Applicants from all over the world who registered for the DV-2016 program were selected at random from 11,391,134 qualified entries (17,573,350 with derivatives) received during the application period that ran from noon, Eastern Daylight Time on Wednesday, October 1, 2014 until noon, Eastern Daylight Time on Monday, November 3, 2014.
The visas have been apportioned among six geographic regions with a maximum of seven percent available to persons born in any single country.
The Kentucky Consular Center registered and notified the winners of the DV-2016 diversity lottery. Approximately 91,563 applicants have been registered and notified and may now make an application for an immigrant visa (so called"selectees" or "winners"). Some of the first *50,000 persons registered will not pursue their cases to visa issuance, this larger number (91,563 selectees) should insure that all DV-2016 numbers will be used during fiscal year 2016 (October 1, 2015 until September 30, 2016).
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 status instead of consular processing of their visas, must apply through USCIS Department of Homeland Security (** Please note that you have to be eligible for adjustment of status. Therefore, if you were selected as a winner in the Green Card lottery and you live in the United States, it's advisable to consult an experienced attorney before applying for your green card).
Once the total *50,000 visa numbers have been used, the program for fiscal year 2016 will end. Selected applicants (aka "selectees" or "winners") who do not receive visas by September 30, 2016 will derive no further benefit from their DV-2016 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.
Section 203(c) of the INA provides up to 55,000 immigrant visas each fiscal year to permit additional immigration opportunities for persons from countries with low admissions during the previous five years. The NACARA stipulates that beginning with DV-99, and for as long as necessary, up to 5,000 of the 55,000 annually-allocated diversity visas will be made available for use under the NACARA program. This resulted in reduction of the DV-2015 annual limit to 50,000. DV visas are divided among six geographic regions. No one country can receive more than seven percent of the available diversity visas in any one year.
P.S. Our office would be happy to assist you with your DV visa application or adjustment of status should you be selected as a winner. Please email us to schedule a phone or Skype consultation. Please remember that a visa must be issued prior to September 30th of the current fiscal year (09-30-2016 for DV-2016 winners). No visas will be issued after this date. If selected as a winner you should act fast and submit your applications and required documents in a timely matter. Assistance of a qualified and experienced immigration attorney would be of great help to many.
The following is the statistical breakdown by foreign-state chargeability of those registered for the DV-2016 program:
AFRICA
ALGERIA 1,952
ETHIOPIA 4,000
NIGER 102
ANGOLA 108
GABON 32
RWANDA 412
BENIN 914
GAMBIA, THE 67
SAO TOME AND PRINCIPE 2
BOTSWANA 4
GHANA 3,179
SENEGAL 427
BURKINA FASO 199
GUINEA 1,818
SEYCHELLES 0
BURUNDI 208
GUINEA-BISSAU 4
