DIVERSITY VISA LOTTERY 2016 (DV-2017) RESULTS

The Kentucky Consular Center in Williamburg, Kentucky has registered and notified the winners of the DV-2017 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 91,563 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-2017 numbers will be used during fiscal year 2016.

Applicants registered for the DV-2017 program were selected at random from 11,391,134 qualified entries (17,573,350 with derivatives) received during the application period . 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 2017 will end. Selected applicants who do not receive visas by September 30, 2017 will derive no further benefit from their DV-2017 registration. Similarly, spouses and children accompanying or following to join DV-2016 principal applicants are only entitled to derivative diversity visa status until September 30, 2016.

*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-2017 program:

 

 

The following is the statistical breakdown by foreign-state

chargeability of those registered for the DV-2017 program:

Africa

Algeria 1952

Angola 108

Benin 914

Botswana 4

Burkina Faso 199

Burundi 208

Cameroon 3047

Cape Verde 6

Central African Rep 23

Chad 40

Comoros 3

Congo 124

Congo Democratic Republic of the 4475

Cote D ivoire 1129

Djibouti 92

Egypt 4024

Equatorial Guinea 0

Eritrea 544

Ethiopia 4000

Gabon 32

Gambia 67

Ghana 3179

Guinea 1818

Guinea-Bissau 4

Kenya 2729

Lesotho 5

Liberia 4430

Libya 240

Madagascar 75

Malawi 17

Mali 114

Mauritania 15

Mauritius 41

Morocco 1993

Mozambique 11

Namibia 18

Niger 102

Nigeria 0

Rwanda 412

Sao Tome and Principe 2

Senegal 427

Seychelles 0

Sierra Leone 2141

Somalia 272

South Africa 535

Sudan 3216

Swaziland 7

Tanzania 93

Togo 1241

Tunisia 227

Uganada 453

Western Sahara 0

Zambia 57

Zimbabwe 152

Afghanistan 0

Asia

Afghanistan 406

Bahrain 13

Bangladesh 0

Bhutan 22

Brunei 1

Burma 236

Cambodia 1229

Hong Kong Special Admin Region 151

Indonesia 126

Iran 4501

Iraq 330

Israel 162

Japan 302

Jordan 349

Kuwait 143

Laos 1

Lebanon 225

Malaysia 95

Maldives 3

Mongolia 185

Nepal 3801

North Korea 0

Oman 12

Qatar 42

Saudi Arabia 267

Singapore 39

Sri Lanka 704

Syria 460

Taiwan 297

Thailand 73

Timor-Leste 0

United Arab Emirates 103

Yemen 724

Europe

Albania 1931

Andorra 0

Armenia 1277

Austria 50

Azerbaijan 380

Belarus 811

Belgium 47

Bosnia & Herzegovina 92

Bulgaria 865

Croatia 67

Cyprus 28

Czech Republic 74

Denmark 35

Estonia 40

Finland 57

France 510

French Southern Antarctic Lands 0

French Guiana 0

French Polynesia 1

Guadeloupe 0

Reunion 0

Aruba 4

New Caledonia 0

Martinique 0

Georgia 571

Germany 678

Greece 93

Greenland 0

Hungary 186

Iceland 3

Ireland 89

Italy 410

Kazakhstan 376

Kyrgyzstan 209

Latvia 73

Liechtenstein 0

Lithuania 153

Luxembourg 0

Macedonia Former Yugoslav Rep Of 258

Malta 0

Moldova 1854

Monaco 0

Netherlands 81

Netherlands Antilles 0

Aruba 4

Northern Ireland 9

Norway 35

Poland 629

Portugal 58

Macau 23

Romania 626

Russia 2200

San Marino 0

Serbia & Montenegro 8

Slovakia 70

Slovenia 33

Spain 193

Sweden 108

Switzerland 122

Tajikistan 337

Turkey 1795

Turkmenistan 124

Ukraine 4507

Uzbekistan 4300

Vatican City 0

Yugoslavia 0

Kosovo 244

North America

Bahamas the 16

Oceania

Australia 832

Cristmas Islands 0

Cocos Islands 1

Fiji 393

Kiribati 4

Marshall Islands 0

Micronesia Federated States of 3

Nauru 12

New Zealand 208

Cook Islands 4

Niue 0

Palau 4

Papua New Guinea 3

Samoa 5

Solomon Islands 0

Tonga 26

Tuvalu 0

Vanuatu 5

Western Samoa 0

South America - Central America and the Caribean

Antigua and Barbuda 0

Argentina 68

Barbados 0

Belize 0

Bolivia 49

Brazil 0

Chile 17

Cuba 1488

Costa Rica 50

Dominica 6

Ecuador 0

Grenada 7

Guatemala 31

Guyana 14

Honduras 73

Nicaragua 58

Panama 5

Paraguay 7

Peru 0

Saint Kitts and Nevis 2

Saint Lucia 5

Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 7

Suriname 3

Trinidad and Tobago 51

Uruguay 21

Venezuela 1038