BRAMA, Jun 26, 2003, 9:00 am ET
Press Release
Diversity Visa Lottery 2004 (DV-2004) Results
TOP FIFTEEN COUNTRIES |
1. Nigeria |
7,145 |
2. Ghana |
7,040 |
3. Ethiopia |
6,353 |
4. Kenya |
5,721 |
5. Poland |
5,467 |
6. Bangladesh |
5,126 |
7. Morocco |
5,069 |
8. Ukraine |
4,494 |
9. Nepal |
4,259 |
10. Egypt |
4,189 |
11. Bulgaria |
3,482 |
12. Albania |
3,071 |
13. Togo |
2,819 |
14. Russia |
2,600 |
15. Turkey |
2,343 |
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COMPLETE LIST OF WINNERS BY COUNTRY |
Africa |
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Algeria |
1,285 |
Eritrea |
373 |
Namibia |
10 |
Angola |
17 |
Ethiopia |
6,353 |
Niger |
35 |
Benin |
209 |
Gabon |
14 |
Nigeria |
7,145 |
Botswana |
8 |
Gambia, The |
65 |
Rwanda |
87 |
Burkina Faso |
34 |
Ghana |
7,040 |
Sao Tome And Principe |
0 |
Burundi |
27 |
Guinea |
22 |
Senegal |
269 |
Cameroon |
1,531 |
Guinea-Bissau |
6 |
Seychelles |
1 |
Cape Verde |
4 |
Kenya |
5,721 |
Sierra Leone |
2,149 |
Central African Rep. |
10 |
Lesotho |
0 |
Somalia |
566 |
Chad |
41 |
Liberia |
1,570 |
South Africa |
413 |
Comoros |
0 |
Libya |
24 |
Sudan |
1,183 |
Congo |
31 |
Congo, Democratic Republic Of The |
455 |
Madagascar |
27 |
Swaziland |
2 |
Malawi |
32 |
Tanzania |
329 |
Mali |
51 |
Togo |
2,819 |
Cote D’Ivoire |
268 |
Mauritania |
25 |
Tunisia |
115 |
Djibouti |
24 |
Mauritius |
44 |
Uganda |
351 |
Egypt |
4,189 |
Morocco |
5,069 |
Zambia |
124 |
Equatorial Guinea |
1 |
Mozambique |
5 |
Zimbabwe |
168 |
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Asia |
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Afghanistan |
46 |
Iraq |
174 |
Mongolia |
65 |
Bahrain |
15 |
Israel |
465 |
Nepal |
4,259 |
Bangladesh |
5,126 |
Japan |
1,291 |
Oman |
3 |
Bhutan |
9 |
Jordan |
125 |
Qatar |
8 |
Brunei |
7 |
North Korea |
4 |
Saudi Arabia |
54 |
Burma |
906 |
Kuwait |
45 |
Singapore |
137 |
Cambodia |
237 |
Laos |
10 |
Sri Lanka |
1,418 |
Hong Kong Special Admin. Region |
293 |
Lebanon |
105 |
Syria |
64 |
Malaysia |
222 |
Taiwan |
1,833 |
Indonesia |
844 |
Maldives |
0 |
Thailand |
297 |
Iran |
1,431 |
Yemen |
106 |
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Europe |
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Albania |
3,071 |
Germany |
1,227 |
Northern Ireland |
51 |
Andorra |
1 |
Greece |
66 |
Norway |
19 |
Armenia |
836 |
Hungary |
139 |
Poland |
5,467 |
Austria |
64 |
Iceland |
17 |
Portugal |
46 |
Azerbaijan |
338 |
Ireland |
305 |
Macau |
0 |
Belarus |
966 |
Italy |
165 |
Romania |
1,845 |
Belgium |
46 |
Kazakhstan |
451 |
Russia |
2,600 |
Bosnia & Herzegovina |
128 |
Kyrgyzstan |
206 |
San Marino |
0 |
Bulgaria |
3,482 |
Latvia |
172 |
Serbia & Montenegro |
448 |
Croatia |
73 |
Liechtenstein |
1 |
Slovakia |
392 |
Cyprus |
11 |
Lithuania |
2,059 |
Slovenia |
8 |
Czech Republic |
172 |
Luxembourg |
4 |
Spain |
62 |
Denmark |
39 |
Sweden |
82 |
Estonia |
71 |
Macedonia, Former Yugoslav Rep. Of |
166 |
Switzerland |
183 |
Finland |
44 |
Malta |
10 |
Tajikistan |
105 |
France |
313 |
Moldova |
574 |
Turkey |
2,343 |
French Guiana |
1 |
Monaco |
1 |
Turkmenistan |
95 |
French Polynesia |
3 |
Netherlands |
94 |
Ukraine |
4,494 |
Guadeloupe |
5 |
Netherlands Antilles |
6 |
Uzbekistan |
1,819 |
Reunion |
2 |
Aruba |
1 |
Vatican City |
0 |
Georgia |
479 |
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North America |
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Bahamas, The |
12 |
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Oceania |
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Australia |
362 |
Nauru |
0 |
Solomon Islands |
2 |
Fiji |
738 |
New Zealand |
155 |
Tonga |
43 |
Kiribati |
0 |
Cook Islands |
0 |
Tuvalu |
0 |
Marshall Islands |
0 |
Palau |
0 |
Vanuatu |
1 |
Micronesia, Federated States Of |
0 |
Papua New Guinea |
3 |
Samoa |
8 |
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South America, Central America, And The Caribbean |
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Antigua And Barbuda |
