DV 2019 – Selected Entrants

DIVERSITY VISA 2019 (DV 2019)  – Selected Entrants

The Kentucky Consular Center in Williamsburg, Kentucky has registered and notified the winners of the DV-2019 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 87,610 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 ensure that all DV-2019 numbers will be used during fiscal year 2019 (October 1, 2018, until September 30, 2019).

Applicants registered for the DV-2019 program were selected at random from 14,352,013 qualified entries (22,425,053 with derivatives) received during the 35-day application period that ran from noon, Eastern Daylight Time on Wednesday, October 18, 2017, until noon, Eastern Daylight Time on Wednesday, November 22, 2017.  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 2019 will end.  Selected applicants who do not receive visas by September 30, 2019, will derive no further benefit from their DV-2019 registration.  Similarly, spouses and children accompanying or following to join DV-2019 principal applicants are only entitled to derivative diversity visa status until September 30, 2019.

Dates for the DV-2020 program registration period will be widely publicized in the coming months.  Those interested in entering the DV-2020 program should check the Department of State’s Visa web page in 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 foreign state of chargeability of those registered for the DV-2019 program: 

AFRICA
ALGERIA 2,462ESWATINI  1NAMIBIA  7
ANGOLA  316ETHIOPIA  3,856NIGER  58
BENIN  751GABON  41RWANDA  510
BOTSWANA  3GAMBIA, THE  41SAO TOME AND PRINCIPE  0
BURKINA FASO  174GHANA  2,484SENEGAL  260
BURUNDI  300GUINEA  719SEYCHELLES  1
CABO VERDE  11GUINEA-BISSAU  6SIERRA LEONE  1,207
CAMEROON  2,978KENYA  2,107SOMALIA  196
CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC  11LESOTHO  3SOUTH AFRICA  454
CHAD  47LIBERIA  2,484SOUTH SUDAN  37
COMOROS  10LIBYA  261SUDAN   2,617
CONGO  248MADAGASCAR  38TANZANIA  106
CONGO, DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF THE  4,186MALAWI  22TOGO  1,242
COTE D’IVOIRE 1,036MALI  58TUNISIA  115
DJIBOUTI  89MAURITANIA  25UGANDA  318
EGYPT  4,185MAURITIUS  11ZAMBIA  41
EQUATORIAL GUINEA  16MOROCCO  1,717ZIMBABWE  90
ERITREA  284MOZAMBIQUE  7 
ASIA
AFGHANISTAN  543JAPAN  376QATAR  38
BAHRAIN  16JORDAN  613SAUDI ARABIA  630
BHUTAN  38NORTH KOREA  1SINGAPORE  27
BRUNEI  0KUWAIT  158SRI LANKA  784
BURMA  273LAOS  11SYRIA  420
CAMBODIA  237LEBANON  268TAIWAN  374
HONG KONG SPECIAL ADMIN. REGION  69MALAYSIA  104THAILAND  122
INDONESIA  179MALDIVES  5TIMOR-LESTE  0
IRAN  4,199MONGOLIA  196UNITED ARAB EMIRATES 157
IRAQ  731NEPAL  3,633YEMEN  1,193
ISRAEL  214OMAN  10 
EUROPE
ALBANIA  2,503GREECE  98NORTHERN IRELAND  8
ANDORRA  0HUNGARY  92NORWAY  19
ARMENIA  1,738ICELAND  4  Svalbard  1
AUSTRIA  24IRELAND  52POLAND  461
AZERBAIJAN  1,203ITALY  333PORTUGAL  30
BELARUS  1,355KAZAKHSTAN  886ROMANIA  430
BELGIUM  42KOSOVO  286RUSSIA  3,641
BOSNIA & HERZEGOVINA 53KYRGYZSTAN  693SAN MARINO  1
BULGARIA  411LATVIA  52SERBIA  307
CROATIA  43LIECHTENSTEIN  0SLOVAKIA  27
CYPRUS  6LITHUANIA  184SLOVENIA  9
CZECH REPUBLIC  64LUXEMBOURG  5SPAIN  164
DENMARK  32MACEDONIA  270SWEDEN  53
ESTONIA  26 MALTA  7SWITZERLAND  47
FINLAND  47MOLDOVA  1,138TAJIKISTAN  1,171
FRANCE  366MONACO  1TURKEY  2,411
French Polynesia  1MONTENEGRO  28TURKMENISTAN  258
Saint Martin  1NETHERLANDS  69UKRAINE  4,025
St. Pierre and Miquelon  1Aruba  4UZBEKISTAN  3,461
GEORGIA  867Curacao  3VATICAN CITY  4
GERMANY  488Sint Maarten  2 
NORTH AMERICA
BAHAMAS, THE  18  
OCEANIA
AUSTRALIA  777NAURU  22SAMOA  7
Christmas Island  3NEW ZEALAND  242SOLOMON ISLANDS  3
FIJI  396Cook Islands  7TONGA  58
KIRIBATI  9Tokelau  3 TUVALU  0
MARSHALL ISLANDS  0PALAU  2VANUATU  0
MICRONESIA, FEDERATED STATES OF  1PAPUA NEW GUINEA  8 
SOUTH AMERICA, CENTRAL AMERICA, AND THE CARIBBEAN
ANTIGUA AND BARBUDA  4DOMINICA  3PARAGUAY  5
ARGENTINA  81ECUADOR  224SAINT KITTS AND NEVIS  0
BARBADOS  4GRENADA  2SAINT LUCIA  0
BELIZE  0GUATEMALA  50SAINT VINCENT AND THE GRENADINES 4
BOLIVIA  19GUYANA  6SURINAME  0
CHILE  41HONDURAS  44TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO  33
COSTA RICA  28NICARAGUA  15URUGUAY  8
CUBA  326PANAMA  3VENEZUELA  1,282

Natives of the following countries were not eligible to participate in DV-2019:  Bangladesh, Brazil, Canada, China (mainland-born, excluding Hong Kong S.A.R., Macau, and Taiwan), Colombia, Dominican Republic, El Salvador, Haiti, India, Jamaica, Mexico, Nigeria, Pakistan, Peru, Philippines, South Korea, United Kingdom (except Northern Ireland) and its dependent territories, and Vietnam.  

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