DV Lottery - BritSimonSays.com<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"DV lottery information, Enter and win Green Card lottery, DV2015, DV2016\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/britsimonsays.com\/big-changes-coming-to-the-dv-lottery\/\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"BritSimon\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/britsimonsays.com\/big-changes-coming-to-the-dv-lottery\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/britsimonsays.com\/big-changes-coming-to-the-dv-lottery\/\",\"name\":\"Big Changes coming to the DV Lottery - 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