6 |
Dominica |
12 |
Peru |
1,298 |
Argentina |
194 |
Ecuador |
746 |
Saint Kitts And Nevis |
2 |
Barbados |
3 |
Grenada |
6 |
Saint Lucia |
5 |
Belize |
4 |
Guatemala |
26 |
Saint Vincent And The Grenadines |
5 |
Bolivia |
62 |
Guyana |
22 |
Brazil |
287 |
Honduras |
25 |
Suriname |
1 |
Chile |
23 |
Nicaragua |
27 |
Trinidad And Tobago |
71 |
Costa Rica |
12 |
Panama |
13 |
Uruguay |
41 |
Cuba |
674 |
Paraguay |
31 |
Venezuela |
194 |
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TOTAL WINNERS |
110,922 |
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The Kentucky Consular Center in Williamsburg, Kentucky, has registered and
notified the winners of the DV-2004 diversity lottery. The diversity lottery
was conducted under the terms of section 203(c) of the Immigration and
Nationality Act and makes available *50,000 permanent resident visas
annually
to persons from countries with low rates of immigration to the United
States.
Approximately 111,000 applicants have been registered and notified and
may now
make an application for an immigrant visa. Since it is likely that some
of the
first *50,000 persons registered will not pursue their cases to visa
issuance,
this larger figure should insure that all DV-2004 numbers will be used
during
fiscal year 2004 (October 1, 2003 until September 30, 2004).
Applicants registered for the DV-2004 program were selected at random
from the
approximately 7.3 million qualified entries received during the one-month
application period that ran from Noon on October 7, 2002 through Noon on
November 6, 2002. An additional 2.9 million applications were either
received
outside of the mail-in period or were disqualified for failing to properly
follow directions. The visas have been apportioned among six geographic
regions, with a maximum of seven percent available to persons born in any
single country. During the visa interview, principal applicants must provide
proof of a high school education or its equivalent or show two years of work
experience in an occupation that requires at least two years of training or
experience within the past five years. Those selected will need to act on
their
immigrant visa applications quickly. Applicants should follow the
instructions
in their notification letter and must fully complete the information
requested.
Registrants living legally in the United States who wish to apply for
adjustment of their status must contact the Bureau of Citizenship and
Immigration Services for information on the requirements and procedures.
Once
the total *50,000 visa numbers have been used, the program for fiscal
year 2004
will end. Selected applicants who do not receive visas by September 30,
2004,
will derive no further benefit from their DV-2004 registration. Similarly,
spouses and children accompanying or following to join DV-2004 principal
applicants are only entitled to derivative diversity visa status until
September 30, 2004.
Only participants in the DV-2004 program who were selected for further
processing have been notified. Those who have not received notification were
not selected. They may try for the upcoming DV-2005 lottery if they wish.
The
dates for the mail-in period for the DV-2005 lottery program will be widely
publicized during August 2003.
* The Nicaraguan and Central American Relief Act (NCARA) passed by
Congress in
November 1997 stipulated that up to 5,000 of the 55,000 annually-allocated
diversity visas be made available for use under the NCARA program. The
reduction of the limit of available visas to 50,000 began with DV-2000.
Natives of the following countries were not eligible to participate in
DV-2004:
Canada, China (mainland-born, excluding Hong Kong S.A.R., and Taiwan),
Colombia, Dominican Republic, El Salvador, Haiti, India, Jamaica, Mexico,
Pakistan, the Philippines, South Korea, United Kingdom (except Northern
Ireland) and its dependent territories, and Vietnam
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