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this year.
Entitlement to immigrant status in the lasts only
through the end of the fiscal (visa) year for which the applicant is
selected in the lottery. The year of entitlement for all applicants
registered for the DV-2024 program ends as of September 30, 2024. DV
visas may not be issued to DV-2024 applicants after that
date. Similarly, spouses and children accompanying or following to
join DV-2024 principals are only entitled to derivative DV status
until September 30, 2024. DV visa availability through the very end
of FY-2024 cannot be taken for granted. Numbers could be exhausted
prior to September 30.
C. THE DIVERSITY (DV) IMMIGRANT CATEGORY RANK
CUT-OFFS WHICH WILL APPLY IN OCTOBER
For October, immigrant numbers in the DV category are
available to qualified DV-2024 applicants chargeable to all
regions/eligible countries as follows. When an allocation cut-off
number is shown, visas are available only for applicants with DV
regional lottery rank numbers BELOW the specified allocation
cut-off number:
Region |
All DV Chargeability Areas Except
Those Listed Separately |
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AFRICA |
10,000 |
Except: Algeria 7,500
Egypt 5,500
Morocco 5,600 |
ASIA |
2,000 |
Except: Iran 1,750
Nepal 1,300 |
EUROPE |
4,500 |
Except: Russia 4,400
Uzbekistan 1,250 |
NORTH AMERICA (BAHAMAS) |
2 |
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OCEANIA |
225 |
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SOUTH AMERICA,
and the CARIBBEAN |
375 |
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D. DIVERSITY VISA LOTTERY 2024 (DV-2024) RESULTS
The Kentucky Consular Center in Williamsburg, Kentucky has
registered and notified the selectees who are eligible to
participate in the eDV-2024 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 143,000 prospective applicants (i.e., selectees and
their spouses and children) have been registered, can confirm their
selection, and may be eligible to make an application for an
immigrant visa. Since selection is random and 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-2024 numbers can be used during fiscal year 2024
(FY24: October 1, 2024, until September 30, 2024).
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Entrants registered for the DV-2024 program were selected at
random from 22,185,619 qualified entries received during the 35-day
application period that ran from noon, Eastern Daylight Time on
Wednesday, October 5, 2022, until noon, Eastern Standard Time on
Tuesday, November 8, 2022. The visas will be apportioned among the
six geographic regions to ensure a maximum of seven percent are
issued to persons chargeable to any single country. During the visa
interview, principal applicants must provide proof of a high school
education or its equivalent, or 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 2024 will end.
Selectees who do not receive visas or status by September 30, 2024,
will derive no further benefit from their DV-2024 registration.
Similarly, spouses and children accompanying or following to join
DV-2024 principal applicants are only entitled to derivative DV
status until September 30, 2024.
Dates for the DV-2026 program registration period will be widely
publicized in the coming months. Those interested in entering the
DV-2026 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-2024 annual limit to approximately 54,850.
The following is the statistical breakdown by foreign state of
chargeability of those registered for the DV-2024 program:
AFRICA |
ALGERIA 5,142 |
ERITREA 211 |
MOZAMBIQUE 7 |
ANGOLA 582 |
ESWATINI 2 |
NAMIBIA 10 |
BENIN 1,002 |
ETHIOPIA 3,034 |
NIGER 93 |
BOTSWANA 16 |
GABON 86 |
RWANDA 1,604 |
BURKINA FASO 191 |
GAMBIA, THE 156 |
SENEGAL 504 |
BURUNDI 876 |
GHANA 2,088 |
SIERRA LEONE 735 |
CABO VERDE 15 |
GUINEA 1,362 |
SOMALIA 2,383 |
CAMEROON 3,485 |
GUINEA-BISSAU 21 |
SOUTH AFRICA 199 |
CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC 30 |
KENYA 3,760 |
SOUTH SUDAN 59 |
CHAD 490 |
LIBERIA 2,208 |
SUDAN 5,435 |
COMOROS 10 |
LIBYA 257 |
TANZANIA 348 |
CONGO, DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC
OF THE 2,580 |
MADAGASCAR 25 |
TOGO 2,105 |
CONGO, REPUBLIC OF THE 660 |
MALAWI 42 |
TUNISIA 221 |
COTE D’IVOIRE 672 |
MALI 119 |
UGANDA 1,515 |
DJIBOUTI 333 |
MAURITANIA 274 |
ZAMBIA 85 |
EGYPT 5,509 |
MAURITIUS 4 |
ZIMBABWE 216 |
EQUATORIAL GUINEA 19 |
MOROCCO 4,250 |
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ASIA |
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AFGHANISTAN 4,536 |
JORDAN 1,188 |
SAUDI ARABIA 619 |
BAHRAIN 8 |
KUWAIT 162 |
SINGAPORE 6 |
BHUTAN 347 |
LAOS 27 |
SRI LANKA 2,622 |
BURMA 1,667 |
LEBANON 214 |
SYRIA 692 |
CAMBODIA 340 |
MALAYSIA 32 |
TAIWAN 279 |
INDONESIA 104 |
MALDIVES 1 |
