DV 2023 – Selected Entrants

The Kentucky Consular Center in Williamsburg, Kentucky has registered and notified the selectees who are eligible to participate in the DV-2023 Diversity Visa (DV) program.  Random selection of DV participants was conducted under the terms of section 203(c) of the Immigration and Nationality Act, which makes up to *55,000 permanent resident visas available annually to persons from countries with low rates of immigration to the United States.  Approximately 119,262 prospective applicants (i.e., selectees and their spouses and children) have been registered, notified, and may be eligible to make an application for an immigrant visa. Since selection is blind to the number of family members who might immigrate with the selectee, and it is likely that some of the selectees will not complete their cases or will be found ineligible for a visa, this larger figure should ensure that all DV-2023 numbers can be used during fiscal year 2023 (October 1, 2022, until September 30, 2023).

Entrants registered for the DV-2023 program were selected at random from 9,570,291 qualified entries received during the 35-day application period that ran from noon, Eastern Daylight Time on Wednesday, October 6, 2021, until noon, Eastern Standard Time on Tuesday, November 9, 2021.  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 all required steps.

Selectees who are physically present with legal status in the United States may apply to adjust their status by first contacting the 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 2023 will end.  Selectees who do not receive visas by September 30, 2023, will derive no further benefit from their DV-2023 registration.  Similarly, spouses and children accompanying or following to join DV-2023 principal applicants are only entitled to derivative DV status until September 30, 2023.

Dates for the DV-2024 program registration period will be widely publicized in the coming months.  Those interested in entering the DV-2024 program should check the Department of State’s Diversity 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.  This will result in reduction of the DV-2023 annual limit to approximately 54,850.

The following is the statistical breakdown by foreign state of chargeability of those registered for the DV-2023 program:

AFRICA
ALGERIA  5,526ESWATINI  5MOZAMBIQUE  2
ANGOLA  422ETHIOPIA  2,761NAMIBIA  6
BENIN  404GABON  45NIGER  78
BOTSWANA  9GAMBIA, THE  65RWANDA  1,024
BURKINA FASO 137GHANA  3,398SENEGAL  253
BURUNDI  400GUINEA  706SIERRA LEONE  522
CABO VERDE  24GUINEA-BISSAU  9SOMALIA  1,541
CAMEROON  2,392KENYA  3,417SOUTH AFRICA  222
CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC  19LIBERIA  1,221SOUTH SUDAN  53
CHAD  257LIBYA  397SUDAN  4,863
COMOROS  3MADAGASCAR  21TANZANIA  165
CONGO, DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF THE  4,385MALAWI  23TOGO  1,036
CONGO, REPUBLIC OF THE  389MALI  90TUNISIA  168
COTE D’IVOIRE  552MAURITANIA  174UGANDA  1,044
DJIBOUTI  249MAURITIUS  1ZAMBIA  59
EGYPT  5,529MOROCCO  4,469ZIMBABWE  202
EQUATORIAL GUINEA  4  Western Sahara  2
ERITREA  376
ASIA
AFGHANISTAN  2,724JORDAN  937QATAR  92
BAHRAIN  10KOREA, NORTH  2SAUDI ARABIA  658
BHUTAN  115KUWAIT  118SINGAPORE  11
BURMA  1,107LAOS  13SRI LANKA  2,019
CAMBODIA  397LEBANON  249SYRIA  381
INDONESIA  115MALAYSIA  45TAIWAN  188
IRAN  5,506MALDIVES  1THAILAND  685
IRAQ  1,300MONGOLIA  296UNITED ARAB EMIRATES  175
ISRAEL  66NEPAL  3,808YEMEN  2,807
JAPAN  194OMAN  25
EUROPE
ALBANIA  2,001GREECE  28NORTHERN IRELAND  4
ARMENIA  3,525HUNGARY  66NORWAY  4
AUSTRIA  34ICELAND  4POLAND  228
AZERBAIJAN  1,260IRELAND  13PORTUGAL  10
BELARUS  1,535ITALY  154  Macau  7
BELGIUM  32KAZAKHSTAN  1,908ROMANIA  228
BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA  47KOSOVO  413RUSSIA  5,505
BULGARIA  161KYRGYZSTAN  2,846SERBIA  134
CROATIA  12LATVIA  48SLOVAKIA 20
CYPRUS  8LITHUANIA  91SLOVENIA  2
CZECH REPUBLIC  19MALTA  8SPAIN  96
DENMARK  12MOLDOVA  670SWEDEN  26
  Faroe Islands  1MONTENEGRO  28SWITZERLAND  27
ESTONIA  17NETHERLANDS  19TAJIKISTAN  2,485
FINLAND  14  Aruba  4TURKEY  3,383
FRANCE  209  Curacao  1TURKMENISTAN  555
GEORGIA 2,071  Sint Maarten  3UKRAINE  3,808
GERMANY 512NORTH MACEDONIA  258UZBEKISTAN 5,511
NORTH AMERICA
BAHAMAS, THE  16
OCEANIA
AUSTRALIA  461NAURU  3SAMOA  5
 Cocos Keeling Islands  3NEW ZEALAND 173TONGA  78
FEDERATED STATES OF MICRONESIA  4Cook Islands  6TUVALU  5
FIJI  1,718PAPUA NEW GUINEA  21VANUATU  21
KIRABATI  2REPUBLIC OF PALAU  3
SOUTH AMERICA
ANTIGUA AND BARBUDA  3DOMINICA  4PERU  1,191
ARGENTINA  133ECUADOR  466SAINT KITTS AND NEVIS  2
BELIZE  4GUATEMALA  84SAINT LUCIA  3
BOLIVIA  46GUYANA  15SAINT VINCENT AND THE GRENADINES  1
CHILE  27NICARAGUA  77SURINAME  4
COSTA RICA  39PANAMA  11TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO  31
CUBA  1,358PARAGUAY  9URUGUAY  7

Natives of the following countries were not eligible to participate in DV-2023: Bangladesh, Brazil, Canada, China (including Hong Kong SAR), Colombia, Dominican Republic, El Salvador, Haiti, Honduras, India, Jamaica, Mexico, Nigeria, Pakistan, Philippines, South Korea, United Kingdom (except Northern Ireland) and its dependent territories, Venezuela, and Vietnam.