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Number of DV-2023 Winners on the basis of Country/Region | DIVERSITY VISA LOTTERY 2023 (DV-2023) RESULTS

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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  5,526

ESWATINI  5

MOZAMBIQUE  2

ANGOLA  422

ETHIOPIA  2,761

NAMIBIA  6

BENIN  404

GABON  45

NIGER  78

BOTSWANA  9

GAMBIA, THE  65

RWANDA  1,024

BURKINA FASO 137

GHANA  3,398

SENEGAL  253

BURUNDI  400

GUINEA  706

SIERRA LEONE  522

CABO VERDE  24

GUINEA-BISSAU  9

SOMALIA  1,541

CAMEROON  2,392

KENYA  3,417

SOUTH AFRICA  222

CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC  19

LIBERIA  1,221

SOUTH SUDAN  53

CHAD  257

LIBYA  397

SUDAN  4,863

COMOROS  3

MADAGASCAR  21

TANZANIA  165

CONGO, DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF THE  4,385

MALAWI  23

TOGO  1,036

CONGO, REPUBLIC OF THE  389

MALI  90

TUNISIA  168

COTE D’IVOIRE  552

MAURITANIA  174

UGANDA  1,044

DJIBOUTI  249

MAURITIUS  1

ZAMBIA  59

EGYPT  5,529

MOROCCO  4,469

ZIMBABWE  202

EQUATORIAL GUINEA  4

  Western Sahara  2

 

ERITREA  376

 

 

 

 

 

ASIA

 

 

AFGHANISTAN  2,724

JORDAN  937

QATAR  92

BAHRAIN  10

KOREA, NORTH  2

SAUDI ARABIA  658

BHUTAN  115

KUWAIT  118

SINGAPORE  11

BURMA  1,107

LAOS  13

SRI LANKA  2,019

CAMBODIA  397

LEBANON  249

SYRIA  381

INDONESIA  115

MALAYSIA  45

TAIWAN  188

IRAN  5,506

MALDIVES  1

THAILAND  685

IRAQ  1,300

MONGOLIA  296

UNITED ARAB EMIRATES  175

ISRAEL  66

NEPAL  3,808

YEMEN  2,807

JAPAN  194

OMAN  25

 

 

 

 

EUROPE

 

 

ALBANIA  2,001

GREECE  28

NORTHERN IRELAND  4

ARMENIA  3,525

HUNGARY  66

NORWAY  4

AUSTRIA  34

ICELAND  4

POLAND  228

AZERBAIJAN  1,260

IRELAND  13

PORTUGAL  10

BELARUS  1,535

ITALY  154

  Macau  7

BELGIUM  32

KAZAKHSTAN  1,908

ROMANIA  228

BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA  47

KOSOVO  413

RUSSIA  5,505

BULGARIA  161

KYRGYZSTAN  2,846

SERBIA  134

CROATIA  12

LATVIA  48

SLOVAKIA 20

CYPRUS  8

LITHUANIA  91

SLOVENIA  2

CZECH REPUBLIC  19

MALTA  8

SPAIN  96

DENMARK  12

MOLDOVA  670

SWEDEN  26

  Faroe Islands  1

MONTENEGRO  28

SWITZERLAND  27

ESTONIA  17

NETHERLANDS  19

TAJIKISTAN  2,485

FINLAND  14

  Aruba  4

TURKEY  3,383

FRANCE  209

  Curacao  1

TURKMENISTAN  555

GEORGIA 2,071

  Sint Maarten  3

UKRAINE  3,808

GERMANY 512

NORTH MACEDONIA  258

UZBEKISTAN 5,511

 

 

 

NORTH AMERICA

 

 

BAHAMAS, THE  16

 

 

 

 

 

OCEANIA

 

 

AUSTRALIA  461

NAURU  3

SAMOA  5

  Cocos Keeling Islands  3

NEW ZEALAND 173

TONGA  78

FEDERATED STATES OF MICRONESIA  4

  Cook Islands  6

TUVALU  5

FIJI  1,718

PAPUA NEW GUINEA  21

VANUATU  21

KIRABATI  2

REPUBLIC OF PALAU  3

 

 

 

 

SOUTH AMERICA

 

 

ANTIGUA AND BARBUDA  3

DOMINICA  4

PERU  1,191

ARGENTINA  133

ECUADOR  466

SAINT KITTS AND NEVIS  2

BELIZE  4

GUATEMALA  84

SAINT LUCIA  3

BOLIVIA  46

GUYANA  15

SAINT VINCENT AND THE GRENADINES  1

CHILE  27

NICARAGUA  77

SURINAME  4

COSTA RICA  39

PANAMA  11

TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO  31

CUBA  1,358

PARAGUAY  9

URUGUAY  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.

Source: https://travel.state.gov/content/travel/en/legal/visa-law0/visa-bulletin/2022/visa-bulletin-for-august-2022.html

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