Diversity Visa Program (DV-2014) - Selected Entrants
Applicants registered for the DV-2014 program were selected at random from 9,374,191 qualified entries (14,633,767 with derivatives) received during the
30-day application period that ran from noon, Eastern Daylight Time on Tuesday, October 2, 2012, until noon, Eastern Daylight Time on Saturday, November 3, 2012. 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 2014 will end. Selected applicants who do not receive visas by September 30, 2014 will derive no further benefit from their DV-2014 registration. Similarly, spouses and children accompanying or following to join DV-2014 principal applicants are only entitled to derivative diversity visa status until September 30, 2014.
Dates for the DV-2015 program registration period will be widely publicized in the coming months. Those interested in entering the DV-2015 program should check the Department of State’s Visa web page for more details in September.
* 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-2014 program:
AFRICA
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ALGERIA
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2,583
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ETHIOPIA
|
5,718
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NIGER
|
137
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ANGOLA
|
84
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GABON
|
72
|
NIGERIA
|
6,043
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BENIN
|
639
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GAMBIA, THE
|
67
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RWANDA
|
477
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BOTSWANA
|
19
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GHANA
|
3,945
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SAO TOME AND PRINCIPE
|
0
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BURKINA FASO
|
267
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GUINEA
|
1,759
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SENEGAL
|
824
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BURUNDI
|
138
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GUINEA-BISSAU
|
14
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SEYCHELLES
|
5
|
CAMEROON
|
4,268
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KENYA
|
4,245
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SIERRA LEONE
|
2,977
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CAPE VERDE
|
33
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LESOTHO
|
6
|
SOMALIA
|
273
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CENTRAL AFRICAN REP.
|
45
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LIBERIA
|
3,809
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SOUTH AFRICA
|
1,038
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CHAD
|
49
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LIBYA
|
156
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SOUTH SUDAN
|
18
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COMOROS
|
5
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MADAGASCAR
|
50
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SUDAN
|
2,281
|
CONGO
|
236
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MALAWI
|
52
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SWAZILAND
|
5
|
CONGO, DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF THE
|
6,025
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MALI
|
176
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TANZANIA
|
209
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COTE D’IVOIRE
|
1,399
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MAURITANIA
|
21
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TOGO
|
1,481
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DJIBOUTI
|
75
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MAURITIUS
|
68
|
TUNISIA
|
159
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EGYPT
|
5,757
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MOROCCO
|
2,428
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UGANDA
|
620
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EQUATORIAL GUINEA
|
4
|
MOZAMBIQUE
|
21
|
ZAMBIA
|
117
|
ERITREA
|
837
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NAMIBIA
|
12
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ZIMBABWE
|
196
|
ASIA
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AFGHANISTAN
|
447
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JAPAN
|
861
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QATAR
|
43
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BAHRAIN
|
27
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JORDAN
|
581
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SAUDI ARABIA
|
467
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BHUTAN
|
21
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NORTH KOREA
|
3
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SINGAPORE
|
119
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BRUNEI
|
3
|
KUWAIT
|
275
