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How To Register For U.S Diversity Visa Lottery 2024 (DV 2024)

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4 years ago

October 2, 2022

Bismark Botchwey

Registration Dates, Eligibility and How To Register For U.S Diversity Visa Lottery 2022 (DV 2024)

Registration for U.S Diversity Visa Lottery opens on Wednesday, 5th October to November 8, 2022.

The 2024 United States Diversity Visa Lottery (DV 2024) registration period is from October 5 to November 8, 2022. Through the entry submission period, the Kentucky Consular Center will receive entries through the official DV Lottery website ONLY.

The official website for the DV 2024 registration is dvlottery.state.gov.

The Diversity Visa Lottery 2024 will grant 55,000 people green cards or permanent US residency to live in the United States after being randomly selected in a computerized draw.

DV 2024

DV 2024 Eligibility

Persons registering for the DV 2024 must meet two major requirements to be eligible to participate in the program.

1. Country of citizenship

You are eligible to participate in DV 2024 if you are not a national of one of these countries:

Bangladesh
Brazil
Canada
China (including Hong Kong SAR) – Macau SAR and Taiwan are eligible
Colombia
Dominican Republic
El Salvador
Haiti
Honduras
India
Jamaica
Mexico
Nigeria
Pakistan
Philippines
Republic of Korea (South Korea)
United Kingdom (except Northern Ireland) and its dependent territories
Venezuela, and
Vietnam

Natives of the above countries are not eligible to apply because more than 50,000 natives of these countries have immigrated to the United States in the past five years. If you are from one of the ineligible countries but married to someone from an eligible country, you qualify to register under your spouse as a family member.

2. Education/Work Experience requirement

Participants of DV 2024 must meet either educational or work experience requirements. It’s okay to meet both requirements but you are expected to meet at least one of them.

Education: Applicants must have completed high school education or its equivalent with a pass in English and Mathematics.

Work Experience: Applicants must have two years of work experience within the past five years in an occupation that requires at least two years of training or experience to perform.

How to register for DV 2024

Participants for DV 2024 can submit an entry by filling out the Diversity Visa Entry Form (DS-5501) on the registration website https://dvprogram.state.gov/.

Follow the onscreen instructions to complete the forms with your personal details, passport details, and family information (if any), and submit your digital photograph.

If you are married and/or have children at the time of submitting the entry form, include the names of your spouse and/or children in your entry. You won’t be able to include your children who were born at the time of submitting the entry at a later date.

Print the confirmation that appears after submitting the entry and keep it until September 2024.

DV 2023 Update

The KCC has started processing applications for winners of DV 2023. At the time of writing, winners in Africa with case numbers up to 5700 were current and scheduled for an interview.

DV 2022

Processing for DV 2022 officially ends on September 30, 2022. If you have not been able to obtain a visa for yourself and your family members, you cannot do so after September 30, 2022.

DV 2020 and DV 2021

Winners of DV 2020 and 2021 were affected by the outbreak of COVID-19 and as such could not process their applications. The two batches are still in court battling with the US government to have their applications processed.

Source: http://Jetsanza.com

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CSA Fines EY Ghana GH¢360,000 for Unlicensed Cybersecurity Services

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15 hours ago

August 25, 2026

Bismark Botchwey

The Cyber Security Authority (CSA) has imposed an administrative penalty of GH¢360,000 on Ernst & Young (EY) Ghana for providing regulated cybersecurity services without a valid Cybersecurity Service Provider (CSP) license.

According to a CSA statement dated August 18, 2026, EY Ghana continued to provide cybersecurity services, including services to owners of Critical Information Infrastructure (CII), despite directives from the Authority to comply with Ghana’s cybersecurity licensing requirements.

The CSA said it directed EY Ghana on March 20, 2026, to apply for a CSP licence within 15 days. However, the Authority determined that the company failed to comply with three separate regulatory directives.

The breaches were deemed violations of Sections 49 and 92 of the Cybersecurity Act, 2020 (Act 1038). The CSA subsequently imposed 10,000 penalty units, equivalent to GH¢120,000, for each of the three instances of non-compliance, bringing the total penalty to GH¢360,000.

EY Ghana has been ordered to pay the penalty within 14 calendar days of the final enforcement directive. The CSA has also issued an immediate cease-and-desist order, requiring the company to stop providing regulated cybersecurity services, including Governance, Risk and Compliance (GRC) services, until it obtains the required licence.

The Authority further clarified that merely submitting a licence application does not permit an organisation to operate as a CSP. Providers must obtain the licence before offering regulated cybersecurity services.

CSA issues warning

The CSA used the enforcement action to warn organisations and professionals providing cybersecurity services without the required licence.

It stressed that no organisation is exempt from Ghana’s cybersecurity laws because of its size, reputation, expertise or clientele. This is particularly important for service providers working with Critical Information Infrastructure, whose protection is considered essential to Ghana’s national security, economy and delivery of vital services.

The Authority has directed all unlicensed cybersecurity service providers to immediately cease regulated activities and regularise their operations. It also warned that further violations could attract administrative sanctions, court proceedings and, where legally permitted, publication of the names of unlicensed providers.

The CSA has urged organisations, particularly owners of Critical Information Infrastructure, to engage only licensed cybersecurity service providers.

The enforcement action reinforces the CSA’s position that cybersecurity licensing is a legal requirement, rather than merely an administrative formality.