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DIVERSITY VISA LOTTERY
2010 (DV-2010) RESULTS
The Kentucky Consular Center in Williamsburg, Kentucky has registered and
notified the winners of the DV-2010 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
102,800 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 2010 (October 1, 2009 until September 30, 2010).
Applicants registered for the DV-2010 program were selected at random from
over 13.6 million qualified entries received during the 60-day application
period that ran from noon on October 2, 2008, until noon, December 1, 2008. 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 2010
will end. Selected applicants who do not receive visas by September 30, 2010
will derive no further benefit from their DV-2010 registration. Similarly,
spouses and children accompanying or following to join DV-2010 principal
applicants are only entitled to derivative diversity visa status until September
30, 2010.
Only participants in the DV-2010 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-2011 lottery if they wish. The dates
for the registration period for the DV-2011 lottery program will be widely
publicized during August 2010.
* 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 1,957
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ETHIOPIA
5,200
|
NIGER
56 |
|
ANGOLA 46
|
GABON 19
|
NIGERIA 6,006
|
|
BENIN 369
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GAMBIA, THE 108
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RWANDA 178
|
|
BOTSWANA 23
|
GHANA
8,752
|
SAO
TOME AND PRINCIPE 0
|
|
BURKINA FASO 184
|
GUINEA 737
|
SENEGAL 520
|
|
BURUNDI 83
|
GUINEA-BISSAU 8
|
SEYCHELLES 4
|
| CAMEROON
3,719 |
KENYA
4,619 |
SIERRA
LEONE 3,898 |
| CAPE
VERDE 6 |
LESOTHO
2 |
SOMALIA
229 |
| CENTRAL
AFRICAN REP. 20 |
LIBERIA
2,172 |
SOUTH
AFRICA 863 |
| CHAD
27 |
LIBYA
152 |
SUDAN
1,084 |
| COMOROS
9 |
MADAGASCAR
31 |
SWAZILAND
11 |
| CONGO
92 |
MALAWI
50 |
TANZANIA
221 |
| CONGO,
DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF THE 1,817 |
MALI
129 |
TOGO
827 |
| COTE
D'IVOIRE 658 |
MAURITANIA
20 |
TUNISIA
1645 |
| DJIBOUTI
33 |
MAURITIUS
78 |
UGANDA 396 |
| EGYPT
4,201 |
MOROCCO
3,124 |
ZAMBIA
93 |
| EQUATORIAL
GUINEA 15 |
MOZAMBIQUE
8 |
ZIMBABWE
170 |
| ERITREA
799 |
NAMIBIA
16 |
|
|
ASIA
|
| AFGHANISTAN
345 |
ISRAEL
99 |
OMAN
2 |
| BAHRAIN
15 |
JAPAN
302 |
QATAR
13 |
| BANGLADESH
6,001 |
JORDAN
143 |
SAUDI
ARABIA 104 |
| BHUTAN
2 |
NORTH
KOREA 3 |
SINGAPORE
37 |
| BRUNEI
0 |
KUWAIT
70 |
SRI
LANKA 650 |
| BURMA
473 |
LAOS
3 |
SYRIA
98 |
| CAMBODIA
359 |
LEBANON
181 |
THAILAND
368 |
| HONG
KONG SPECIAL ADMIN. REGION 49 |
MALAYSIA
60 |
TAIWAN
54 |
| INDONESIA
277 |
MALDIVES
0 |
TIMOR-LESTE
0 |
| IRAN
2,773 |
MONGOLIA
144 |
UNITED
ARAB EMIRATES 30 |
| IRAQ
142 |
NEPAL
2,132 |
YEMEN
72 |
|
EUROPE
|
| ALBANIA
2,311 |
GREECE
48 |
NORWAY
60 |
| ANDORRA
6 |
HUNGARY
192 |
PORTUGAL
51 Macau 17 |
| ARMENIA
1,332 |
ICELAND
36 |
ROMANIA
674 |
| AUSTRIA
181 |
IRELAND
167 |
RUSSIA
1,912 |
| AZERBAIJAN
324 |
ITALY
470 |
SERBIA
367 |
| BELARUS
1,178 |
KAZAKHSTAN
343 |
SLOVAKIA
108 |
| BELGIUM
117 |
KYRGYZSTAN
205 |
SLOVENIA
19 |
| BOSNIA
& HERZEGOVINA 72 |
LATVIA
90 |
SPAIN
169 |
| BULGARIA
842 |
LIECHTENSTEIN
0 |
SWEDEN
163 |
| CROATIA
74 |
LITHUANIA
195 |
SWITZERLAND
185 |
| CYPRUS
23 |
LUXEMBOURG
2 |
TAJIKISTAN
178 |
| CZECH
REPUBLIC 116 |
MACEDONIA,
FORMER YUGOSLAV REP. OF 272 |
TURKEY
2,826 |
| DENMARK
74 Greenland 2 |
MALTA
7 |
TURKMENISTAN
108 |
| ESTONIA
66 |
MOLDOVA
724 |
UKRAINE
5,499 |
| FINLAND
83 |
MONACO
0 |
UZBEKISTAN
4,059 |
|
FRANCE 703
French Guiana 4
French Polynesia 8
French Southern & Antarctic Lands 0
Guadeloupe 13
Martinique 4
Reunion 5
|
MONTENEGRO
13 |
VATICAN
CITY 0 |
| GEORGIA
648 |
NETHERLANDS
200
Aruba 16
Netherlands Antilles
22 |
|
| GERMANY
2,188 |
NORTHERN
IRELAND 31 |
|
|
NORTH
AMERICA
|
| BAHAMAS,
THE 18 |
|
OCEANIA
|
AUSTRALIA
705
Christmas Islands 2 |
NAURU
3 |
SOLOMON
ISLANDS 3 |
| FIJI
674 |
NEW
ZEALAND 258
Cook Islands 0
Niue 16 |
TONGA
80 |
| KIRIBATI
1 |
PALAU
12 |
TUVALU
1 |
| MARSHALL
ISLANDS 0 |
PAPUA
NEW GUINEA 15 |
VANUATU
7 |
| MICRONESIA,
FEDERATED STATES OF 0 |
SAMOA
0 |
WESTERN
SAMOA 26 |
|
SOUTH
AMERICA, CENTRAL AMERICA, AND THE CARIBBEAN
|
| ANTIGUA
AND BARBUDA 9 |
DOMINICA
18 |
SAINT
KITTS AND NEVIS 6 |
| ARGENTINA
188 |
GRENADA
9 |
SAINT
LUCIA 19 |
| BARBADOS
29 |
GUYANA
41 |
SAINT
VINCENT AND THE GRENADINES 9 |
| BELIZE
10 |
HONDURAS
82 |
SURINAME
10 |
| BOLIVIA
142 |
NICARAGUA
50 |
TRINIDAD
AND TOBAGO 226 |
| CHILE
53 |
PANAMA
39 |
URUGUAY
17 |
| COSTA
RICA 74 |
PARAGUAY
29 |
VENEZUELA
624 |
| CUBA
298 |
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Natives of the following countries were not eligible to participate in
DV-2010: Brazil, Canada, China (mainland-born, excluding Hong Kong S.A.R., and
Taiwan), Columbia, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, Guatemala, Haiti,
India, Jamaica, Mexico, Pakistan, Peru, The Philippines, Poland, South Korea,
United Kingdom (except Northern Ireland) and its dependent territories, and
Vietnam.
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