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Media
Note
Washington, DC
Mar 2009
Diversity Visa Lottery 2009 (DV-2009) Results
The Kentucky Consular Center in Williamsburg, Kentucky has
registered and notified the winners of the DV-2009 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 99,600 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-2009 numbers will be used during fiscal year 2009
(October 1, 2008 until September 30, 2009).
Applicants registered for the DV-2009 program were selected
at random from over 9.1 million qualified entries received
during the 60-day application period that ran from noon on
October 3, 2007, until noon, December 2, 2007. 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 2009
will end. Selected applicants who do not receive visas by
September 30, 2009 will derive no further benefit from their
DV-2009 registration. Similarly, spouses and children
accompanying or following to join DV-2009 principal
applicants are only entitled to derivative diversity visa
status until September 30, 2009.
Only participants in the DV-2009 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-2010 lottery if they wish. The dates for
the registration period for the DV-2010 lottery program will
be widely publicized during August 2009.
*The Nicaraguan and Central American Relief Act (NACARA)
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 NACARA program. The
reduction of the limit of available visas to 50,000 began
with DV-2000.
The following is the statistical breakdown by foreign-state
chargeability of those registered for the DV-2009 program:
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AFRICA
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ALGERIA |
2,205 |
LIBYA |
117 |
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ANGOLA |
38 |
MADAGASCAR |
46 |
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BENIN |
390 |
MALAWI |
29 |
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BOTSWANA |
22 |
MALI |
124 |
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BURKINA FASO |
129 |
MAURITANIA |
39 |
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BURUNDI |
86 |
MAURITIUS |
62 |
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CAMEROON |
3,659 |
MOROCCO |
3,280 |
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CAPE
VERDE |
9 |
MOZAMBIQUE |
22 |
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CENTRAL AFRICAN REP. |
21 |
NAMIBIA |
20 |
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CHAD |
27 |
NIGER |
64 |
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COMOROS |
6 |
NIGERIA |
6,041 |
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CONGO |
1,582 |
RWANDA |
111 |
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CONGO,
DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF THE |
65 |
SAO
TOME AND PRINCIPE |
1 |
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COTE
D’IVOIRE |
642 |
SENEGAL |
1,160 |
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DJIBOUTI |
26 |
SEYCHELLES |
8 |
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EGYPT |
4,831 |
SIERRA
LEONE |
2,230 |
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EQUATORIAL GUINEA |
10 |
SOMALIA |
256 |
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ERITREA |
829 |
SOUTH
AFRICA |
909 |
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ETHIOPIA |
5,200 |
SUDAN |
1,143 |
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GABON |
35 |
SWAZILAND |
6 |
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GAMBIA, THE |
168 |
TANZANIA |
298 |
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GHANA |
7,322 |
TOGO |
956 |
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GUINEA |
469 |
TUNISIA |
155 |
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GUINEA-BISSAU |
9 |
UGANDA |
433 |
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KENYA |
4,307 |
ZAMBIA |
156 |
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LESOTHO |
4 |
ZIMBABWE |
242 |
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LIBERIA |
3,440 |
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ASIA
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AFGHANISTAN |
117 |
MALAYSIA |
85 |
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BAHRAIN |
18 |
MALDIVES |
4 |
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BANGLADESH |
6,023 |
MONGOLIA |
191 |
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BHUTAN |
4 |
NEPAL |
1,891 |
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BRUNEI |
0 |
NORTH
KOREA |
2 |
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BURMA |
556 |
OMAN |
10 |
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CAMBODIA |
287 |
QATAR |
10 |
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HONG
KONG SPECIAL ADMIN. REGION |
75 |
SAUDI
ARABIA |
128 |
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INDONESIA |
230 |
SINGAPORE |
38 |
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IRAN |
1,689 |
SRI
LANKA |
792 |
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IRAQ |
154 |
SYRIA |
108 |
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ISRAEL |
194 |
TAIWAN |
431 |
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JAPAN |
320 |
THAILAND |
110 |
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JORDAN |
161 |
TIMOR-LESTE |
1 |
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KUWAIT |
43 |
UNITED
ARAB EMIRATES |
33 |
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LAOS |
2 |
YEMEN |
102 |
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LEBANON |
193 |
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EUROPE
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ALBANIA |
2,894 |
LIECHTENSTEIN |
1 |
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ANDORRA |
0 |
LITHUANIA |
273 |
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ARMENIA |
1,285 |
LUXEMBOURG |
1 |
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AUSTRIA |
145 |
MACAU |
12 |
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AZERBAIJAN |
345 |
MACEDONIA, FORMER YUGOSLAV REP. OF |
322 |
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BELARUS |
1,240 |
MALTA |
9 |
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BELGIUM |
82 |
MARTINIQUE |
4 |
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BOSNIA
