DV 2012 – Selected Entrants

The Kentucky Consular Center in Williamsburg, Kentucky has registered and notified the winners of the DV-2012 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 100,021 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-2012 numbers will be used during fiscal year 2012 (October 1, 2011 until September 30, 2012).

Applicants registered for the DV-2012 program were selected at random from 14,768,658 qualified entries (19,672,268 with derivatives) received during the 30-day application period that ran from noon on October 5, 2010, until noon, November 3, 2010. 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 2012 will end. Selected applicants who do not receive visas by September 30, 2012 will derive no further benefit from their DV-2012 registration. Similarly, spouses and children accompanying or following to join DV-2012 principal applicants are only entitled to derivative diversity visa status until September 30, 2012.

Only participants in the DV-2012 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-2013 lottery if they wish. The dates for the registration period for the DV-2013 lottery program are expected to be widely publicized at some point during the coming months.

*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-2012 program:

AFRICA
ALGERIA1,799ETHIOPIA4,902NIGER32
ANGOLA42GABON48NIGERIA6,024
BENIN511GAMBIA, THE113RWANDA333
BOTSWANA7GHANA5,832SAO TOME AND PRINCIPE0
BURKINA FASO226GUINEA899SENEGAL270
BURUNDI56GUINEA-BISSAU3SEYCHELLES6
CAMEROON3,374KENYA4,720SIERRA LEONE3,397
CAPE VERDE9LESOTHO8SOMALIA175
CENTRAL AFRICAN REP.3LIBERIA2,101SOUTH AFRICA833
CHAD33LIBYA136SUDAN757
COMOROS9MADAGASCAR17SWAZILAND0
CONGO105MALAWI16TANZANIA175
CONGO, DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF THE3,445MALI76TOGO845
COTE D’IVOIRE553MAURITANIA29TUNISIA113
DJIBOUTI38MAURITIUS59UGANDA418
EGYPT4,664MOROCCO1,890ZAMBIA79
EQUATORIAL GUINEA4MOZAMBIQUE13ZIMBABWE123
ERITREA670NAMIBIA10  
ASIA
AFGHANISTAN109ISRAEL175OMAN11
BAHRAIN29JAPAN435QATAR19
BANGLADESH2,373JORDAN152SAUDI ARABIA217
BHUTAN5NORTH KOREA0SINGAPORE45
BRUNEI0KUWAIT108SRI LANKA708
BURMA370LAOS1SYRIA160
CAMBODIA596LEBANON274TAIWAN391
HONG KONG SPECIAL ADMIN. REGION54MALAYSIA118THAILAND73
INDONESIA256MALDIVES0TIMOR-LESTE9
IRAN4,453MONGOLIA209UNITED ARAB EMIRATES92
IRAQ153NEPAL3,258YEMEN149
EUROPE
ALBANIA1,508GREECE105 – St. Maarten2
ANDORRA1HUNGARY325NORTHEN IRELAND59
ARMENIA998ICELAND 56NORWAY84
AUSTRIA130IRELAND213PORTUGAL66
AZERBAIJAN304ITALY529 – Macau19
BELARUS493KAZAKHSTAN434ROMANIA1,327
BELGIUM105KOSOVO137RUSSIA2,353
BOSNIA & HERZEGOVINA83KYRGYZSTAN321SAN MARINO1
BULGARIA883LATVIA83SERBIA298
CROATIA107LIECHTENSTEIN0SLOVAKIA80
CYPRUS26LITHUANIA258SLOVENIA16
CZECH REPUBLIC104LUXEMBOURG8SPAIN232
DENMARK73MACEDONIA160SWEDEN200
ESTONIA49MALTA20SWITZERLAND229
FINLAND91MOLDOVA1,238TAJIKISTAN270
FRANCE574MONACO3TURKEY3,077
 – French Polynesia7MONTENEGRO18TURKMENISTAN143
 – New Caledonia 1NETHERLANDS 149UKRAINE5,799
GEORGIA 620 – Aruba4UZBEKISTAN4,800
GERMANY1,709 – Curacao19VATICAN CITY0
NORTH AMERICA
BAHAMAS, THE15
OCEANIA
AUSTRALIA900NAURU5SOLOMON ISLANDS0
 – Christmas Island3NEW ZEALAND309TONGA    93
 – Cocos Islands1 – Cook Islands6TUVALU0
FIJI628 – Niue14VANUATU8
KIRIBATI14PALAU5WESTERN SAMOA9
MARSHALL ISLANDS 4PAPUA NEW GUINEA0  
MICRONESIA, FEDERATED STATES OF 2SAMOA0  
SOUTH AMERICA, CENTRAL AMERICA, AND THE CARIBBEAN
ANTIGUA AND BARBUDA9DOMINICA18SAINT LUCIA4
ARGENTINA101GRENADA24SAINT VINCENT AND THE GRENADINES16
BARBADOS25GUYANA26SURINAME15
BELIZE9HONDURAS80TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO175
BOLIVIA84NICARAGUA49URUGUAY19
CHILE43PANAMA21VENEZUELA925
COSTA RICA43PARAGUAY17  
CUBA292SAINT KITTS AND NEVIS7  

Natives of the following countries were not eligible to participate in DV-2012: 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.