THAILAND 467 |
IRAN 5,077 |
MONGOLIA 300 |
UNITED ARAB EMIRATES 211 |
IRAQ 1,348 |
NEPAL 3,863 |
YEMEN 3,485 |
ISRAEL 71 |
OMAN 20 |
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JAPAN 200 |
QATAR 74 |
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EUROPE |
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ALBANIA 2,667 |
GREECE 66 |
NORWAY 9 |
ANDORRA 2 |
HUNGARY 102 |
POLAND 497 |
ARMENIA 3,869 |
ICELAND 5 |
PORTUGAL 39 |
AUSTRIA 34 |
IRELAND 18 |
Macau 4 |
AZERBAIJAN 2,046 |
ITALY 256 |
ROMANIA 267 |
BELARUS 2,418 |
KAZAKHSTAN 2,728 |
RUSSIA 5,514 |
BELGIUM 35 |
KOSOVO 463 |
SERBIA 186 |
BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA 31 |
KYRGYZSTAN 4,464 |
SLOVAKIA 33 |
BULGARIA 142 |
LATVIA 97 |
SLOVENIA 2 |
CROATIA 30 |
LITHUANIA 106 |
SPAIN 137 |
CYPRUS 25 |
MALTA 1 |
SWEDEN 31 |
CZECH REPUBLIC 46 |
MOLDOVA 950 |
SWITZERLAND 30 |
DENMARK 16 |
MONACO 1 |
TAJIKISTAN 3,580 |
ESTONIA 33 |
MONTENEGRO 21 |
TURKEY 3,684 |
FINLAND 29 |
NETHERLANDS 39 |
TURKMENISTAN 1,313 |
FRANCE 327 |
Aruba 1 |
UKRAINE 4,286 |
French Polynesia 1 |
Curacao 1 |
UZBEKISTAN 5,555 |
New Caledonia 4 |
Sint Maarten 1 |
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GEORGIA 3,194 |
NORTH MACEDONIA 258 |
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GERMANY 466 |
NORTHERN IRELAND 1 |
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NORTH AMERICA |
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BAHAMAS, THE 15 |
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OCEANIA |
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AUSTRALIA 795 |
NAURU 32 |
SOLOMON ISLANDS 22 |
Christmas Island 1 |
NEW ZEALAND 256 |
TONGA 246 |
Cocos Keeling Islands 3 |
Cook Islands 69 |
TUVALU 11 |
FEDERATED STATES OF
MICRONESIA 1 |
PAPUA NEW GUINEA 15 |
VANUATU 29 |
FIJI 2,936 |
REPUBLIC OF PALAU 4 |
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KIRABATI 21 |
SAMOA 9 |
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SOUTH AMERICA |
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ANTIGUA AND BARBUDA 1 |
CUBA 3,081 |
PARAGUAY 9 |
ARGENTINA 127 |
DOMINICA 6 |
PERU 742 |
BARBADOS 4 |
ECUADOR 814 |
SAINT LUCIA 3 |
BELIZE 5 |
GUATEMALA 146 |
SAINT VINCENT AND THE
GRENADINES 2 |
BOLIVIA 85 |
GUYANA 9 |
TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO 37 |
CHILE 51 |
NICARAGUA 117 |
URUGUAY 7 |
COSTA RICA 68 |
PANAMA 17 |
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Natives of the following countries were not eligible to
participate in DV-2024: 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.
E. AVAILABILITY OF EMPLOYMENT-BASED VISAS DURING SEPTEMBER
Employment-based number use by both USCIS and Department of State
has been steady during the fiscal year. As a result, most
employment-based preference category limits and/or the overall
employment-based preference limit for FY 2024 are expected to be
reached during September. If at any time an annual limit were
reached, it would be necessary to immediately make the preference
category “unavailable”, and no further requests for numbers would be
honored.
F. DETERMINATION OF THE NUMERICAL LIMITS ON IMMIGRANTS
REQUIRED UNDER THE TERMS OF THE IMMIGRATION AND NATIONALITY ACT
(INA)
The State Department is required to make the determination of the
worldwide numerical limitations, as outlined in Section 201(c) and
(d) of the INA, on an annual basis. These calculations are based in
part on data provided by U.S. Citizen and Immigration Services (USCIS)
regarding the number of immediate relative adjustments in the
preceding year and the number of aliens paroled into the United
States under Section 212(d)(5) in the second preceding year.
Without this information, it is impossible to make an official
determination of the annual limits. To avoid delays in processing
while waiting for the USCIS data, the Visa Office (VO) bases
allocations on reasonable estimates of the anticipated amount of
visa numbers to be available under the annual limits, in accordance
with Section 203(g) of the INA. On August 2nd, USCIS provided the
required data to the VO.
The Department of State has determined the Family and Employment
preference numerical limits for FY-2024 in accordance with the terms
of Section 201 of the INA. These numerical limitations for FY-2024
are as follows:
Worldwide Family-Sponsored preference
limit: 226,000
Worldwide Employment-Based preference limit: 197,091
Under INA Section 202(a), the per-country limit is fixed at 7% of
the family and employment annual limits. For FY-2024 the
per-country limit is 29,616. The dependent area annual limit is 2%,
or 8,462.
G. FOR THE LATEST INFORMATION ON VISA PROCESSING AT U.S.
EMBASSIES AND CONSULATES, PLEASE VISIT THE BUREAU OF CONSULAR
AFFAIRS WEBSITE AT TRAVEL.STATE.GOV
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