& HERZEGOVINA |
158 |
MOLDOVA |
542 |
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BULGARIA |
1,154 |
MONACO |
0 |
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CROATIA |
75 |
MONTENEGRO |
20 |
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CYPRUS |
42 |
NETHERLANDS |
226 |
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CZECH
REPUBLIC |
140 |
NETHERLANDS ARUBA |
9 |
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DENMARK |
48 |
NETHERLANDS ANTILLES |
34 |
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ESTONIA |
58 |
NORTHERN IRELAND |
35 |
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FINLAND |
72 |
NORWAY |
54 |
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FRANCE |
738 |
PORTUGAL |
92 |
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FRENCH
GUIANA |
11 |
REUNION |
0 |
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FRENCH
POLYNESIA |
2 |
ROMANIA |
757 |
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FRENCH
SOUTHERN AND ANTARCTIC LANDS |
1 |
SAN MARINO |
0 |
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GEORGIA |
661 |
SERBIA |
656 |
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GERMANY |
1,973 |
SLOVAKIA |
169 |
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GREECE |
63 |
SLOVENIA |
21 |
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GREENLAND |
1 |
SPAIN |
172 |
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GUADELOUPE |
0 |
SWEDEN |
226 |
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HUNGARY |
271 |
SWITZERLAND |
230 |
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ICELAND |
25 |
TAJIKISTAN |
168 |
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IRELAND |
132 |
TURKEY |
2,331 |
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ITALY |
433 |
TURKMENISTAN |
111 |
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KAZAKHSTAN |
336 |
UKRAINE |
5,502 |
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KYRGYZSTAN |
169 |
UZBEKISTAN |
3,284 |
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LATVIA |
100 |
VATICAN CITY |
0 |
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NORTH
AMERICA
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BAHAMAS, THE |
12 |
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OCEANIA
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AUSTRALIA |
590 |
NIUE |
11 |
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CHRISTMAS ISLANDS |
0 |
PALAU |
0 |
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COOK
ISLANDS |
0 |
PAPUA
NEW GUINEA |
15 |
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FIJI |
760 |
SAMOA |
20 |
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KIRIBATI |
2 |
SOLOMON ISLANDS |
0 |
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MARSHALL ISLANDS |
0 |
TONGA |
129 |
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MICRONESIA, FEDERATED STATES OF |
2 |
TUVALU |
1 |
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NAURU |
1 |
VANUATU |
1 |
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NEW
ZEALAND |
269 |
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SOUTH
AMERICA, CENTRAL AMERICA, AND THE CARIBBEAN
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ANTIGUA AND BARBUDA |
5 |
HONDURAS |
77 |
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ARGENTINA |
174 |
NICARAGUA |
58 |
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BARBADOS |
8 |
PANAMA |
38 |
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BELIZE |
4 |
PARAGUAY |
10 |
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BOLIVIA |
108 |
SAINT
KITTS AND NEVIS |
1 |
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CHILE |
50 |
SAINT
LUCIA |
4 |
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COSTA
RICA |
67 |
SAINT
VINCENT AND THE GRENADINES |
9 |
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CUBA |
555 |
SURINAME |
5 |
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DOMINICA |
30 |
TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO |
141 |
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GRENADA |
6 |
URUGUAY |
26 |
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GUATEMALA |
6 |
VENEZUELA |
470 |
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GUYANA |
41 |
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Natives of the following countries were not eligible to
participate in DV-2009: Brazil, Canada, China
(mainland-born, excluding Hong Kong S.A.R., and Taiwan),
Colombia, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador,
Guatemala, Haiti, India, Jamaica, Mexico, Pakistan, Peru,
the Philippines, Poland, Russia, South Korea, United Kingdom
(except Northern Ireland) and its dependent territories, and
Vietnam
Statistics:
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The table below displays
the total entries (Green Card Lottery
applicant forms or electronic submission)
received by the State Dep. during the
previous years of the lottery program. For
paper based program, the high number of
"Disqualified Forms" is due to missing
information, wrong format, wrong addressing
and other misinterpretation of the
requirements. For electronic based program,
the high number of "Eliminated" entries is
due to exact duplicates and elimination
through facial recognition technology.
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Program |
Period |
Qualified |
Eliminated |
| DV-2006 |
Nov 5, 2004
- Jan 7, 2005 |
6.3 Million |
36,555 |
| DV-2005 |
Nov 1, 2003
- Dec 30, 2003 |
5.9 Million |
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Entries
Received |
Qualified |
Disqualified |
| DV-2004 |
Oct 7, 2002
- Nov 6, 2002 |
10.2 Million |
7.3 Million |
2.9 Million |
28% |
| DV-2003 |
Oct 1, 2001
- Oct 31, 2001 |
8.7 Million |
6.2 Million |
2.5 Million |
29% |
| DV-2002 |
Oct 2, 2000
- Nov 1, 2000 |
13 Million |
10 Million |
3 Million |
23% |
| DV-2001 |
Oct 4, 1999
- Nov 3, 1999 |
13 Million |
11 Million |
2 Million |
15% |
| DV-2000 |
Oct 1, 1998
- Oct 31, 1998 |
10.5 Million |
8 Million |
2.5 Million |
24% |
| DV-99 |
Octo 24,
1997 - Nov 24, 1997 |
5.8 Million |
3.4 Million |
2.4 Million |
41% |
| DV-98 |
Feb 3, 1997
- May 5, 1997 |
6 Million |
4.7 Million |
1.3 Million |
22% |
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