SIERRA LEONE 2,141
CABO VERDE 6
KENYA 2,729
SOMALIA 272
CAMEROON 3,047
LESOTHO 5
SOUTH AFRICA 535
CENTRAL AFRICAN REP. 23
LIBERIA 4,430
SOUTH SUDAN 17
CHAD 40
LIBYA 240
SUDAN 3,216
COMOROS 3
MADAGASCAR 75
SWAZILAND 7
CONGO 124
MALAWI 17
TANZANIA 93
CONGO, DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF THE 4,475
MALI 114
TOGO 1,241
COTE D’IVOIRE 1,129
MAURITANIA 15
TUNISIA 227
DJIBOUTI 92
MAURITIUS 41
UGANDA 453
EGYPT 4,024
MOROCCO 1,993
ZAMBIA 57
EQUATORIAL GUINEA 0
MOZAMBIQUE 11
ZIMBABWE 152
ERITREA 544
NAMIBIA 18
ASIA
AFGHANISTAN 406
JAPAN 302
QATAR 42
BAHRAIN 13
JORDAN 349
SAUDI ARABIA 267
BHUTAN 22
NORTH KOREA 0
SINGAPORE 39
BRUNEI 1
KUWAIT 143
SRI LANKA 704
BURMA 236
LAOS 1
SYRIA 460
CAMBODIA 1,229
LEBANON 225
TAIWAN 297
HONG KONG SPECIAL
ADMIN. REGION 151
MALAYSIA 95
THAILAND 73
INDONESIA 126
MALDIVES 3
TIMOR-LESTE 0
IRAN 4,501
MONGOLIA 185
UNITED ARAB EMIRATES 103
IRAQ 330
NEPAL 3,801
YEMEN 724
ISRAEL 162
OMAN 12
EUROPE
ALBANIA 1,931
GREECE 93
NORWAY 35
ANDORRA 0
HUNGARY 186
POLAND 629
ARMENIA 1,277
ICELAND 3
PORTUGAL 58
AUSTRIA 50
IRELAND 89
Macau 23
AZERBAIJAN 380
ITALY 410
ROMANIA 626
BELARUS 811
KAZAKHSTAN 376
RUSSIA 2,200
BELGIUM 47
KOSOVO 244
SAN MARINO 0
BOSNIA & HERZEGOVINA 92
KYRGYZSTAN 209
SERBIA 283
BULGARIA 865
LATVIA 73
SLOVAKIA 70
CROATIA 67
LIECHTENSTEIN 0
SLOVENIA 33
CYPRUS 28
LITHUANIA 153
SPAIN 193
CZECH REPUBLIC 74
LUXEMBOURG 0
SWEDEN 108
DENMARK 35
MACEDONIA 258
SWITZERLAND 122
ESTONIA 40
MALTA 0
TAJIKISTAN 337
FINLAND 57
MOLDOVA 1,854
TURKEY 1,795
FRANCE 510
MONACO 0
TURKMENISTAN 124
French Polynesia 1
MONTENEGRO 8
UKRAINE 4,507
Saint Martin 1
NETHERLANDS 81
UZBEKISTAN 4,300
Wallis and Futuna 1
Aruba 4
VATICAN CITY 0
GEORGIA 571
Curacao 2
GERMANY 678
NORTHERN IRELAND 9
NORTH AMERICA
BAHAMAS, THE 16
OCEANIA
AUSTRALIA 832
NAURU 12
SAMOA 5
Cocos Islands 1
NEW ZEALAND 208
SOLOMON ISLANDS 0
FIJI 393
Cook Islands 4
TONGA 26
KIRIBATI 4
PALAU 4
TUVALU 0
MARSHALL ISLANDS 0
PAPUA NEW GUINEA 3
VANUATU 5
MICRONESIA, FEDERATED STATES OF 3
SOUTH AMERICA, CENTRAL AMERICA, AND THE CARIBBEAN
ANTIGUA AND BARBUDA 0
DOMINICA 6
SAINT KITTS AND NEVIS 2
ARGENTINA 68
GRENADA 7
SAINT LUCIA 5
BARBADOS 0
GUATEMALA 31
SAINT VINCENT AND THE GRENADINES 7
BELIZE 0
GUYANA 14
SURINAME 3
BOLIVIA 49
HONDURAS 73
TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO 51
CHILE 17
NICARAGUA 58
URUGUAY 21
COSTA RICA 50
PANAMA 5
VENEZUELA 1,038
CUBA 1,488
PARAGUAY 7
P.S. Natives of the following countries were not eligible to participate in DV-2016: 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, Nigeria, Pakistan, Peru, the Philippines, South Korea, United Kingdom (except Northern Ireland) and its dependent territories, and Vietnam.
Our office would be happy to assist you with your DV visa application or adjustment of status should you be selected as a winner. Please email us to schedule a phone or Skype consultation. Please remember that a visa must be issued prior to September 30th of the current fiscal year (09-30-2016 for DV-2016 winners). No visas will be issued after this date. If selected as a winner you should act fast and submit your applications and required documents in a timely matter. Assistance of a qualified and experienced immigration attorney would be of great help to many.
