A note from Brama The figures you see in the right-hand column were released by the U.S. Department of State in May 1999. We would like to emphasize certain key numbers for our readers in order to help clarify the selection process that takes place during and after the lottery drawing. ~2,600,000 total applications received ~2,500,000 of those were disqualified (mostly for inconsistent or inaccurate applications) 113,422 were notified to be interviewed ~60,000 of those were rejected/eliminated during the interview period ~50-55,000 only were accepted and processed for year 2000 Green Cards ~3,500 of the above 50,000 were allocated to Ukrainians* * 8,035 Ukrainian applicants were notified (out of the 113,422 total notifications), but only about 44%, or approximately 3,500, were expected to be accepted for the green card after the interview process was completed. The exact number of successful applicants is not known at this time. Of all countries included in that drawing, only Bangladesh (9,175), Nigeria (8,550), and Ghana (8,662) exceeded Ukraine in the number notifications that were processed. The next largest number after Ukraine were 6,481 notifications issued to Russia, and 6,401 to Albania. See the U.S. State Department press release below which was issued in May, 1999 for further information.   DV-2001 Green Card Lottery Bulletin Board for your Questions DV-2001 Press Release (Eng) Instructions (English) Instructions (JPG - English) DV-2001 Application Example Transliteration table (Ukr/eng) ДОШКА ДЛЯ ЗАПИТАНЬ ЛОТЕРЕЯ ҐРІНКАРТ інструкції (Укр/Ukr) Коментар і пояснення (Укр/Ukr) Взірець заяви (Укр/Ukr) Таблиця транслітерацій (Укр/англ) Instructions (JPG - Russian) DV-2000 Previous Year's Lottery Results US State Department Visa Services   U.S. DEPARTMENT OF STATE Office of the Spokesman For Immediate Release May 24, 1999 STATEMENT BY JAMES P. RUBIN, SPOKESMAN RESULTS OF THE DIVERSITY IMMIGRANT VISA PROGRAM (DV-2000) The National Visa Center at Portsmouth, New Hampshire has registered and notified the winners of the DV-2000 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 110,000 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-2000 numbers will be used during fiscal year 2000 (October 1, 1999 until September 30, 2000). Applicants registered for the DV-2000 program were selected at random from the more than 8 million qualified entries received during the one-month application period which ran from noon on October 1, 1998 through noon on October 31, 1998. Over 2.5 million applications received inside and outside of the mail-in period were disqualified for failing to properly follow directions. The visas have been apportioned among six geographic regions with a maximum of 3,500 visas 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 Immigration and Naturalization Service for information on the requirements and procedures. Once the total *50,000 visa numbers have been used, the program for fiscal year 2000 will end. Selected applicants who do not receive visas by September 30, 2000 will derive no further benefit from their DV-2000 registration. Similarly, spouses and children accompanying or following to join DV-2000 principal applicants are only entitled to derivative DV status until September 30, 2000. Only participants in the DV-2000 program who were selected for further processing have been notified. Those who have not received notification were not selected and may wish to try for next year's DV-2001 lottery. The dates for the mail-in period for the DV-2001 lottery are scheduled from noon on October 4, 1999 until noon on November 3, 1999. Instructions on entering the DV-2001 program will be widely publicized beginning on August 2, 1999. *The Nicaraguan and Central American Relief Act (NCARA) passed by Congress in November 1997 stipulated that beginning with DV-99, and for as long as necessary, 5,000 of the 55,000 annually-allocated diversity visas were made available for use under the NCARA program. The following is the statistical breakdown by foreign state chargeability of those registered for the DV-2000 program:

Results by Region/Country (Year 2000 Lottery) Africa   Algeria 1,499 Angola 12 Benin 89 Botswana 8 Burkina Faso 31 Burundi 13 Cameroon 860 Cape Verde 3 Central African Rep. 18 Chad 29 Comoros 2 Congo 51 Congo, Democratic Republic of The 386 Cote D'ivoire 333 Djibouti 12 Egypt 3,301 Equatorial Guinea 5 Eritrea 220 Ethiopia 2,284 Gabon 24 Gambia, The 122 Ghana 8,662 Guinea 332 Guinea-Bissau 1 Kenya 1,514 Lesotho 3 Liberia 1,762 Libya 79 Madagascar 20 Malawi 47 Mali 86 Mauritania 47 Mauritius 28 Morocco 3,007 Mozambique 7 Namibia 10 Niger 22 Nigeria 8,550 Rwanda 35 Sao Tome and Principe 0 Senegal 207 Seychelles 3 Sierra Leone 2,617 Somalia 1,678 South Africa 663 Sudan 2,294 Swaziland 2 Tanzania 267 Togo 664 Tunisia 175 Uganda 169 Zambia 72 Zimbabwe 97     Asia   Afghanistan 59 Bahrain 7 Bangladesh 9,175 Bhutan 0 Brunei 0 Burma 553 Cambodia 103 Hong Kong Special Admin. Region 136 Indonesia 758 Iran 489 Iraq 49 Israel 67 Japan 367 Jordan 86 Kuwait 29 Laos 7 Lebanon 47 Malaysia 102 Maldives 0 Mongolia 4 Nepal 128 North Korea 3 Oman 4 Pakistan 3,187 Qatar 6 Saudi Arabia 83 Singapore 33 Sri Lanka 220 Syria 66 Thailand 117 United Arab Emirates 42 Yemen 63     Europe   Albania 6,401 Andorra 0 Armenia 1,214 Aruba 2 Austria 170 Azerbaijan 423 Belarus 896 Belgium 83 Bosnia & Herzegovina 83 Bulgaria 4,381 Croatia 123 Cyprus 37 Czech Republic 215 Denmark 88 Estonia 152 Finland 72 France 602 Georgia 423 Germany 3,417 Greece 107 Guadeloupe 0 Hungary 219 Iceland 35 Ireland 564 Italy 294 Kazakhstan 689 Kyrgyzstan 181 Latvia 288 Liechtenstein 1 Lithuania 1,316 Luxembourg 4 Macau 16 Macedonia, Former Yugoslav Rep. Of 397 Malta 27 Martinique 3 Moldova 418 Monaco 1 Netherlands 112 Netherlands Antilles 7 Northern Ireland 73 Norway 39 Portugal 67 Romania 3,494 Russia 6,481 San Marino 0 Serbia Montenegro 597 Slovakia 375 Slovenia 26 Spain 123 Sweden 272 Switzerland 420 Tajikistan 190 Turkey 1,368 Turkmenistan 66 Ukraine 8,035 Uzbekistan 964 Vatican City 0     North America   Bahamas, The 36     Oceania   Australia 656 Fiji 1,069 Kiribati 0 Marshall Islands 7 Micronesia, Federated States of 0 Nauru 0 New Zealand 357 Palau 2 Papua New Guinea 9 Samoa 24 Solomon Islands 0 Tonga 178 Tuvalu 0 Vanuatu 0     South America, Central America, and The Caribbean   Antigua and Barbuda 11 Argentina 404 Barbados 23 Belize 18 Bolivia 78 Brazil 940 Chile 75 Costa Rica 150 Cuba 1,286 Dominica 58 Ecuador 496 Grenada 36 Guatemala 302 Guyana 166 Honduras 143 Nicaragua 38 Panama 100 Paraguay 7 Peru 1,040 Saint Kitts and Nevis 7 Saint Lucia 22 Saint Vincent and The Grenadines 26 Suriname 23 Trinidad and Tobago 607 Uruguay 39 Venezuela 526     Total 113422

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