2002 DIVERSITY VISA LOTTERY RESULTS AVAILABLE

The results of the 2002 Diversity Visa Lottery were made available in the June 2001 Department of State Visa Bulletin.  Of the roughly 10 million applications received, about 90,000 were chosen for further processing.  There are 50,000 visas available under the program.  According to the State Department, there were another three million applications that were rejected for failure to properly follow instructions.

A larger pool of potential applicants is selected because invariably some of the selected applicants do not qualify for the visa.  To qualify, the applicant must have a high school diploma or its equivalent, or have two years of experience in a job that requires at least two years of training or experience. 

People who were not selected for further processing are not contacted by the State Department, and can now know that they were not selected for processing.

A list of the countries and the number of applicants from each country selected follows:

REGION - AFRICA	NUMBER
Country
Algeria	1,163
Angola	15
Benin	70
Botswana	12
Burkina Faso	14
Burundi	0
Cameroon	775
Cape Verde	12
Central African Rep.	2
Chad	19
Comoros	0
Congo	76
Congo, Dem. Rep.	405
Cote D’Ivoire	163
Djibouti	10
Egypt	2,046
Equatorial Guinea	0
Eritrea	246
Ethiopia	4,997
Gabon	18
Gambia, The	63
Ghana	6,531
Guinea	274
Guinea-Bissau	2
Kenya	2,408
Lesotho	0
Liberia	1,117
Libya	26
Madagascar	3
Malawi	27
Mali	43
Mauritania	43
Mauritius	15
Morocco	2,956
Mozambique	8
Namibia	3
Niger	45
Nigeria	6,049
Rwanda	22
Sao Tome & Principe	0
Senegal	379
Seychelles	2
Sierra Leone	5,767
Somalia	1,328
South Africa	452
Sudan	1,820
Swaziland	5
Tanzania	269
Togo	786
Tunisia	151
Uganda	192
Zambia	91
Zimbabwe	121
REGION – ASIA	NUMBER
Afghanistan	208
Bahrain	3
Bangladesh	5,497
Bhutan	4
Brunei	0
Burma	930
Cambodia	267
Hong Kong SAR	205
Indonesia	537
Iran	1,703
IRAQ	117
Israel	199
Japan	637
Jordan	123
Kuwait	39
Laos	6
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