2016 Diversity Visa Program Registration

Media Note
Office of the Spokesperson
Washington, DC
September 29, 2014

The 2016 Diversity Visa Program (DV-2016) will open at noon, Eastern Daylight Time (EDT) (GMT-4), Wednesday, October 1, 2014, and will close at noon, Eastern Standard Time (EST), Monday, November 3, 2014. Applicants must submit entries electronically during this registration period using the electronic DV entry form (E-DV) at dvlottery.state.gov. Paper entries will not be accepted. All entrants must print and retain their online confirmation page after completing their DV entries so that they will be able to check their entry status. We strongly encourage applicants not to wait until the last week of the registration period to enter. Heavy demand may result in website delays. No entries will be accepted after noon EST on November 3, 2014.


The congressionally mandated Diversity Visa Program is administered on an annual basis by the Department of State and conducted under the terms of Section 203(c) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (INA). Section 131 of the Immigration Act of 1990 (Pub. L. 101-649) amended INA 203 provides for a class of immigrants known as “diversity immigrants.” Sections 201(e) and 203(c) of the INA provide a maximum of 55,000 Diversity Visas each fiscal year to be made available to persons from countries with low rates of immigration to the United States; however, since DV-1999, Congress has set aside 5,000 of this annual allocation to be made available for use under the Nicaraguan and Central American Relief Act (NACARA).

The annual DV program makes visas available to persons meeting the simple, but strict, eligibility requirements. A computer-generated, random drawing chooses selectees for Diversity Visas. The visas are distributed among six geographic regions, with a greater number of visas going to regions with lower rates of immigration, and with no visas going to nationals of countries sending more than 50,000 immigrants to the United States over the period of the past five years. No single country may receive more than seven percent of the available Diversity Visas in any one year.

For DV-2016, natives of the following countries are not eligible to apply because the countries sent more than 50,000 immigrants to the United States in the previous five years: BANGLADESH, BRAZIL, CANADA, CHINA (mainland-born), COLOMBIA, DOMINICAN REPUBLIC, ECUADOR, EL SALVADOR, HAITI, INDIA, JAMAICA, MEXICO, NIGERIA, PAKISTAN, PERU, PHILIPPINES, SOUTH KOREA, UNITED KINGDOM (except Northern Ireland) and its dependent territories, and VIETNAM.

A “native” ordinarily means someone born within a particular country, regardless of the individual's current country of residence or nationality. Persons born in Hong Kong SAR, Macau SAR, and Taiwan are eligible.

The Department of State implemented the electronic registration system beginning with DV-2005 in order to make the DV process more efficient and secure. We utilize special technology and other means to identify those who commit fraud for the purposes of illegal immigration or those who submit multiple entries.

For DV-2016, the Department of State will once again implement an online process to notify entrants of their selection, and to provide information about the immigrant visa application and interview. Beginning May 5, 2015, DV-2016 entrants will be able to use their unique confirmation number provided at registration to check online through Entry Status Check at dvlottery.state.gov to see if their entry was selected. Successful entrants will receive instructions for how to apply for immigrant visas for themselves and their eligible family members.

Confirmation of visa interview appointments will also be made through Entry Status Check.

For detailed information about entry requirements, along with frequently asked questions about the DV program, please see the instructions for the DV-2016 program available at http://travel.state.gov/content/visas/english/immigrate/diversity-visa/instructions.html.

ክበበው ገዳ የሳንድያጎን ህዝብ በሳቅ ጥርሱን ሊያረግፍ ተዘጋጅቷል:: በቦክስ ሳይሆን በቀልድ

ክበበው ገዳ የሳንድያጎን ህዝብ በሳቅ ጥርሱን ሊያረግፍ  ተዘጋጅቷል:: በቦክስ ሳይሆን በቀልድ::
በቅርቡ በኢንተርኔት ላይ የተለቀቀውን የክበበው ገዳን ስራዎች ያዬ ሰው  የክበበው ገዳን በሳልና ጠጠር ያሉ የላቁ ስራዎችን እንዴት አድርገው ከቀልድነት አልፈው አዝናኝና በውስጣቸው ክኒን የያዙ ስራዎች ከያኒ ክበበውን አሉ ከሚባሉ ብርቅዬ የኢትዮጵያ ከያንያን ተርታ አድርጎታል። ይህንን ታላቅ ስራዎን ይዞ ክበበው አድናቂዎችን ከአጥናፍ አጥናፍ እያስደነቀ ነው። በተለይም ደግሞ "አንተ ሳቅ እኔ ልሳቀቅ !" እንዲሁም  "ማይ ጎድ"  የሚሉት አባባሎቹ በንግግር ውስጥ ጣልቃ እየገቡ እለት ከእለት የሚዘወተሩ የቋንቋችን ክፍሎች ሆነዋል። ለዚሁም ነው ክበበው ለመጀመሪያ ጊዜም ሳይሆን ለሁለተኛ ጊዜ ሳንድያጎን ሊጎበኝ ሲመጣ ህዝቡ በሳቅ ጥርሱ እንዳይረግፍ ካሁኑ የሳቅ ልምምድ ላይ ያለው። በክበበው ሳንድይጎን በመጪው  October 11, 2014 ላይ ስራውን ያሳያል::

Breaking News: Report Of Shots Fired Near Ethiopian Embassy In Washington

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Secret Service detained a possible shooter after a report that shots were fired on Monday near the Ethiopian embassy in Washington, a spokesman for the agency said.

