Media Note Office of the Spokesman Washington, DC November 30, 2007
Results of DV-2008 Visa LotteryThe Kentucky Consular Center in Williamsburg, Kentucky, has registered and notified the winners of the DV-2008 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 96,000 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-2008 numbers will be used during fiscal year 2008 (October 1, 2007 until September 30, 2008).
Applicants registered for the DV-2008 program were selected at random from over 6.4 million qualified entries received during the 60-day application period that ran from 12:00 AM on October 4, 2006, until midnight, December 3, 2006. 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 2008 will end. Selected applicants who do not receive visas by September 30, 2008 will derive no further benefit from their DV-2008 registration. Similarly, spouses and children accompanying or following to join DV-2008 principal applicants are only entitled to derivative diversity visa status until September 30, 2008.
The application period for the DV-2009 lottery ends at 12:00 pm Eastern time on December 2, 2007. Applicants must apply electronically through the form available at dvlottery.state.gov. Results will be announced in the fall of 2008.
* 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-2008 program:
AFRICA |
ALGERIA 1,926 |
ETHIOPIA 5,241 |
NIGER 165 |
ANGOLA 27 |
GABON 37 |
NIGERIA 8,773 |
BENIN 438 |
GAMBIA, THE 57 |
RWANDA 138 |
BOTSWANA 22 |
GHANA 5,914 |
SENEGAL 917 |
BURKINA FASO 186 |
GUINEA 463 |
SIERRA LEONE 1,137 |
BURUNDI 39 |
GUINEA-BISSAU 4 |
SOMALIA 214 |
CAMEROON 3,152 |
KENYA 4,547 |
SOUTH AFRICA 713 |
CAPE VERDE 13 |
LESOTHO 4 |
SUDAN 1,147 |
CENTRAL AFRICAN REP. 8 |
LIBERIA 2,148 |
SWAZILAND 4 |
CHAD 47 |
LIBYA 88 |
TANZANIA 218 |
COMOROS 5 |
MADAGASCAR 43 |
TOGO 1,509 |
CONGO 1,206 |
MALAWI 53 |
TUNISIA 150 |
CONGO, DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF THE 111 |
MALI 171 |
UGANDA 370 |
COTE D'IVOIRE 614 |
MAURITANIA 27 |
WESTERN SAHARA 1 |
DJIBOUTI 20 |
MAURITIUS 62 |
ZAMBIA 214 |
EGYPT 4,392 |
MOROCCO 5,017 |
ZIMBABWE 167 |
EQUATORIAL GUINEA 7 |
MOZAMBIQUE 8 |
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ERITREA 878 |
NAMIBIA 12 |
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ASIA |
AFGHANISTAN 57 |
ISRAEL 150 |
QATAR 6 |
BAHRAIN 11 |
JAPAN 382 |
SAUDI ARABIA 61 |
BANGLADESH 5,983 |
JORDAN 56 |
SINGAPORE 70 |
BHUTAN 10 |
NORTH KOREA 4 |
SRI LANKA 675 |
BRUNEI 2 |
KUWAIT 46 |
SYRIA 94 |
BURMA 653 |
LAOS 7 |
THAILAND 108 |
CAMBODIA 187 |
LEBANON 190 |
TAIWAN 446 |
HONG KONG SPECIAL ADMIN. REGION 69 |
MALAYSIA 87 |
UNITED ARAB EMIRATES 27 |
INDONESIA 266 |
MONGOLIA 259 |
YEMEN 70 |
IRAN 1,435 |
NEPAL 2,562 |
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IRAQ 164 |
OMAN 5 |
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EUROPE |
ALBANIA 2,862 |
GERMANY 1,469 |
NORTHERN IRELAND 34 |
ANDORRA 1 |
GREECE 77 |
NORWAY 43 |
ARMENIA 1,130 |
HUNGARY 182 |
PORTUGAL 48 Macau 19 |
AUSTRIA 70 |
ICELAND 13 |
ROMANIA 1,526 |
AZERBAIJAN 271 |
IRELAND 162 |
SERBIA 557 |
BELARUS 1,072 |
ITALY 363 |
SLOVAKIA 157 |
BELGIUM 89 |
KAZAKHSTAN 304 |
SLOVENIA 12 |
BOSNIA & HERZEGOVINA 73 |
KYRGYZSTAN 180 |
SPAIN 135 |
BULGARIA 1,567 |
LATVIA 75 |
SWEDEN 118 |
CROATIA 41 |
LITHUANIA 334 |
SWITZERLAND 132 |
CYPRUS 16 |
LUXEMBOURG 12 |
TAJIKISTAN 126 |
CZECH REPUBLIC 158 |
MACEDONIA 343 |
TURKEY 2,188 |
DENMARK 58 |
MALTA 5 |
TURKMENISTAN 124 |
ESTONIA 37 |
MOLDOVA 474 |
UKRAINE 5,018 |
FINLAND 59 |
MONACO 4 |
UZBEKISTAN 3,101 |
FRANCE 603
French Guiana 6 French Polynesia 6 Guadeloupe 4 Martinique 4 |
MONTENEGRO 22 |
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GEORGIA 516 |
NETHERLANDS 123 Aruba 8 Netherlands Antilles 18 |
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NORTH AMERICA |
BAHAMAS, THE 17 |
OCEANIA |
AUSTRALIA 649 |
NEW ZEALAND 260 Niue 5 |
SAMOA 27 |
FIJI 630 |
PALAU 7 |
SOLOMON ISLANDS 2 |
KIRIBATI 9 |
PAPUA NEW GUINEA 4 |
TONGA 120 |
SOUTH AMERICA, CENTRAL AMERICA, AND THE CARIBBEAN |
ANTIGUA AND BARBUDA 1 |
DOMINICA 9 |
PARAGUAY 26 |
ARGENTINA 106 |
ECUADOR 217 |
SAINT KITTS AND NEVIS 1 |
BARBADOS 17 |
GRENADA 1 |
SAINT LUCIA 5 |
BELIZE 14 |
GUATEMALA 74 |
SAINT VINCENT AND THE GRENADINES 1 |
BOLIVIA 148 |
GUYANA 24 |
SURINAME 3 |
CHILE 26 |
HONDURAS 42 |
TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO 82 |
COSTA RICA 22 |
NICARAGUA 39 |
URUGUAY 23 |
CUBA 691 |
PANAMA 17 |
VENEZUELA 256 |
Natives of the following countries were not eligible to participate in DV-2008: Brazil, Canada, China (mainland-born, excluding Hong Kong S.A.R. and Taiwan), Colombia, Dominican Republic, El Salvador, Haiti, India, Jamaica, Mexico, Pakistan, Peru, the Philippines, Poland, Russia, South Korea, the United Kingdom (except Northern Ireland) and its dependent territories, and Vietnam.
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