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SRI LANKA
|
1,616
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BURMA
|
696
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LAOS
|
9
|
SYRIA
|
493
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CAMBODIA
|
1,892
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LEBANON
|
396
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TAIWAN
|
723
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HONG KONG SPECIAL ADMIN. REGION
|
159
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MALAYSIA
|
167
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THAILAND
|
131
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INDONESIA
|
379
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MALDIVES
|
4
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TIMOR-LESTE
|
0
|
IRAN
|
6,027
|
MONGOLIA
|
224
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UNITED ARAB EMIRATES
|
167
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IRAQ
|
384
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NEPAL
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6,082
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YEMEN
|
532
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ISRAEL
|
330
|
OMAN
|
12
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EUROPE
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ALBANIA
|
3,289
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GERMANY
|
1,696
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NORTHERN IRELAND
|
37
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ANDORRA
|
2
|
GREECE
|
230
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NORWAY
|
63
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ARMENIA
|
2,221
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HUNGARY
|
363
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POLAND
|
1,552
|
AUSTRIA
|
150
|
ICELAND
|
49
|
PORTUGAL
|
124
|
AZERBAIJAN
|
494
|
IRELAND
|
175
|
- Macau
|
12
|
BELARUS
|
1,873
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ITALY
|
787
|
ROMANIA
|
1,245
|
BELGIUM
|
120
|
KAZAKHSTAN
|
784
|
RUSSIA
|
4,544
|
BOSNIA & HERZEGOVINA
|
153
|
KOSOVO
|
257
|
SAN MARINO
|
1
|
BULGARIA
|
1,957
|
KYRGYZSTAN
|
537
|
SERBIA
|
582
|
CROATIA
|
125
|
LATVIA
|
147
|
SLOVAKIA
|
115
|
CYPRUS
|
24
|
LIECHTENSTEIN
|
1
|
SLOVENIA
|
14
|
CZECH REPUBLIC
|
133
|
LITHUANIA
|
385
|
SPAIN
|
485
|
DENMARK
|
103
|
LUXEMBOURG
|
13
|
- Western Sahara
|
1
|
- Greenland
|
1
|
MACEDONIA
|
421
|
SWEDEN
|
225
|
ESTONIA
|
75
|
MALTA
|
6
|
SWITZERLAND
|
224
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FINLAND
|
111
|
MOLDOVA
|
2,903
|
TAJIKISTAN
|
531
|
FRANCE
|
958
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MONACO
|
2
|
TURKEY
|
3,972
|
- French Polynesia
|
8
|
MONTENEGRO
|
20
|
TURKMENISTAN
|
216
|
| - French Southern and Antarctic Territories | 4 | NETHERLANDS | 225 | UKRAINE | 6,009 |
- New Caledonia
|
1
|
- Aruba
|
6
|
UZBEKISTAN
|
5,014
|
- Saint Martin
|
2
|
- Curacao
|
4
|
VATICAN CITY
|
0
|
GEORGIA
|
806
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- Sint Maarten
|
2
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NORTH AMERICA
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BAHAMAS, THE
|
23
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OCEANIA
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AUSTRALIA
|
2,104
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NAURU
|
12
|
SAMOA
|
43
|
- Cocos Islands
|
1
|
NEW ZEALAND
|
674
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SOLOMON ISLANDS
|
3
|
- Norfolk Island
|
2
|
- Cook Islands
|
4
|
TONGA
|
105
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FIJI
|
1,174
|
- Niue
|
25
|
TUVALU
|
1
|
KIRIBATI
|
6
|
- Tokelau
|
3
|
VANUATU
|
17
|
MARSHALL ISLANDS
|
2
|
PALAU
|
0
| ||
MICRONESIA, FEDERATES STATES OF
|
5
|
PAPUA NEW GUINEA
|
34
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SOUTH AMERICA, CENTRAL AMERICA, AND THE CARIBBEAN
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ANTIGUA AND BARBUDA
|
11
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DOMINICA
|
22
|
SAINT KITTS AND NEVIS
|
15
|
ARGENTINA
|
218
|
GRENADA
|
31
|
SAINT LUCIA
|
42
|
BARBADOS
|
34
|
GUATEMALA
|
225
|
SAINT VINCENT AND THE GRENADINES
|
13
|
BELIZE
|
18
|
GUYANA
|
50
|
SURINAME
|
27
|
BOLIVIA
|
145
|
HONDURAS
|
121
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TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO
|
246
|
CHILE
|
50
|
NICARAGUA
|
78
|
URUGUAY
|
41
|
COSTA RICA
|
101
|
PANAMA
|
22
|
VENEZUELA
|
1,905
|
CUBA
|
1,178
|
PARAGUAY
|
27
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Natives of the following countries were not eligible to participate in DV-2014: Bangladesh, Brazil, Canada, China (mainland-born, excluding Hong Kong S.A.R., Macau S.A.R., and Taiwan), Colombia, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, Haiti, India, Jamaica, Mexico, Pakistan, Peru, the Philippines, South Korea, United Kingdom (except Northern Ireland) and its dependent territories, and Vietnam.