The visas have been apportioned among six geographic regions with a maximum of seven percent available to persons born in any single country.
The Kentucky Consular Center registered and notified the winners of the DV-2016 diversity lottery. Approximately 91,563 applicants have been registered and notified and may now make an application for an immigrant visa (so called"selectees" or "winners"). Some of the first *50,000 persons registered will not pursue their cases to visa issuance, this larger number (91,563 selectees) should insure that all DV-2016 numbers will be used during fiscal year 2016 (October 1, 2015 until September 30, 2016).
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 status instead of consular processing of their visas, must apply through USCIS Department of Homeland Security (** Please note that you have to be eligible for adjustment of status. Therefore, if you were selected as a winner in the Green Card lottery and you live in the United States, it's advisable to consult an experienced attorney before applying for your green card).
Once the total *50,000 visa numbers have been used, the program for fiscal year 2016 will end. Selected applicants (aka "selectees" or "winners") who do not receive visas by September 30, 2016 will derive no further benefit from their DV-2016 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.
Section 203(c) of the INA provides up to 55,000 immigrant visas each fiscal year to permit additional immigration opportunities for persons from countries with low admissions during the previous five years. The NACARA stipulates that beginning with DV-99, and for as long as necessary, up to 5,000 of the 55,000 annually-allocated diversity visas will be made available for use under the NACARA program. This resulted in reduction of the DV-2015 annual limit to 50,000. DV visas are divided among six geographic regions. No one country can receive more than seven percent of the available diversity visas in any one year.
P.S. Our office would be happy to assist you with your DV visa application or adjustment of status should you be selected as a winner. Please email us to schedule a phone or Skype consultation. Please remember that a visa must be issued prior to September 30th of the current fiscal year (09-30-2016 for DV-2016 winners). No visas will be issued after this date. If selected as a winner you should act fast and submit your applications and required documents in a timely matter. Assistance of a qualified and experienced immigration attorney would be of great help to many.
The following is the statistical breakdown by foreign-state chargeability of those registered for the DV-2016 program:
AFRICA
ALGERIA 1,952
ETHIOPIA 4,000
NIGER 102
ANGOLA 108
GABON 32
RWANDA 412
BENIN 914
GAMBIA, THE 67
SAO TOME AND PRINCIPE 2
BOTSWANA 4
GHANA 3,179
SENEGAL 427
BURKINA FASO 199
GUINEA 1,818
SEYCHELLES 0
BURUNDI 208
GUINEA-BISSAU 4
SIERRA LEONE 2,141
CABO VERDE 6
KENYA 2,729
SOMALIA 272
CAMEROON 3,047
LESOTHO 5
SOUTH AFRICA 535
CENTRAL AFRICAN REP. 23
LIBERIA 4,430
SOUTH SUDAN 17
CHAD 40
LIBYA 240
