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 |
|
Lebanon |
118 |
|
Malaysia |
131 |
|
Maldives |
0 |
|
Mongolia |
69 |
|
Nepal |
729 |
|
North Korea |
0 |
|
Oman |
6 |
|
Qatar |
4 |
|
Saudi Arabia |
50 |
|
Singapore |
62 |
|
Sri Lanka |
757 |
|
Syria |
67 |
|
Thailand |
363 |
|
United Arab Emirates |
22 |
|
Yemen |
223 |
|
REGION – EUROPE |
NUMBER |
|
Albania |
2,331 |
|
Andorra |
0 |
|
Armenia |
843 |
|
Austria |
56 |
|
Azerbaijan |
267 |
|
Belarus |
775 |
|
Belgium |
30 |
|
Bosnia & Herzegovina |
49 |
|
Bulgaria |
2,489 |
|
Croatia |
43 |
|
Cyprus |
16 |
|
Czech Republic |
116 |
|
Denmark |
26 |
|
Estonia |
61 |
|
Finland |
19 |
|
France |
207 |
|
Guadeloupe |
1 |
|
Georgia |
273 |
|
Germany |
1,090 |
|
Greece |
44 |
|
Hungary |
101 |
|
Iceland |
9 |
|
Ireland |
135 |
|
Italy |
95 |
|
Kazakhstan |
656 |
|
Kyrgyzstan |
133 |
|
Latvia |
156 |
|
Liechtenstein |
0 |
|
Lithuania |
1,483 |
|
Luxembourg |
2 |
|
Macedonia, FYR |
157 |
|
Malta |
2 |
|
Moldova |
461 |
|
Monaco |
0 |
|
Netherlands |
52 |
|
Netherlands Antilles |
5 |
|
Northern Ireland |
11 |
|
Norway |
11 |
|
Poland |
4,707 |
|
Portugal |
17 |
|
Romania |
1,357 |
|
Russia |
2,754 |
|
San Marino |
0 |
|
Slovakia |
275 |
|
Slovenia |
5 |
|
Spain |
38 |
|
Sweden |
54 |
|
Switzerland |
105 |
|
Tajikistan |
107 |
|
Turkey |
1,153 |
|
Turkmenistan |
43 |
|
Ukraine |
5,511 |
|
Uzbekistan |
1,497 |
|
Vatican City |
0 |
|
Yugoslavia |
175 |
|
REGION – NORTH AMERICA |
NUMBER |
|
Bahamas, The |
15 |
|
REGION – OCEANIA |
NUMBER |
|
Bahamas, The |
15 |
|
Australia |
220 |
|
Fiji |
820 |
|
Kiribati |
0 |
|
Marshall Islands |
0 |
|
Micronesia, Fed. States |
0 |
|
Nauru |
0 |
|
New Zealand |
138 |
|
Cook Islands |
3 |
|
Palau |
0 |
|
Papua New Guinea |
|
|
Samoa |
1 |
|
Solomon Islands |
0 |
|
Tonga |
37 |
|
Tuvalu |
0 |
|
Vanuatu |
0 |
|
REGION – SO. & CEN. AMERICA,
CARIBBEAN |
NUMBER |
|
Antigua and Barbuda |
2 |
|
Argentina |
198 |
|
Barbados |
2 |
|
Belize |
0 |
|
Bolivia |
79 |
|
Brazil |
237 |
|
Chile |
41 |
|
Costa Rica |
8 |
|
Cuba |
757 |
|
Dominica |
6 |
|
Ecuador |
432 |
|
Grenada |
4 |
|
Guatemala |