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DIVERSITY VISA VISA LOTTERY LOTTERY 2010 RESULTS DIVERSITY 2010 (DV-2010) (DV-2010) RESULTS The Kentucky The Kentucky Consular Consular Center Center in in Williamsburg, Williamsburg, Kentucky Kentucky has has registered registered and and notified notified the the winners of the DV-2010 diversity lottery. The diversity lottery was conducted under the the winners of the DV-2010 diversity lottery. The diversity lottery was conducted under terms of of section section 203(c) of the the Immigration Immigrationand and Nationality NationalityAct Act and and makes makes available available terms 203(c) of *50,000 permanent permanent resident resident visas visas annually annually to to persons persons from countries with low rates rates of of *50,000 from countries with low immigration to to the the United United States. States. Approximately Approximately 102,800 102,800 applicants applicants have have been been registered registered immigration and notified and may and notified and may now now make make an an application application for for an an immigrant immigrant visa. visa. Since Since itit is is likely likely that that some of *50,000persons persons registered registered will will not notpursue pursue their theircases cases to to visa visa issuance, issuance, some of the the first first *50,000 this larger larger figure figure should should insure insure that that all all DV-2009 DV-2009 numbers numbers will will be be used used during during fiscal fiscal year year this 2010 (October September 30, 2010 (October 1, 1, 2009 2009 until until September 30, 2010). 2010). Applicants registered Applicants registered for for the the DV-2010 DV-2010 program program were were selected selected at at random random from from over over 13.6 13.6 million qualified entries received during the 60-day application period that ran from noon million qualified entries received during the 60-day application period that ran from noon on October 2, 2008, until noon, December 1, 2008. The visas have been apportioned on October 2, 2008, until noon, December 1, 2008. The visas have been apportioned among six a maximum maximum of of seven seven percent percent available available to to persons persons born born among six geographic geographic regions regions with with a in any single country. During the visa interview, principal applicants must provide proof of 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 a high school education or its equivalent, or show two years of work experience in an occupation that or experience experience within past five five occupation that requires requires at at least least two two years years of of training training or within the the past years. Those Those selected visa applications applications quickly. years. selectedwill will need needto to act act on on their their immigrant immigrant visa quickly. Applicants should and must must fully fully complete complete Applicants should follow followthe the instructions instructions in in their their notification notification letter letter and the information information requested. requested. the Registrants living Registrants living legally legally in in the the United United States States who who wish wish to to apply apply for for adjustment adjustment of of their their status must must contact contact the the Bureau Bureau of Citizenship and Services for on status of Citizenship and Immigration Immigration Services for information information on the requirements requirements and and procedures. procedures. Once visa numbers numbers have have been been used, used, the Once the the total total *50,000 *50,000 visa the program program for for fiscal fiscal year year 2010 2010 will will end. end. Selected Selected applicants applicants who who do do not not receive receive visas visas by by the September 30, 2010 will derive no further benefit from their DV-2010 registration. September 30, 2010 will derive no further benefit from their DV-2010 registration. Similarly, spouses spouses and DV-2010 principal principal Similarly, and children children accompanying accompanying or or following following to to join join DV-2010 applicants are only entitled to derivative diversity visa status until September 2010. applicants are only entitled to derivative diversity visa status until September 30, 30, 2010. Only participants in the the DV-2010 DV-2010 program program who who were were selected selected for further processing processing have have Only participants in for further been notified. Those who selected. They been notified. Those who have have not not received received notification notification were were not not selected. They may may try try for the the upcoming upcoming DV-2011 they wish. wish. The The dates period for the for DV-2011 lottery lottery ifif they dates for for the the registration registration period for the DV-2011 lottery program will will be be widely widely publicized publicized during during August August 2010. DV-2011 lottery program 2010. * The Nicaraguan Nicaraguan and and Central Central American AmericanRelief Relief Act Act(NACARA) (NACARA) passed passed by Congress in * The by Congress in November 1997 of the the 55,000 55,000 annually-allocated annually-allocated diversity November 1997 stipulated stipulated that that up up to to 5,000 5,000 of diversity visas be NACARA program. of visas be made made available available for for use use under under the the NACARA program.The Thereduction reductionof of the the limit limit of available visas began with DV-2000. available visas to to 50,000 50,000 began with DV-2000. The following breakdown by chargeability of of those those registered registered The following is is the the statistical statistical breakdown by foreign-state foreign-state chargeability for the the DV-2009 DV-2009 program: for program:

