DV 2021 – Selected Entrants

The Kentucky Consular Center in Williamsburg, Kentucky has registered and notified the winners of the DV-2021 diversity lottery.  The diversity lottery was conducted under the terms of section 203(c) of the Immigration and Nationality Act and makes available *55,000 permanent resident visas annually to persons from countries with low rates of immigration to the United States.  Approximately 132,404 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 *55,000 persons registered will not pursue their cases to visa issuance, this larger figure should ensure that all DV-2021 numbers will be used during fiscal year 2021 (October 1, 2020, until September 30, 2021).

Applicants registered for the DV-2021 program were selected at random from 6,741,128 qualified entries (11,830,707 with derivatives) received during the 35-day application period that ran from noon, Eastern Daylight Time on Wednesday, October 2, 2019, until noon, Eastern Daylight Time on Wednesday, November 6, 2019.  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 *55,000 visa numbers have been used, the program for fiscal year 2021 will end.  Selected applicants who do not receive visas by September 30, 2021, will derive no further benefit from their DV-2021 registration.  Similarly, spouses and children accompanying or following to join DV-2021 principal applicants are only entitled to derivative diversity visa status until September 30, 2021.

Dates for the DV-2022 program registration period will be widely publicized in the coming months.  Those interested in entering the DV-2022 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. This will result in reduction of the DV-2021 annual limit to approximately 54,750.

The following is the statistical breakdown by foreign state of chargeability of those registered for the DV-2021 program:

AFRICA
ALGERIA  6,001ESWATINI  3NAMIBIA  0
ANGOLA  627ETHIOPIA  3,957NIGER  55
BENIN  830GABON  65RWANDA  1,067
BOTSWANA  3GAMBIA, THE  71SAO TOME AND PRINCIPE  0
BURKINA FASO  83GHANA  3,284SENEGAL  167
BURUNDI  398GUINEA  805SEYCHELLES  4
CABO VERDE  6GUINEA-BISSAU  7SIERRA LEONE  504
CAMEROON  3,686KENYA  2,777SOMALIA  217
CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC  22LESOTHO  3SOUTH AFRICA  510
CHAD  191LIBERIA  1,858SOUTH SUDAN  40
COMOROS  10LIBYA  259SUDAN  6,001
CONGO, DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF THE  4,503MADAGASCAR  23TANZANIA  184
CONGO, REPUBLIC OF THE  740MALAWI  32TOGO  1,118
COTE D’IVOIRE  737MALI  103TUNISIA  173
DJIBOUTI  175MAURITANIA  105UGANDA  908
EGYPT  6,002MAURITIUS  12ZAMBIA  67
EQUATORIAL GUINEA  6MOROCCO  4,458ZIMBABWE  276
ERITREA  509MOZAMBIQUE  7 
   
ASIA  
AFGHANISTAN  2,189JAPAN  532QATAR  82
BAHRAIN  19JORDAN  1,578SAUDI ARABIA  1,126
BHUTAN  69KOREA, NORTH  3SINGAPORE  40
BRUNEI  1KUWAIT  302SRI LANKA  1,566
BURMA  776LAOS  43SYRIA  487
CAMBODIA  1,174LEBANON  249TAIWAN  693
HONG KONG S.A.R.  569MALAYSIA  95THAILAND  290
INDONESIA  317MALDIVES  0TIMOR-LESTE  0
IRAN  6,001MONGOLIA  496UNITED ARAB EMIRATES  282
IRAQ  1,184NEPAL  3,801YEMEN  1,222
ISRAEL  190OMAN  32 
   
EUROPE  
ALBANIA  3,962GREECE  71NORTHERN IRELAND  4
ANDORRA  0HUNGARY  93NORWAY  7
ARMENIA  2,293ICELAND  11POLAND  383
AUSTRIA  35IRELAND  29PORTUGAL  24
AZERBAIJAN  1,439ITALY  289  Macau  6
BELARUS  2,143KAZAKHSTAN  2,406ROMANIA  365
BELGIUM  32KOSOVO  311RUSSIA  6,001
BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA  36KYRGYZSTAN  2,130SERBIA  239
BULGARIA  348LATVIA  63SLOVAKIA  23
CROATIA  32LIECHTENSTEIN  1SLOVENIA  6
CYPRUS  2LITHUANIA  180SPAIN  114
CZECH REPUBLIC  44LUXEMBOURG  0SWEDEN  41
DENMARK  24MALTA  5SWITZERLAND  48
ESTONIA  18MOLDOOVA  1,565TAJIKISTAN  2,332
FINLAND  26MONACO  1TURKEY  2,874
FRANCE  272MONTENEGRO  33TURKMENISTAN  870
  Saint Martin  6NETHERLANDS  43UKRAINE  5,604
GEORGIA  1,899  Curacao 1UZBEKISTAN  5,319
GERMANY  563NORTH MACEDONIA  336VATICAN CITY  0
   
NORTH AMERICA  
BAHAMAS, THE  29  
   
OCEANIA  
AUSTRALIA  1,130NAURU  11SAMOA  8
  Cocos Keeling Islands  19NEW ZEALAND  360SOLOMON ISLANDS  4
FIJI  1,087  Cook Islands  32TONGA  95
KIRIBATI  12  Tokelau  5TUVALU  2
MARSHALL ISLANDS  0PAPUA NEW GUINEA  29VANUATU  7
MICRONESIA, FEDERATED
STATES OF  9		PALAU  5 
   
SOUTH AMERICA  
ANTIGUA AND BARBUDA  5DOMINICA  3PERU  1,559
ARGENTINA  191ECUADOR  246SAINT KITTS AND NEVIS  1
BARBADOS  5GRENADA  1SAINT LUCIA  2
BELIZE  8GUYANA  5SAINT VINCENT AND THE GRENADINES  3
BOLIVIA  38HONDURAS  74SURINAME  4
CHILE  36NICARAGUA  69TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO  44
COSTA RICA  68PANAMA  10URUGUAY  19
CUBA  1,235PARAGUAY  3VENEZUELA  1,872
    

Natives of the following countries were not eligible to participate in DV-2021: Bangladesh, Brazil, Canada, China (mainland-born), Colombia, Dominican Republic, El Salvador, Guatemala, Haiti, India, Jamaica, Mexico, Nigeria, Pakistan, Philippines, South Korea, United Kingdom (except Northern Ireland) and its dependent territories, and Vietnam.

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