DV 2013 – Selected Entrants

The Kentucky Consular Center in Williamsburg, Kentucky has registered and notified the winners of the DV-2013 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 105,628 applicants have been registered. Applicants may check the status of their entry using the confirmation number through Entrant Status Check on the website https://dvprogram.state.gov/. Entrants selected may 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-2013 numbers will be used during fiscal year 2013 (October 1, 2012 until September 30, 2013).

Applicants registered for the DV-2013 program were selected at random from 7,941,400 qualified entries (12,577,463 with derivatives) received during the 30-day application period that ran from noon, Eastern Daylight Time on Tuesday, October 4, 2011, until noon, Eastern Daylight Time on Saturday, November 5, 2011. 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 provided on the website https://dvprogram.state.gov/.

Registrants living legally in the United States who wish to apply for adjustment of their status must contact the USCIS for information on the requirements and procedures. Once the total *50,000 visa numbers have been used, the program for fiscal year 2013 will end. Selected applicants who do not receive visas by September 30, 2013 will derive no further benefit from their DV-2013 registration. Similarly, spouses and children accompanying or following to join DV-2013 principal applicants are only entitled to derivative diversity visa status until September 30, 2013.

Dates for the DV-2014 program registration period will be widely publicized in the coming months. Those interested in entering the DV-2014 program should check the Department of State’s Visa web page for more details in September.

* 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-2013 program:

AFRICA
ALGERIA2,161ETHIOPIA4,910NIGER53
ANGOLA47GABON38NIGERIA6,218
BENIN809GAMBIA, THE85RWANDA369
BOTSWANA18GHANA5,105SAO TOME AND PRINCIPE0
BURKINA FASO296GUINEA1,350SENEGAL394
BURUNDI94GUINEA-BISSAU25SEYCHELLES0
CAMEROON3,858KENYA4,410SIERRA LEONE2,516
CAPE VERDE25LESOTHO6SOMALIA197
CENTRAL AFRICAN REP.18LIBERIA1,916SOUTH AFRICA956
CHAD28LIBYA138SOUTH SUDAN5
COMOROS8MADAGASCAR40SUDAN747
CONGO156MALAWI29SWAZILAND3
CONGO, DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF THE3,924MALI80TANZANIA150
COTE D’IVOIRE805MAURITANIA31TOGO1,065
DJIBOUTI79MAURITIUS67TUNISIA145
EGYPT5,015MOROCCO2,068UGANDA513
EQUATORIAL GUINEA19MOZAMBIQUE10ZAMBIA87
ERITREA804NAMIBIA21ZIMBABWE169
ASIA
AFGHANISTAN128JAPAN440QATAR24
BAHRAIN15JORDAN251SAUDI ARABIA287
BHUTAN4NORTH KOREA0SINGAPORE31
BRUNEI8KUWAIT137SRI LANKA802
BURMA403LAOS1SYRIA170
CAMBODIA986LEBANON269TAIWAN360
HONG KONG SPECIAL ADMIN. REGION92MALAYSIA67THAILAND75
INDONESIA215MALDIVES0TIMOR-LESTE1
IRAN6,029MONGOLIA167UNITED ARAB EMIRATES98
IRAQ164NEPAL4,370YEMEN266
ISRAEL175OMAN10  
EUROPE
ALBANIA1,520GERMANY1,253 – Sint Maarten2
ANDORRA0GREECE99NORTHERN IRELAND45
ARMENIA1,174HUNGARY246NORWAY50
AUSTRIA108ICELAND38 POLAND2,038
AZERBAIJAN373IRELAND138PORTUGAL40
BELARUS1,195ITALY396 – Macau2
BELGIUM79KAZAKHSTAN533ROMANIA711
BOSNIA & HERZEGOVINA54KOSOVO183RUSSIA2,846
BULGARIA1,299KYRGYZSTAN237SAN MARINO0
CROATIA75LATVIA140SERBIA303
CYPRUS10LIECHTENSTEIN0SLOVAKIA100
CZECH REPUBLIC73LITHUANIA248SLOVENIA5
DENMARK77LUXEMBOURG4SPAIN196
 – Faroe Islands9MACEDONIA262SWEDEN162
ESTONIA47MALTA4SWITZERLAND131
FINLAND72MOLDOVA1,330TAJIKISTAN330
FRANCE549MONACO3TURKEY1,807
 – French Polynesia11MONTENEGRO11TURKMENISTAN94
 – New Caledonia0NETHERLANDS109UKRAINE6,424
 – Saint Barthelemy4 – Aruba8UZBEKISTAN5,101
GEORGIA723 – Curacao7VATICAN CITY0
NORTH AMERICA
BAHAMAS, THE16
OCEANIA
AUSTRALIA1,035MICRONESIA, FEDERATES STATES OF1PAPUA NEW GUINEA18
 – Christmas Island0NAURU14SAMOA0
 – Cocos Islands2NEW ZEALAND 373SOLOMON ISLANDS 0
 – Norfolk Island4 – Cook Islands0TONGA91
FIJI597 –  Niue7TUVALU3
KIRIBATI5 – Tokelau7VANUATU5
MARSHALL ISLANDS0PALAU1WESTERN  SAMOA30
SOUTH AMERICA, CENTRAL AMERICA, AND THE CARIBBEAN
ANTIGUA AND BARBUDA3DOMINICA17SAINT LUCIA19
ARGENTINA117GRENADA18SAINT VINCENT AND THE GRENADINES14
BARBADOS5GUYANA43SURINAME4
BELIZE22HONDURAS90TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO137
BOLIVIA74NICARAGUA65URUGUAY15
CHILE42PANAMA31VENEZUELA924
COSTA RICA63PARAGUAY8  
CUBA490SAINT KITTS AND NEVIS5  

Natives of the following countries were not eligible to participate in DV-2013:  Bangladesh, Brazil, Canada, China (mainland-born, excluding Hong Kong S.A.R., Macau S.A.R., and Taiwan), Colombia, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, Guatemala, Haiti, India, Jamaica, Mexico, Pakistan, Peru, the Philippines, South Korea, United Kingdom (except Northern Ireland) and its dependent territories, and Vietnam.