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DV Lottery 2009 Results
The Kentucky Consular Center in Williamsburg, Kentucky has registered and notified the winners of the DV-2009 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 99,600 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-2009 numbers will be used during fiscal year 2009 (October 1, 2008 until September 30, 2009).
Applicants registered for the DV-2009 program were selected at random from over 9.1 million qualified entries received during the 60-day application period that ran from noon on October 3, 2007, until noon, December 2, 2007. 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 the Bureau of 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 2009 will end. Selected applicants who do not receive visas by September 30, 2009 will derive no further benefit from their DV-2009 registration. Similarly, spouses and children accompanying or following to join DV-2009 principal applicants are only entitled to derivative diversity visa status until September 30, 2009.
Only participants in the DV-2009 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-2010 lottery if they wish. The dates for the registration period for the DV-2010 lottery program will be widely publicized during August 2009.
*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-2009 program:
| AFRICA |
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| ALGERIA 2,205 |
ETHIOPIA 5,200 |
NIGER 64 |
| ANGOLA 38 |
GABON 35 |
NIGERIA 6,041 |
| BENIN 390 |
GAMBIA, THE 168 |
RWANDA 111 |
| BOTSWANA 22 |
GHANA 7,322 |
SAO TOME AND PRINCIPE 1 |
| BURKINA FASO 129 |
GUINEA 469 |
SENEGAL 1,160 |
| BURUNDI 86 |
GUINEA-BISSAU 9 |
SEYCHELLES 8 |
| CAMEROON 3,659 |
KENYA 4,307 |
SIERRA LEONE 2,230 |
| CAPE VERDE 9 |
LESOTHO 4 |
SOMALIA 256 |
| CENTRAL AFRICAN REP. 21 |
LIBERIA 3,440 |
SOUTH AFRICA 909 |
| CHAD 27 |
LIBYA 117 |
SUDAN 1,143 |
| COMOROS 6 |
MADAGASCAR 46 |
SWAZILAND 6 |
| CONGO 1,582 |
MALAWI 29 |
TANZANIA 298 |
| CONGO, DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF THE 65 |
MALI 124 |
TOGO 956 |
| COTE D’IVOIRE 642 |
MAURITANIA 39 |
TUNISIA 155 |
| DJIBOUTI 26 |
MAURITIUS 62 |
UGANDA 433 |
| EGYPT 4,831 |
MOROCCO 3,820 |
ZAMBIA 156 |
| EQUATORIAL GUINEA 10 |
MOZAMBIQUE 22 |
ZIMBABWE 242 |
| ERITREA 829 |
NAMIBIA 20 |
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| ASIA |
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| AFGHANISTAN 117 |
ISRAEL 194 |
OMAN 10 |
| BAHRAIN 18 |
JAPAN 320 |
QATAR 10 |
| BANGLADESH 6,023 |
JORDAN 161 |
SAUDI ARABIA 128 |
| BHUTAN 4 |
NORTH KOREA 2 |
SINGAPORE 38 |
| BRUNEI 0 |
KUWAIT 43 |
SRI LANKA 792 |
| BURMA 556 |
LAOS 2 |
SYRIA 108 |
| CAMBODIA 287 |
LEBANON 193 |
THAILAND 110 |
| HONG KONG SPECIAL ADMIN. REGION 75 |
MALAYSIA 85 |
TAIWAN 431 |
| INDONESIA 230 |
MALDIVES 4 |
TIMOR-LESTE 1 |
| IRAN 1,689 |
MONGOLIA 191 |
UNITED ARAB EMIRATES 33 |
| IRAQ 154 |
NEPAL 1,891
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YEMEN 102 |
| EUROPE |
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| ALBANIA 2,894 |
GREECE 63 |
NORWAY 54 |
| ANDORRA 0 |
HUNGARY 271 |
PORTUGAL 92
Macau 12 |
| ARMENIA 1,285 |
ICELAND 25 |
ROMANIA 757 |
| AUSTRIA 145 |
IRELAND 132 |
SAN MARINO 0 |
| AZERBAIJAN 345 |
ITALY 433 |
SERBIA 656 |
| BELARUS 1,240 |
KAZAKHSTAN 336 |
SLOVAKIA 169 |
| BELGIUM 82 |
KYRGYZSTAN 169 |
SLOVENIA 21 |
| BOSNIA & HERZEGOVINA 158 |
LATVIA 100 |
SPAIN 172 |
| BULGARIA 1,154 |
LIECHTENSTEIN 1 |
SWEDEN 226 |
| CROATIA 75 |
LITHUANIA 273 |
SWITZERLAND 230 |
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CYPRUS 42
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LUXEMBOURG 1
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TAJIKISTAN 168 |
| CZECH REPUBLIC 140 |
MACEDONIA, FORMER YUGOSLAV REP. OF 322 |
TURKEY 2,331 |
DENMARK 48
Greenland 1 |
MALTA 9 |
TURKMENISTAN 111 |
| ESTONIA 58 |
MOLDOVA 542
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UKRAINE 5,502 |
| FINLAND 72 |
MONACO 0 |
UZBEKISTAN 3,284 |
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FRANCE 738 French Guiana 11 French Polynesia 2
French Southern & Antarctic Lands 1 Guadeloupe 6
Martinique 4
Reunion 0
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MONTENEGRO 20 |
VATICAN CITY 0 |
| GEORGIA 661 |
NETHERLANDS 226
Aruba 9
Netherlands Antilles 34 |
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| GERMANY 1,973 |
NORTHERN IRELAND 35 |
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| NORTH AMERICA |
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| BAHAMAS, THE 12 |
| OCEANIA |
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AUSTRALIA 590
Christmas Islands 0 |
NAURU 1 |
SOLOMON ISLANDS 0 |
| FIJI 760 |
NEW ZEALAND 269
Cook Islands 0
Niue 11 |
TONGA 129 |
| KIRIBATI 2 |
PALAU 0
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TUVALU 1 |
| MARSHALL ISLANDS 0 |
PAPUA NEW GUINEA 15 |
VANUATU 1 |
| MICRONESIA, FEDERATED STATES OF
2 |
SAMOA 20 |
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| SOUTH AMERICA, CENTRAL
AMERICA, AND THE CARIBBEAN |
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| ANTIGUA AND BARBUDA 5 |
DOMINICA 30 |
SAINT KITTS AND NEVIS 1 |
| ARGENTINA 174 |
GRENADA 6 |
SAINT LUCIA 4 |
| BARBADOS 8 |
GUATEMALA 6 |
SAINT VINCENT AND THE GRENADINES 9 |
| BELIZE 4 |
GUYANA 41 |
SURINAME 5 |
| BOLIVIA 108 |
HONDURAS 77 |
TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO 141 |
| CHILE 50 |
NICARAGUA 58 |
URUGUAY 26 |
| COSTA RICA 67 |
PANAMA 38 |
VENEZUELA 470 |
| CUBA 555 |
PARAGUAY 10 |
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