The possible shots were reported at about 12:15 p.m. EDT and there have been no injuries reported, spokesman Brian Leary said in an emailed statement.

Washington police, State Department officials and Secret Service agents are on the scene, the spokesman said. Repeated phone calls to the embassy went unanswered.

(Reporting by Ian Simpson; Editing by Jim Loney)

የጃኪ ጎሲን ፊያሜታ ቪዲዮን ዩቱብ ላንቃውን ዘጋው：：

የጃኪ  ጎሲን  ፊያሜታ ቪዲዮ ዩቱብ ላንቃውን  ዘጋው：：
ከ  5,117,220 በላይ ተመልካቾችን ያስመዘገበው  የጃኪ ጎሲ  ፊያሜታ  ቪዲዮ  ዩቱብ ላንቃውን  ዘግቶታል። ምክንያቱም የ መሳሪያው አጃቢ ድምፁ  የሌላ ሰው ነው በሚል የእኔነት ይገባኛል በሚል ክስ ይመስላል። "This video previously contained a copyrighted audio track. Due to a claim by a copyright holder, the audio track has been muted"  አቶ ጎሱ ዩቱብን ይህንን ክስ ለማሸነፍ ማሳዬት ያለበት ብዙ ነገር አለ። ከነዚህም ውስጥ ህጋዊ ሰነድ ማለትም ኮንትራት የተፈራረመበትን ማሳየት ሲሆን በሃገራችን ይህን አይነት ውል መዋዋል ያልተለመደ አሰራር ሰለሆን አቶ ጎሲ ማድረግ ያለበት ምን እንደሆን ባለሙያዎችን (ጠበቃ ) ማነጋገሩ ተገቢ ነው። ሌሎች የኢትዮጵያ አርቲስቶችም በጎሲ ላይ የደረሰውን እንደ ምሳሌ ወስደው ጠንቀቅ ነው። እነሱ ሰው ካለ አግባብ ቀዳብን ብለው ሲጨነቁ የእነሱ ሰራ ውስጥ አግባብ የሌለው ስራ ካለበት ሁሉንም ይዞት ገደል ይገባል። አታድርስ ነው::

Meskel Live Broadcasting

Ethiopia Shared $5 billion counterterrorism Partnerships fund

President Obama meets with the Prime Minister of Ethiopia, Hailermariam Desalegn. Presdent Obama has spent much of the week discussing his counterterrorism plans, including airstrikes in Syria, Somalia and Iraq against the jihadist group known as the Islamic State and Islamic militants of Al-Shabaab in Southern Somalia.

After he finished UN General Assembly speech and before returning to Washington, D.C., President Obama had bilateral meetings with Prime Minister Hailemariam Desalegn of Ethiopia. Topics ranged from the Horn of Africa peace efforts to counter-terrorism and economic development.

President Obama delivered remarks at a bilateral meeting with Prime Minister Hailermariam Desalegn of the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia.

ከረባት የሚለው ቃል ከሄት መጣ?

ከረባት የሚለው ቃል ከሄት መጣ
ያው እንደተለመደው የቃሎችን ስር መሰረት ማጥናት በጣም የሚያስደስት ልምድ ነው እና የዜሬውን ጥናቴን ከርባት ላይ  ጣል አድሪጌዋለሁ። በጥናቴም መሰረት ከረባት አማርኛ ሳይሆን አመጣጡ ከክሮሽያና ከፈረንሳይኛ ቃል ጋር ተዋህዶ ነው።  ታሪኩም እንዲህ ነው። ያንብቡት

There is a long history of neckwear worn by soldiers (Roman), whether as part of a uniform or as a symbol of belonging to a particular group. Some form of neckwear other than the outdoor scarf can be traced intermittently through many centuries.

The modern necktie spread by Europe traces back to the time of the Thirty Years' War (1618–1648) when Croatian mercenaries from the Croatian Military Frontier in French service, wearing their traditional small, knotted neckerchiefs, aroused the interest of the Parisians. Due to the slight difference between the Croatian word for Croats, Hrvati, and the French word, Croates, the garment gained the name "cravat/ከረባት " ("cravate/ከረባት " in French).[2] The boy-king Louis XIV began wearing a lace cravat about 1646, when he was seven, and set the fashion for French nobility. This new article of clothing started a fashion craze in Europe; both men and women wore pieces of fabric around their necks. From its introduction by the French king, men wore lace cravats, or jabots, that took a large amount of time and effort to arrange. These cravats were often tied in place by cravat strings, arranged neatly and tied in a bow.

International Necktie Day is celebrated on October 18 in Croatia and in various cities around the world, e.g. in Dublin, Tübingen, Como, Tokyo, Sydney and other towns.[3][4