AFRICA ALGERIA 1,957 ALGERIA 1,957

ETHIOPIA 5,200 ETHIOPIA 5,200

NIGER NIGER 56

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ANGOLA 46 ANGOLA 46

GABON GABON 19

NIGERIA 6,006 NIGERIA 6,006

BENIN BENIN 369

GAMBIA, THE THE 108

RWANDA 178 RWANDA 178

BOTSWANA 23 BOTSWANA 23

GHANA 8,752 GHANA 8,752

SAO AND SAO TOME TOME AND PRINCIPE 0 PRINCIPE 0

BURKINA FASO FASO 184 184

GUINEA GUINEA 737

SENEGAL 520 SENEGAL 520

BURUNDI BURUNDI 83

GUINEA-BISSAU 8

CAMEROON 3,719 CAMEROON 3,719

KENYA 4,619 KENYA 4,619

SEYCHELLES SEYCHELLES 4 4 SIERRA SIERRA LEONE LEONE 3,898 3,898

CAPE VERDE6 CAPE VERDE 6

LESOTHO LESOTHO 2 2

SOMALIA 229 SOMALIA 229

CENTRAL AFRICAN CENTRAL AFRICAN REP. 20 REP.

LIBERIA 2,172 LIBERIA 2,172

SOUTH AFRICA 863 863 SOUTH AFRICA

CHAD CHAD 27

LIBYA LIBYA 152

SUDAN 1,084 SUDAN 1,084

COMOROS COMOROS 9 9

MADAGASCAR MADAGASCAR 31 31

SWAZILAND SWAZILAND 11

CONGO 92 CONGO 92

MALAWI 50

TANZANIA TANZANIA 221

CONGO, CONGO, DEMOCRATIC DEMOCRATIC MALI 129 REPUBLIC REPUBLIC OF OF THE THE 1,817

TOGO 827 TOGO 827

COTE D'IVOIRE 658 COTE D'IVOIRE

MAURITANIA MAURITANIA 20

TUNISIA 1645

DJIBOUTI 33

MAURITIUS MAURITIUS 78

UGANDA UGANDA 396 396

EGYPT EGYPT 4,201 4,201

MOROCCO 3,124 MOROCCO 3,124

ZAMBIA 93

EQUATORIAL GUINEA EQUATORIAL GUINEA 15

MOZAMBIQUE 8

ZIMBABWE ZIMBABWE 170

ERITREA 799 ERITREA 799

NAMIBIA 16

ASIA

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AFGHANISTAN 345 AFGHANISTAN 345

