The Kentucky Consular Center in Williamsburg, Kentucky has registered and notified the winners of the DV-2011 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 100,600 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-2011 numbers will be used during fiscal year 2011 (October 1, 2010 until September 30, 2011).
Applicants registered for the DV-2011 program were selected at random from over 12.1 million qualified entries (16.5 million with derivatives) received during the 60-day application period that ran from noon on October 2, 2009, until noon, November 30, 2009. 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 2011 will end. Selected applicants who do not receive visas by September 30, 2011 will derive no further benefit from their DV-2011 registration. Similarly, spouses and children accompanying or following to join DV-2011 principal applicants are only entitled to derivative diversity visa status until September 30, 2011.
Only participants in the DV-2011 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-2012 lottery if they wish. The dates for the registration period for the DV-2012 lottery program will be widely publicized during August 2010.
* 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-2011 program: AFRICAALGERIA1,753ETHIOPIA5,200NIGER89ANGOLA55GABON41NIGERIA6,000BENIN508GAMBIA, THE72RWANDA204BOTSWANA13GHANA6,002SAO TOME AND PRINCIPE0BURKINA FASO183GUINEA701SENEGAL427BURUNDI72GUINEA-BISSAU5SEYCHELLES4CAMEROON3,674KENYA4,689SIERRA LEONE3,911CAPE VERDE26LESOTHO11SOMALIA201CENTRAL AFRICAN REP.18LIBERIA1,826SOUTH AFRICA963CHAD59LIBYA114SUDAN1,156COMOROS7MADAGASCAR55SWAZILAND4CONGO144MALAWI33TANZANIA174CONGO, DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF THE2,575MALI88TOGO1,011COTE D’IVOIRE759MAURITANIA25TUNISIA132DJIBOUTI45MAURITIUS61UGANDA490EGYPT4,251MOROCCO2,003WESTERN SAHARA0EQUATORIAL GUINEA13MOZAMBIQUE2ZAMBIA128ERITREA851NAMIBIA13ZIMBABWE163
ASIAAFGHANISTAN97ISRAEL129OMAN3BAHRAIN15JAPAN298QATAR9BANGLADESH5,999JORDAN136SAUDI ARABIA91BHUTAN5NORTH KOREA2SINGAPORE35BRUNEI5KUWAIT88SRI LANKA515BURMA367LAOS3SYRIA132CAMBODIA434LEBANON214TAIWAN365HONG KONG SPECIAL ADMIN. REGION43MALAYSIA133THAILAND77INDONESIA205MALDIVES4TIMOR-LESTE0IRAN2,819MONGOLIA279UNITED ARAB EMIRATES66IRAQ147NEPAL2,189YEMEN95
EUROPEALBANIA1,469 – New Caledonia9NETHERLANDS139ANDORRA0 – Reunion0 – Aruba6ARMENIA1,268 – St. Pierre & Miquelon0 – Netherlands Antilles16AUSTRIA147GEORGIA699NORTHERN IRELAND38AZERBAIJAN355GERMANY1,895NORWAY66BELARUS1,104GREECE62PORTUGAL61BELGIUM94HUNGARY272 – Macau Special Admin. Region5BOSNIA & HERZEGOVINA67ICELAND48ROMANIA821BULGARIA950IRELAND201RUSSIA2,464CROATIA97ITALY450SAN MARINO0CYPRUS11KAZAKHSTAN370SERBIA327CZECH REPUBLIC111KOSOVO134SLOVAKIA125DENMARK66KYRGYZSTAN196SLOVENIA14 – Greenland1LATVIA122SPAIN219ESTONIA72LIECHTENSTEIN1SWEDEN187FINLAND87LITHUANIA262SWITZERLAND195FRANCE767LUXEMBOURG3TAJIKISTAN257 – French Guiana0MACEDONIA263TURKEY2,266 – French Polynesia13MALTA1TURKMENISTAN135 – French Southern & Antarctic Lands1MOLDOVA894UKRAINE6,000 – Guadeloupe0MONACO0UZBEKISTAN5,091 – Martinique0MONTENEGRO5VATICAN CITY0
NORTH AMERICABAHAMAS, THE18
OCEANIAAUSTRALIA683NAURU7SOLOMON ISLANDS3 – Christmas Island0NEW ZEALAND333TONGA 51 – Cocos Islands0 – Cook Islands0TUVALU4FIJI476 – Niue8VANUATU1KIRIBATI9PALAU2WESTERN SAMOA13MARSHALL ISLANDS 6PAPUA NEW GUINEA4 MICRONESIA, FEDERATED STATES OF 0SAMOA0
SOUTH AMERICA, CENTRAL AMERICA, AND THE CARIBBEANANTIGUA AND BARBUDA1DOMINICA29SAINT LUCIA27ARGENTINA134GRENADA5SAINT VINCENT AND THE GRENADINES21BARBADOS12GUYANA36SURINAME9BELIZE12HONDURAS61TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO145BOLIVIA90NICARAGUA74URUGUAY23CHILE63PANAMA31VENEZUELA752COSTA RICA50PARAGUAY14 CUBA406SAINT KITTS AND NEVIS6
Natives of the following countries were not eligible to participate in DV-2011: 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.
Source: US Department of State
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