The Kentucky Consular Center in Williamsburg, Kentucky has registered and notified the winners of the DV-2021 diversity lottery. The diversity lottery was conducted under the terms of section 203(c) of the Immigration and Nationality Act and makes available *55,000 permanent resident visas annually to persons from countries with low rates of immigration to the United States. Approximately 119,021 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 *55,000 persons registered will not pursue their cases to visa issuance, this larger figure should ensure that all DV-2022 numbers will be used during fiscal year 2022 (October 1, 2021, until September 30, 2022).
Applicants registered for the DV-2022 program were selected at random from 7,336,302 qualified entries (13,191,296 with derivatives) received during the 35-day application period that ran from noon, Eastern Daylight Time on Wednesday, October 7, 2020, until noon, Eastern Daylight Time on Tuesday, November 10, 2020. 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 *55,000 visa numbers have been used, the program for fiscal year 2022 will end. Selected applicants who do not receive visas by September 30, 2022, will derive no further benefit from their DV-2022 registration. Similarly, spouses and children accompanying or following to join DV-2022 principal applicants are only entitled to derivative diversity visa status until September 30, 2022.
Dates for the DV-2023 program registration period will be widely publicized in the coming months. Those interested in entering the DV-2023 program should check the Department of State’s 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-2022 annual limit to approximately 54,850.
The following is the statistical breakdown by foreign state of chargeability of those registered for the DV-2022 program:
AFRICA |
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ALGERIA 6,001 |
ESWATINI 1 |
MOZAMBIQUE 2 |
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ANGOLA 855 |
ETHIOPIA 2,988 |
NAMIBIA 9 |
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BENIN 735 |
GABON 66 |
NIGER 49 |
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BOTSWANA 4 |
GAMBIA, THE 77 |
RWANDA 983 |
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BURKINA FASO 72 |
GHANA 3,145 |
SAO TOME AND PRINCIPE 4 |
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BURUNDI 390 |
GUINEA 672 |
SENEGAL 277 |
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CABO VERDE 12 |
GUINEA-BISSAU 15 |
SEYCHELLES 7 |
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CAMEROON 2,656 |
KENYA 2,882 |
SIERRA LEONE 271 |
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CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC 21 |
LESOTHO 8 |
SOMALIA 435 |
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CHAD 231 |
LIBERIA 1,417 |
SOUTH AFRICA 497 |
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COMOROS 10 |
LIBYA 311 |
SOUTH SUDAN 75 |
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CONGO, DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF THE 3,347 |
MADAGASCAR 19 |
SUDAN 6,001 |
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CONGO, REPUBLIC OF THE 574 |
MALAWI 22 |
TANZANIA 103 |
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COTE D’IVOIRE 597 |
MALI 74 |
TOGO 1,119 |
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DJIBOUTI 187 |
MAURITANIA 158 |
TUNISIA 203 |
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EGYPT 6,005 |
MAURITIUS 12 |
UGANDA 722 |
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EQUATORIAL GUINEA 3 |
MOROCCO 4,138 |
ZAMBIA 56 |
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ERITREA 261 |
Western Sahara 2 |
ZIMBABWE 222 |
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ASIA |
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AFGHANISTAN 3,410 |
JORDAN 917 |
SAUDI ARABIA 944 |
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BAHRAIN 15 |
KOREA, NORTH 0 |
SINGAPORE 19 |
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BHUTAN 114 |
KUWAIT 222 |
SRI LANKA 838 |
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BRUNEI 2 |
LAOS 22 |
SYRIA 483 |
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BURMA 561 |
LEBANON 320 |
TAIWAN 574 |
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CAMBODIA 1,094 |
MALAYSIA 44 |
THAILAND 186 |
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INDONESIA 218 |
MALDIVES 2 |
TIMOR-LESTE 0 |
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IRAN 5,739 |
MONGOLIA 293 |
UNITED ARAB EMIRATES 275 |
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IRAQ 1,512 |
NEPAL 3,802 |
YEMEN 1,561 |
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ISRAEL 207 |
OMAN 27 |
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JAPAN 510 |
QATAR 90 |
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EUROPE |
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ALBANIA 2,756 |
GREECE 42 |
NORTHERN IRELAND 3 |
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ANDORRA 0 |
HUNGARY 100 |
NORWAY 10 |
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ARMENIA 2,066 |
ICELAND 8 |
POLAND 355 |
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AUSTRIA 36 |
IRELAND 24 |
PORTUGAL 20 |
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AZERBAIJAN 919 |
ITALY 324 |
Macau 2 |
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BELARUS 1,808 |
KAZAKHSTAN 1,978 |
ROMANIA 264 |
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BELGIUM 35 |
KOSOVO 334 |
RUSSIA 6,001 |
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BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA 67 |
KYRGYZSTAN 1,993 |
SERBIA 214 |
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BULGARIA 220 |
LATVIA 43 |
SLOVAKIA 24 |
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CROATIA 21 |
LIECHTENSTEIN 0 |
SLOVENIA 10 |
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CYPRUS 10 |
LITHUANIA 110 |
SPAIN 184 |
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CZECH REPUBLIC 27 |
LUXEMBOURG 3 |
SWEDEN 32 |
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DENMARK 15 |
MALTA 0 |
SWITZERLAND 31 |
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ESTONIA 24 |
MOLDOOVA 798 |
TAJIKISTAN 2,122 |
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FINLAND 28 |
MONACO 0 |
TURKEY 2,526 |
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FRANCE 205 |
MONTENEGRO 48 |
TURKMENISTAN 745 |
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Saint Martin 5 |
NETHERLANDS 34 |
UKRAINE 4,949 |
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GEORGIA 1,604 |
Sint Maarten 2 |
UZBEKISTAN 6,001 |
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GERMANY 526 |
NORTH MACEDONIA 293 |
VATICAN CITY 0 |
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NORTH AMERICA |
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BAHAMAS, THE 16 |
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OCEANIA |
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AUSTRALIA 1,031 |
MARSHALL ISLANDS 2 |
PALAU 30 |
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Christmas Island 6 |
MICRONESIA, FEDERATED |
SAMOA 5 |
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Cocos Keeling Islands 2 |
NAURU 9 |
SOLOMON ISLANDS 11 |
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Norfolk Island 6 |
NEW ZEALAND 248 |
TONGA 133 |
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FIJI 950 |
Cook Islands 19 |
TUVALU 4 |
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KIRIBATI 11 |
PAPUA NEW GUINEA 26 |
VANUATU 4 |
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SOUTH AMERICA |
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ANTIGUA AND BARBUDA 0 |
DOMINICA 3 |
SAINT KITTS AND NEVIS 0 |
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ARGENTINA 146 |
ECUADOR 249 |
SAINT LUCIA 3 |
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BARBADOS 0 |
GRENADA 0 |
SAINT VINCENT AND THE GRENADINES 0 |
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BELIZE 0 |
GUYANA 5 |
SURINAME 4 |
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BOLIVIA 38 |
NICARAGUA 18 |
TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO 26 |
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CHILE 24 |
PANAMA 4 |
URUGUAY 0 |
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COSTA RICA 8 |
PARAGUAY 0 |
VENEZUELA 1,800 |
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CUBA 975 |
PERU 198 |
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Natives of the following countries were not eligible to participate in DV-2022: Bangladesh, Brazil, Canada, China (including Hong Kong SAR), Colombia, Dominican Republic, El Salvador, Guatemala, Haiti, Honduras, India, Jamaica, Mexico, Nigeria, Pakistan, Philippines, South Korea, United Kingdom (except Northern Ireland) and its dependent territories, and Vietnam.