The requirement adds a pre-entry cost and a documentation step for applicants to help tackle fraud, per the State Department.

The US Department of State has opened up on the planned changes for prospective applicants desirous of applying for the programme when it opened.

President Donald Trump is moving ahead to implement changes to the Diversity Immigration Visa Program that he has claimed is ripe with fraud and brings in the “worst of the worst” to the United States ...

(CNN) — The Department of Homeland Security announced its intention to pause a visa program intended to admit certain individuals to the United States, though it’s unclear whether it’s been suspended ...