DV 2011 – Selected Entrants

The Kentucky Consular Center in Williamsburg, Kentucky has registered and notified the winners of the DV-2011 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 100,600 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-2011 numbers will be used during fiscal year 2011 (October 1, 2010 until September 30, 2011).

Applicants registered for the DV-2011 program were selected at random from over 12.1 million qualified entries (16.5 million with derivatives) received during the 60-day application period that ran from noon on October 2, 2009, until noon, November 30, 2009. 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 U.S. 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 2011 will end. Selected applicants who do not receive visas by September 30, 2011 will derive no further benefit from their DV-2011 registration. Similarly, spouses and children accompanying or following to join DV-2011 principal applicants are only entitled to derivative diversity visa status until September 30, 2011.

Only participants in the DV-2011 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-2012 lottery if they wish. The dates for the registration period for the DV-2012 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 country of chargeability of those selected for the DV-2011 program:

AFRICA
ALGERIA1,753ETHIOPIA5,200NIGER89
ANGOLA55GABON41NIGERIA6,000
BENIN508GAMBIA, THE72RWANDA204
BOTSWANA13GHANA6,002SAO TOME AND PRINCIPE0
BURKINA FASO183GUINEA701SENEGAL427
BURUNDI72GUINEA-BISSAU5SEYCHELLES4
CAMEROON3,674KENYA4,689SIERRA LEONE3,911
CAPE VERDE26LESOTHO11SOMALIA201
CENTRAL AFRICAN REP.18LIBERIA1,826SOUTH AFRICA963
CHAD59LIBYA114SUDAN1,156
COMOROS7MADAGASCAR55SWAZILAND4
CONGO144MALAWI33TANZANIA174
CONGO, DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF THE2,575MALI88TOGO1,011
COTE D’IVOIRE759MAURITANIA25TUNISIA132
DJIBOUTI45MAURITIUS61UGANDA490
EGYPT4,251MOROCCO2,003WESTERN SAHARA0
EQUATORIAL GUINEA13MOZAMBIQUE2ZAMBIA128
ERITREA851NAMIBIA13ZIMBABWE163
ASIA
AFGHANISTAN97ISRAEL129OMAN3
BAHRAIN15JAPAN298QATAR9
BANGLADESH5,999JORDAN136SAUDI ARABIA91
BHUTAN5NORTH KOREA2SINGAPORE35
BRUNEI5KUWAIT88SRI LANKA515
BURMA367LAOS3SYRIA132
CAMBODIA434LEBANON214TAIWAN365
HONG KONG SPECIAL ADMIN. REGION43MALAYSIA133THAILAND77
INDONESIA205MALDIVES4TIMOR-LESTE0
IRAN2,819MONGOLIA279UNITED ARAB EMIRATES66
IRAQ147NEPAL2,189YEMEN95
EUROPE
ALBANIA1,469 – New Caledonia9NETHERLANDS139
ANDORRA0 – Reunion0 – Aruba6
ARMENIA1,268 – St. Pierre & Miquelon0 – Netherlands Antilles16
AUSTRIA147GEORGIA699NORTHERN IRELAND38
AZERBAIJAN355GERMANY1,895NORWAY66
BELARUS1,104GREECE62PORTUGAL61
BELGIUM94HUNGARY272 – Macau Special Admin. Region5
BOSNIA & HERZEGOVINA67ICELAND48ROMANIA821
BULGARIA950IRELAND201RUSSIA2,464
CROATIA97ITALY450SAN MARINO0
CYPRUS11KAZAKHSTAN370SERBIA327
CZECH REPUBLIC111KOSOVO134SLOVAKIA125
DENMARK66KYRGYZSTAN196SLOVENIA14
 – Greenland1LATVIA122SPAIN219
ESTONIA72LIECHTENSTEIN1SWEDEN187
FINLAND87LITHUANIA262SWITZERLAND195
FRANCE767LUXEMBOURG3TAJIKISTAN257
 – French Guiana0MACEDONIA263TURKEY2,266
 – French Polynesia13MALTA1TURKMENISTAN135
 – French Southern & Antarctic Lands1MOLDOVA894UKRAINE6,000
 – Guadeloupe0MONACO0UZBEKISTAN5,091
 – Martinique0MONTENEGRO5VATICAN CITY0
NORTH AMERICA
BAHAMAS, THE18
OCEANIA
AUSTRALIA683NAURU7SOLOMON ISLANDS3
 – Christmas Island0NEW ZEALAND333TONGA    51
 – Cocos Islands0 – Cook Islands0TUVALU4
FIJI476 – Niue8VANUATU1
KIRIBATI9PALAU2WESTERN SAMOA13
MARSHALL ISLANDS 6PAPUA NEW GUINEA4  
MICRONESIA, FEDERATED STATES OF 0SAMOA0  
SOUTH AMERICA, CENTRAL AMERICA, AND THE CARIBBEAN
ANTIGUA AND BARBUDA1DOMINICA29SAINT LUCIA27
ARGENTINA134GRENADA5SAINT VINCENT AND THE GRENADINES21
BARBADOS12GUYANA36SURINAME9
BELIZE12HONDURAS61TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO145
BOLIVIA90NICARAGUA74URUGUAY23
CHILE63PANAMA31VENEZUELA752
COSTA RICA50PARAGUAY14  
CUBA406SAINT KITTS AND NEVIS6  

Natives of the following countries were not eligible to participate in DV-2011:  Brazil, Canada, China (mainland-born, excluding Hong Kong S.A.R. and Taiwan), Colombia, 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.