SUDAN 3,216
COMOROS 3
MADAGASCAR 75
SWAZILAND 7
CONGO 124
MALAWI 17
TANZANIA 93
CONGO, DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF THE 4,475
MALI 114
TOGO 1,241
COTE D’IVOIRE 1,129
MAURITANIA 15
TUNISIA 227
DJIBOUTI 92
MAURITIUS 41
UGANDA 453
EGYPT 4,024
MOROCCO 1,993
ZAMBIA 57
EQUATORIAL GUINEA 0
MOZAMBIQUE 11
ZIMBABWE 152
ERITREA 544
NAMIBIA 18
ASIA
AFGHANISTAN 406
JAPAN 302
QATAR 42
BAHRAIN 13
JORDAN 349
SAUDI ARABIA 267
BHUTAN 22
NORTH KOREA 0
SINGAPORE 39
BRUNEI 1
KUWAIT 143
SRI LANKA 704
BURMA 236
LAOS 1
SYRIA 460
CAMBODIA 1,229
LEBANON 225
TAIWAN 297
HONG KONG SPECIAL
ADMIN. REGION 151
MALAYSIA 95
THAILAND 73
INDONESIA 126
MALDIVES 3
TIMOR-LESTE 0
IRAN 4,501
MONGOLIA 185
UNITED ARAB EMIRATES 103
IRAQ 330
NEPAL 3,801
YEMEN 724
ISRAEL 162
OMAN 12
EUROPE
ALBANIA 1,931
GREECE 93
NORWAY 35
ANDORRA 0
HUNGARY 186
POLAND 629
ARMENIA 1,277
ICELAND 3
PORTUGAL 58
AUSTRIA 50
IRELAND 89
Macau 23
AZERBAIJAN 380
ITALY 410
ROMANIA 626
BELARUS 811
KAZAKHSTAN 376
RUSSIA 2,200
BELGIUM 47
KOSOVO 244
SAN MARINO 0
BOSNIA & HERZEGOVINA 92
KYRGYZSTAN 209
SERBIA 283
BULGARIA 865
LATVIA 73
SLOVAKIA 70
CROATIA 67
LIECHTENSTEIN 0
SLOVENIA 33
CYPRUS 28
LITHUANIA 153
SPAIN 193
CZECH REPUBLIC 74
LUXEMBOURG 0
SWEDEN 108
DENMARK 35
MACEDONIA 258
SWITZERLAND 122
ESTONIA 40
MALTA 0
TAJIKISTAN 337
FINLAND 57
MOLDOVA 1,854
TURKEY 1,795
FRANCE 510
MONACO 0
TURKMENISTAN 124
French Polynesia 1
MONTENEGRO 8
UKRAINE 4,507
Saint Martin 1
NETHERLANDS 81
UZBEKISTAN 4,300
Wallis and Futuna 1
Aruba 4
VATICAN CITY 0
GEORGIA 571
Curacao 2
GERMANY 678
NORTHERN IRELAND 9
NORTH AMERICA
BAHAMAS, THE 16
OCEANIA
AUSTRALIA 832
NAURU 12
SAMOA 5
Cocos Islands 1
NEW ZEALAND 208
SOLOMON ISLANDS 0
FIJI 393
Cook Islands 4
TONGA 26
KIRIBATI 4
PALAU 4
TUVALU 0
MARSHALL ISLANDS 0
PAPUA NEW GUINEA 3
VANUATU 5
MICRONESIA, FEDERATED STATES OF 3
SOUTH AMERICA, CENTRAL AMERICA, AND THE CARIBBEAN
ANTIGUA AND BARBUDA 0
DOMINICA 6
SAINT KITTS AND NEVIS 2
ARGENTINA 68
GRENADA 7
SAINT LUCIA 5
BARBADOS 0
GUATEMALA 31
SAINT VINCENT AND THE GRENADINES 7
BELIZE 0
GUYANA 14
SURINAME 3
BOLIVIA 49
HONDURAS 73
TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO 51
CHILE 17
NICARAGUA 58
URUGUAY 21
COSTA RICA 50
PANAMA 5
VENEZUELA 1,038
CUBA 1,488
PARAGUAY 7
P.S. Natives of the following countries were not eligible to participate in DV-2016: 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, Nigeria, Pakistan, Peru, the Philippines, South Korea, United Kingdom (except Northern Ireland) and its dependent territories, and Vietnam.
Our office would be happy to assist you with your DV visa application or adjustment of status should you be selected as a winner. Please email us to schedule a phone or Skype consultation. Please remember that a visa must be issued prior to September 30th of the current fiscal year (09-30-2016 for DV-2016 winners). No visas will be issued after this date. If selected as a winner you should act fast and submit your applications and required documents in a timely matter. Assistance of a qualified and experienced immigration attorney would be of great help to many.
RSS Feed