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DEPARTMENT OF STATE ANNOUNCES DV-98 GREEN CARD LOTTERY RESULTS

The National Visa Center at Portsmouth, New Hampshire has announced the final results of the DV-98 lottery. Approximately 4.7 qualified entries were received during the February 3rd through March 5th, 1997 lottery entry period. Another 1.3 million applications were disqualified for failure to comply with all of entry directions.

The following are the statistics for those registered for the DV-98 program:

AFRICA

  • ALGERIA 865
  • ANGOLA 23
  • BENIN 56
  • BOTSWANA 2
  • BURKINA FASO 20
  • BURUNDI 5
  • CAMEROON 1,007
  • CAPE VERDE 143
  • CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC 1
  • CHAD 22
  • COMOROS 0
  • CONGO 41
  • CONGO, DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF THE 395
  • COTE D'IVOIRE 433
  • DJIBOUTI 20
  • EGYPT 3,650
  • EQUATORIAL GUINEA 1
  • ERITREA 450
  • ETHIOPIA 2,674
  • GABON 7
  • GAMBIA, THE 204
  • GHANA 6,035
  • GUINEA 453
  • GUINEA-BISSAU 2
  • KENYA 1,329
  • LESOTHO 0
  • LIBERIA 1,708
  • LIBYA 69
  • MADAGASCAR 8
  • MALAWI 37
  • MALI 163
  • MAURITANIA 33
  • MAURITIUS 29
  • MOROCCO 1,923
  • MOZAMBIQUE 0
  • NAMIBIA 4
  • NIGER 0
  • NIGERIA 6,007
  • RWANDA 59
  • SAO TOME AND PRINCIPE 0
  • SENEGAL 934
  • SEYCHELLES 0
  • SIERRA LEONE 5,364
  • SOMALIA 764
  • SOUTH AFRICA 671
  • SUDAN 1,709
  • SWAZILAND 7
  • TANZANIA 268
  • TOGO 643
  • TUNISIA 162
  • UGANDA 272
  • ZAMBIA 129
  • ZIMBABWE 76

 

ASIA

  • AFGHANISTAN 131
  • BAHRAIN 0
  • BANGLADESH 6,075
  • BHUTAN 0
  • BRUNEI 0
  • BURMA 298
  • CAMBODIA 26
  • HONG KONG SPECIAL
  • ADMINISTRATIVE
  • REGION 373
  • INDONESIA 216
  • IRAN 587
  • IRAQ 65
  • ISRAEL 92
  • JAPAN 440
  • JORDAN 126
  • KUWAIT 13
  • LAOS 10
  • LEBANON 67
  • MALAYSIA 109
  • MALDIVES 0
  • MONGOLIA 22
  • NEPAL 296
  • NORTH KOREA 1
  • OMAN 0
  • PAKISTAN 3,391
  • QATAR 0
  • SAUDI ARABIA 20
  • SINGAPORE 22
  • SRI LANKA 487
  • SYRIA 72
  • THAILAND 103
  • UNITED ARAB EMIRATES 6
  • YEMEN 78

 

EUROPE

  • ALBANIA 4,233
  • ANDORRA 0
  • ARMENIA 1,037
  • AUSTRIA 152
  • AZERBAIJAN 355
  • BELARUS 655
  • BELGIUM 91
  • BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA 143
  • BULGARIA 5,411
  • CROATIA 182
  • CYPRUS 32
  • CZECH REPUBLIC 147
  • DENMARK 82
  • ESTONIA 68
  • FINLAND 184
  • FRANCE 545
  • GEORGIA 250
  • GERMANY 2,510
  • GREECE 74
  • HUNGARY 298
  • ICELAND 66
  • IRELAND 763
  • ITALY 565
  • KAZAKHSTAN 425
  • KYRGYZSTAN 80
  • LATVIA 203
  • LIECHTENSTEIN 0
  • LITHUANIA 1,418
  • LUXEMBOURG 3
  • MACEDONIA, THE FORMER YUGOSLAV REPUBLIC OF 415
  • MALTA 16
  • MOLDOVA 282
  • MONACO 0
  • NETHERLANDS 199
  • Martinique 1
  • Aruba 2
  • Netherlands Antilles 10
  • NORTHERN IRELAND 134
  • NORWAY 68
  • PORTUGAL 128
  • Macau 61
  • ROMANIA 4,307
  • RUSSIA 3,768
  • SAN MARINO 0
  • SERBIA-MONTENEGRO 696
  • SLOVAKIA 418
  • SLOVENIA 18
  • SPAIN 162
  • SWEDEN 258
  • SWITZERLAND 570
  • TAJIKISTAN 61
  • TURKEY 2,947
  • TURKMENISTAN 55
  • UKRAINE 4,280
  • UZBEKISTAN 444
  • VATICAN CITY 0

 

NORTH AMERICA

  • BAHAMAS, THE 15

 

OCEANIA

  • AUSTRALIA 337
  • FIJI 939
  • KIRIBATI 0
  • MARSHALL ISLANDS 0
  • MICRONESIA, FEDERATED STATES OF 0
  • NAURU 0
  • NEW ZEALAND 182
  • PALAU 0
  • PAPUA NEW GUINEA 4
  • SAMOA 3
  • SOLOMON ISLANDS 0
  • TONGA 68
  • TUVALU 0
  • VANUATU 0

 

SOUTH AMERICA, CENTRAL AMERICA, AND THE CARIBBEAN

  • ANTIGUA AND BARBUDA 1
  • ARGENTINA 158
  • BARBADOS 28
  • BELIZE 9
  • BOLIVIA 51
  • BRAZIL 354
  • CHILE 69
  • COSTA RICA 36
  • CUBA 1,206
  • DOMINICA 39
  • ECUADOR 353
  • GRENADA 27
  • GUATEMALA 275
  • GUYANA 119
  • THE GRENADINES 12
  • HAITI 149
  • HONDURAS 134
  • NICARAGUA 184
  • PANAMA 32
  • PARAGUAY 14
  • PERU 609
  • SAINT KITTS AND NEVIS 5
  • SAINT VINCENT AND SAINT LUCIA 6
  • SURINAME 10
  • TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO 359
  • URUGUAY 12
  • VENEZUELA 245

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