ISRAEL ISRAEL 99

OMAN 2 OMAN 2

BAHRAIN BAHRAIN 15

JAPAN 302 JAPAN 302

QATAR 13 QATAR 13

BANGLADESH 6,001 BANGLADESH 6,001

JORDAN 143 JORDAN 143

SAUDI ARABIA ARABIA 104

BHUTAN 2 BHUTAN 2

NORTH KOREA 3 NORTH KOREA 3

SINGAPORE 37 SINGAPORE 37

BRUNEI 0 BRUNEI 0

KUWAIT 70

SRI LANKA LANKA 650

BURMA 473 BURMA 473

LAOS LAOS 3

SYRIA SYRIA 98

CAMBODIA CAMBODIA 359

LEBANON 181 LEBANON 181

THAILAND THAILAND 368

HONG HONG KONG KONG SPECIAL SPECIAL ADMIN. REGION REGION 49

MALAYSIA 60 MALAYSIA 60

TAIWAN 54

INDONESIA INDONESIA 277

MALDIVES 0 0

TIMOR-LESTE 0 TIMOR-LESTE 0

IRAN IRAN 2,773

MONGOLIA 144 MONGOLIA 144

UNITED UNITED ARAB ARAB EMIRATES 30 EMIRATES 30

IRAQ 142

NEPAL 2,132 NEPAL 2,132

YEMEN YEMEN 72 72

EUROPE

ALBANIA 2,311 ALBANIA 2,311

GREECE GREECE 48 48

NORWAY 60 NORWAY 60

ANDORRA ANDORRA 6 6

HUNGARY 192 HUNGARY 192

PORTUGAL 51 PORTUGAL 51 Macau 17

ARMENIA 1,332 ARMENIA 1,332

ICELAND ICELAND 36

ROMANIA 674 ROMANIA 674

AUSTRIA AUSTRIA 181

IRELAND IRELAND 167

RUSSIA 1,912 RUSSIA 1,912

AZERBAIJAN 324 AZERBAIJAN 324

ITALY ITALY 470

SERBIA 367 SERBIA 367

BELARUS 1,178 BELARUS 1,178

KAZAKHSTAN 343 KAZAKHSTAN 343

SLOVAKIA 108 SLOVAKIA 108

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BELGIUM 117 BELGIUM 117

KYRGYZSTAN KYRGYZSTAN 205 205

SLOVENIA SLOVENIA 19

BOSNIA & BOSNIA & HERZEGOVINA 72 HERZEGOVINA 72

LATVIA 90

SPAIN SPAIN 169

BULGARIA 842 BULGARIA 842

LIECHTENSTEIN 0 LIECHTENSTEIN 0

SWEDEN 163 SWEDEN 163

CROATIA CROATIA 74

LITHUANIA LITHUANIA 195

SWITZERLAND 185 SWITZERLAND 185

CYPRUS CYPRUS 23 23

LUXEMBOURG LUXEMBOURG 2 2

TAJIKISTAN TAJIKISTAN 178

CZECH REPUBLIC 116 116 CZECH REPUBLIC

MACEDONIA, MACEDONIA, 2,826 FORMER YUGOSLAV TURKEY FORMER YUGOSLAV TURKEY 2,826 REP. OF 272 REP. OF 272

DENMARK 74 DENMARK 74 Greenland 2

MALTA 7 MALTA 7

TURKMENISTAN TURKMENISTAN 108

ESTONIA ESTONIA 66

MOLDOVA 724 MOLDOVA 724

UKRAINE 5,499 UKRAINE 5,499

FINLAND FINLAND 83

MONACO MONACO 0 0

UZBEKISTAN 4,059 UZBEKISTAN 4,059

FRANCE 703 FRANCE 703 French Guiana 4 French Polynesia Polynesia 8 French 8 French Southern & French Southern & Antarctic Lands Lands 0 Antarctic 0 Guadeloupe 13 Guadeloupe 13 Martinique 4 4 Martinique Reunion 5

MONTENEGRO MONTENEGRO 13 13

VATICAN CITY 0

GEORGIA 648 GEORGIA 648

NETHERLANDS 200 NETHERLANDS 200 Aruba 16 Aruba 16 Netherlands Antilles 22

GERMANY 2,188 GERMANY 2,188

NORTHERN NORTHERN IRELAND IRELAND 31

NORTH AMERICA

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BAHAMAS, THE THE 18

OCEANIA AUSTRALIA 705 AUSTRALIA 705

Christmas Islands 2

NAURU 3 NAURU 3

SOLOMON ISLANDS SOLOMON ISLANDS 3

NEW ZEALAND 258 258 NEW ZEALAND

FIJI 674

Cook Cook Islands Islands 0 0 Niue 16

TONGA 80 TONGA 80

KIRIBATI 1

PALAU 12 PALAU 12

TUVALU 1 TUVALU 1

NEW GUINEA GUINEA VANUATU 7 PAPUA NEW MARSHALL ISLANDS 0 0 PAPUA MARSHALL ISLANDS VANUATU 7 15 15

MICRONESIA, MICRONESIA, FEDERATED FEDERATED STATES STATES OF 0 OF 0

SAMOA 0 SAMOA 0

WESTERN SAMOA WESTERN SAMOA 26

SOUTH AMERICA, CENTRAL AMERICA, AND THE THE SOUTH AMERICA, CENTRAL AMERICA, AND CARIBBEAN

ANTIGUA ANTIGUA AND AND BARBUDA 9 BARBUDA 9

DOMINICA 18

SAINT KITTS KITTS AND AND SAINT NEVIS 6

ARGENTINA 188 ARGENTINA 188

GRENADA GRENADA 9 9

SAINT LUCIA 19

BARBADOS 29 BARBADOS 29

GUYANA 41 GUYANA 41

SAINT SAINT VINCENT VINCENT AND AND THE THE GRENADINES 9 GRENADINES 9

BELIZE BELIZE 10

HONDURAS 82 HONDURAS 82

SURINAME SURINAME 10

BOLIVIA 142

NICARAGUA NICARAGUA 50

TRINIDAD AND AND TRINIDAD TOBAGO 226 TOBAGO 226

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CHILE CHILE 53

PANAMA 39 PANAMA 39

URUGUAY URUGUAY 17 17

COSTA RICA 74 74 COSTA RICA

PARAGUAY PARAGUAY 29 29

VENEZUELA 624 VENEZUELA 624

CUBA 298 CUBA 298

Natives of DV-2010: Brazil, Brazil, Natives of the the following following countries countries were were not not eligible eligible to to participate participate in in DV-2010: Canada, China (mainland-born, excluding Hong Kong S.A.R., and Taiwan), Columbia, Canada, China (mainland-born, excluding Hong Kong S.A.R., and Taiwan), Columbia, Dominican Republic, Jamaica, Mexico, Mexico, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, Ecuador, El El Salvador, Salvador, Guatemala, Guatemala, Haiti, Haiti, India, India, Jamaica, Pakistan, Peru, Pakistan, Peru, The The Philippines, Philippines, Poland, Poland, South South Korea, Korea, United United Kingdom Kingdom (except (except Northern Northern Ireland) and and its its dependent dependent territories, and Vietnam. Vietnam. Ireland) territories, and

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