Diversity
Visa Lottery 2005 (DV-2005) Results
The
Kentucky Consular Center in Williamsburg, Kentucky, has registered
and notified the winners of the DV-2005 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 100,000 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-2005 numbers will be used during
fiscal year 2005 (October 1, 2004 until September 30, 2005).
Applicants
registered for the DV-2005 program were selected at random from
more than 5.9 million qualified entries received during the 60-day
application period that ran from 12:00 AM on November 1, 2003, until
midnight, December 30, 2003. 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 2005 will end. Selected applicants who do not receive visas
by September 30, 2005 will derive no further benefit from their
DV-2005 registration. Similarly, spouses and children accompanying
or following to join DV-2005 principal applicants are entitled to
derivative diversity visa status only until September 30, 2005.
Only
participants in the DV-2005 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-2006 lottery
if they wish. The dates for the registration period for the DV-2006
lottery program will be widely publicized during August 2004.
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* 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-2005 program:
AFRICA
ALGERIA 1,489 |
ERITREA 556 |
NAMIBIA 11 |
ANGOLA 14 |
ETHIOPIA 6,060 |
NIGER 53 |
BENIN 233 |
GABON 29 |
NIGERIA 6,725 |
BOTSWANA 7 |
GAMBIA, THE 136 |
RWANDA 51 |
BURKINA FASO 76 |
GHANA 3,974 |
SAO TOME AND PRINCIPE 0 |
BURUNDI 34 |
GUINEA 268 |
SENEGAL 409 |
CAMEROON 1,540 |
GUINEA-BISSAU 3 |
SEYCHELLES 4 |
CAPE VERDE 6 |
KENYA 3,618 |
SIERRA LEONE 594 |
CENTRAL AFRICAN REP. 4 |
LESOTHO 0 |
SOMALIA 364 |
CHAD 22 |
LIBERIA 714 |
SOUTH AFRICA 390 |
COMOROS 3 |
LIBYA 35 |
SUDAN 1,015 |
CONGO 47 |
MADAGASCAR 28 |
SWAZILAND 6 |
CONGO, DEMOCRATIC |
MALAWI 44 |
TANZANIA 356 |
REPUBLIC OF THE 844 |
MALI 124 |
TOGO 2,857 |
COTE D'IVOIRE 321 |
MAURITANIA 25 |
TUNISIA 134 |
DJIBOUTI 12 |
MAURITIUS 23 |
UGANDA 244 |
EGYPT 6,070 |
MOROCCO 5,298 |
ZAMBIA 118 |
EQUATORIAL GUINEA 2 |
MOZAMBIQUE 12 |
ZIMBABWE 141 |
ASIA
AFGHANISTAN 22 |
IRAQ 48 |
NEPAL 2,698 |
BAHRAIN 1 |
ISRAEL 116 |
OMAN 0 |
BANGLADESH 7,404 |
JAPAN 373 |
QATAR 1 |
BHUTAN 1 |
JORDAN 44 |
SAUDI ARABIA 30 |
BRUNEI 1 |
NORTH KOREA 1 |
SINGAPORE 35 |
BURMA 531 |
KUWAIT 16 |
SRI LANKA 386 |
CAMBODIA 164 |
LAOS 4 |
SYRIA 26 |
HONG KONG SPECIAL |
LEBANON 83 |
THAILAND 102 |
ADMIN. REGION 77 |
MALAYSIA 87 |
TAIWAN 367 |
INDONESIA 258 |
MALDIVES 0 |
UNITED ARAB EMIRATES 13 |
IRAN 820 |
MONGOLIA 55 |
YEMEN 40 |
EUROPE
ALBANIA 3,380 |
GEORGIA 375 |
NORTHERN IRELAND 75 |
ANDORRA 1 |
GERMANY 1,275 |
NORWAY 25 |
ARMENIA 1,004 |
GREECE 78 |
POLAND 6,211 |
AUSTRIA 91 |
HUNGARY 181 |
PORTUGAL 51 |
AZERBAIJAN 235 |
ICELAND 5 |
Macau 12 |
BELARUS 925 |
IRELAND 205 |
ROMANIA 2,521 |
BELGIUM 81 |
ITALY 202 |
SAN MARINO 0 |
BOSNIA & HERZEGOVINA 103 |
KAZAKHSTAN 296 |
SERBIA & MONTENEGRO 425 |
BULGARIA 4,068 |
KYRGYZSTAN 206 |
SLOVAKIA 398 |
CROATIA 69 |
LATVIA 158 |
SLOVENIA 6 |
CYPRUS 14 |
LIECHTENSTEIN 1 |
SPAIN 134 |
CZECH REPUBLIC 169 |
LITHUANIA 1,114 |
SWEDEN 115 |
DENMARK 42 |
LUXEMBOURG 2 |
SWITZERLAND 136 |
ESTONIA 64 |
MACEDONIA, FORMER |
TAJIKISTAN 83 |
FINLAND 59 |
YUGOSLAV REP. OF 306 |
TURKEY 1,803 |
FRANCE 384 |
MALTA 0 |
TURKMENISTAN 78 |
French Southern & |
MOLDOVA 383 |
UKRAINE 5,361 |
Antarctic Lands 1 |
MONACO 0 |
UZBEKISTAN 1,551 |
Martinique 2 |
NETHERLANDS 130 |
VATICAN CITY 0 |
New Caledonia 1 |
Netherlands Antilles 10 |
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Reunion 3 |
Aruba 2 |
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NORTH
AMERICA
Bahamas, The
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OCEANIA
AUSTRALIA 787 |
NAURU 0 |
SAMOA 6 |
Cocos Islands 2 |
NEW ZEALAND 290 |
SOLOMON ISLANDS 1 |
FIJI 530 |
Cook Islands 0 |
TONGA 96 |
KIRIBATI 0 |
Niue 1 |
TUVALU 0 |
MARSHALL ISLANDS 0 |
PALAU 2 |
VANUATU 0 |
MICRONESIA, FEDERATED |
PAPUA NEW GUINEA 5 |
STATES OF 0 |
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SOUTH AMERICA, CENTRAL AMERICA, AND THE CARIBBEAN
ANTIGUA AND BARBUDA 4 |
DOMINICA 8 |
PERU 2,514 |
ARGENTINA 221 |
ECUADOR 308 |
SAINT KITTS AND NEVIS 3 |
BARBADOS 12 |
GRENADA 7 |
SAINT LUCIA 4 |
BELIZE 3 |
GUATEMALA 25 |
SAINT VINCENT AND |
BOLIVIA 108 |
GUYANA 27 |
THE GRENADINES 14 |
BRAZIL 592 |
HONDURAS 35 |
SURINAME 3 |
CHILE 43 |
NICARAGUA 14 |
TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO 96 |
COSTA RICA 24 |
PANAMA 17 |
URUGUAY 18 |
CUBA 674 |
PARAGUAY 14 |
VENEZUELA 299 |
Natives of the following countries were not eligible to participate
in DV-2005: Canada, China (mainland-born, excluding Hong Kong S.A.R.,
and Taiwan), Colombia, Dominican Republic, El Salvador, Haiti, India,
Jamaica, Mexico, Pakistan, the Philippines, Russia, South Korea,
United Kingdom (except Northern Ireland) and its dependent territories,
and Vietnam.
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