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US Court of Appeals stays ruling on resuming the DV-2027 green card lottery

On October 29, the US Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, at the request of the Trump administration, temporarily stayed a federal court ruling in California that had ordered the State Department to open registration for the DV-2027 green card lottery no later than November 1. The application deadline is once again unknown.

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California Court Ordered the US State Department to Resume the Green Card Lottery

A federal court of the Southern District of California ordered the resumption of registration in the Diversity Visa program for fiscal year 2027. Under the court ruling, Secretary of State Marco Rubio must open registration on October 18 by midnight Eastern Time, with an application period of 30 days. The lottery was suspended in December 2025 after the shooting at Brown University.

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