The Kentucky Consular Center in Williamsburg, Kentucky has registered and notified the winners of the DV-2020 diversity lottery.
The Diversity Lottery was conducted under the terms of section 203(c) of the Immigration and Nationality Act and makes available up to 55,000 permanent resident visas annually to persons from countries with low rates of immigration to the United States. Approximately 83,884 applicants have been registered and notified and may now make an application for an immigrant visa. Since it is likely that some of the persons registered will not pursue their cases to visa issuance, this larger figure should insure that all DV-2020 numbers will be used during the fiscal year 2020 (October 1, 2019, until September 30, 2020).
The entrants may enter their confirmation information through the link below starting at noon (EDT) on May 7, 2019. The DV-2020 registration period opened on October 3, 2018, and closed on November 6, 2018. DV-2020 entrants should keep their confirmation number until at least September 30, 2020.
Click the link below to check your status:
Please be sure to have the Entrant’s Confirmation Number, Last/Family Name, and Year of Birth to check the entrant status online.
The following is the statistical breakdown by foreign state of chargeability of those registered for the DV-2020 program:
AFRICA
| ALGERIA 2,745 | ESWATINI 0 | NAMIBIA 6 |
| ANGOLA 150 | ETHIOPIA 1,974 | NIGER 31 |
| BENIN 443 | GABON 34 | RWANDA 603 |
| BOTSWANA 2 | GAMBIA, THE 25 | SAO TOME AND PRINCIPE 0 |
| BURKINA FASO 84 | GHANA 1,343 | SENEGAL 91 |
| BURUNDI 228 | GUINEA 271 | SEYCHELLES 1 |
| CABO VERDE 10 | GUINEA-BISSAU 2 | SIERRA LEONE 217 |
| CAMEROON 1,589 | KENYA 1,801 | SOMALIA 72 |
| CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC 5 | LESOTHO 0 | SOUTH AFRICA 162 |
| CHAD 93 | LIBERIA 1,142 | SOUTH SUDAN 23 |
| COMOROS 1 | LIBYA 102 | SUDAN 3,691 |
| CONGO, DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF THE 4,743 | MADAGASCAR 9 | TANZANIA 72 |
| CONGO, REPUBLIC OF THE 258 | MALAWI 4 | TOGO 600 |
| COTE D’IVOIRE 364 | MALI 30 | TUNISIA 82 |
| DJIBOUTI 59 | MAURITANIA 25 | UGANDA 374 |
| EGYPT 5,568 | MAURITIUS 4 | ZAMBIA 12 |
| EQUATORIAL GUINEA 5 | MOROCCO 2,202 | ZIMBABWE 61 |
| ERITREA 140 | MOZAMBIQUE 9 |
| ASIA | ||
| AFGHANISTAN 981 | JAPAN 333 | QATAR 72 |
| BAHRAIN 10 | JORDAN 633 | SAUDI ARABIA 699 |
| BHUTAN 27 | KOREA, NORTH 11 | SINGAPORE 15 |
| BRUNEI 1 | KUWAIT 165 | SRI LANKA 765 |
| BURMA 444 | LAOS 64 | SYRIA 265 |
| CAMBODIA 790 | LEBANON 135 | TAIWAN 476 |
| HONG KONG S.A.R. 92 | MALAYSIA 68 | THAILAND 127 |
| INDONESIA 194 | MALDIVES 2 | TIMOR-LESTE 0 |
| IRAN 4,101 | MONGOLIA 265 | UNITED ARAB EMIRATES 206 |
| IRAQ 615 | NEPAL 3,696 | YEMEN 550 |
| ISRAEL 128 | OMAN 11 |
| EUROPE | ||
| ALBANIA 3,603 | GREECE 48 | NORTHERN IRELAND 13 |
| ANDORRA 8 | HUNGARY 84 | NORWAY 12 |
| ARMENIA 1,422 | ICELAND 0 | POLAND 384 |
| AUSTRIA 38 | IRELAND 19 | PORTUGAL 12 |
| AZERBAIJAN 899 | ITALY 220 | Macau 5 |
| BELARUS 1,512 | KAZAKHSTAN 1,584 | ROMANIA 311 |
| BELGIUM 32 | KOSOVO 260 | RUSSIA 5,118 |
| BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA 40 | KYRGYZSTAN 1,223 | SERBIA 210 |
| BULGARIA 343 | LATVIA 68 | SLOVAKIA 30 |
| CROATIA 40 | LIECHTENSTEIN 0 | SLOVENIA 4 |
| CYPRUS 5 | LITHUANIA 151 | SPAIN 99 |
| CZECH REPUBLIC 31 | LUXEMBOURG 0 | SWEDEN 36 |
| DENMARK 17 | MACEDONIA 249 | SWITZERLAND 49 |
| ESTONIA 30 | MALTA 6 | TAJIKISTAN 1,401 |
| FINLAND 15 | MOLDOOVA 1,112 | TURKEY 2,709 |
| FRANCE 212 | MONACO 3 | TURKMENISTAN 515 |
| New Caledonia 3 | MONTENEGRO 35 | UKRAINE 3,313 |
| GEORGIA 1,131 | NETHERLANDS 56 | UZBEKISTAN 1,743 |
| GERMANY 328 | Aruba 3 | VATICAN CITY 0 |
| NORTH AMERICA | ||
| BAHAMAS, THE 20 | ||
| OCEANIA | ||
| AUSTRALIA 647 | MICRONESIA, FEDERATED STATES OF 0 |
SAMOA 4 |
| Christmas Island 2 | NAURU 6 | SOLOMON ISLANDS 4 |
| Cocos Keeling Islands 9 | NEW ZEALAND 181 | TONGA 42 |
| Norfolk Island 1 | Cook Islands 15 | TUVALU 0 |
| FIJI 435 | Tokelau 1 | VANUATU 7 |
| KIRIBATI 12 | PAPUA NEW GUINEA 11 | |
| MARSHALL ISLANDS 0 | PALAU 1 | |
| SOUTH AMERICA | ||
| ANTIGUA AND BARBUDA 1 | DOMINICA 0 | PARAGUAY 9 |
| ARGENTINA 30 | ECUADOR 134 | SAINT KITTS AND NEVIS 0 |
| BARBADOS 1 | GRENADA 0 | SAINT LUCIA 0 |
| BELIZE 2 | GUATEMALA 60 | SAINT VINCENT AND THE GRENADINES 0 |
| BOLIVIA 22 | GUYANA 3 | SURINAME 0 |
| CHILE 21 | HONDURAS 58 | TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO 19 |
| COSTA RICA 12 | NICARAGUA 23 | URUGUAY 15 |
| CUBA 2,703 | PANAMA 8 | VENEZUELA 1,068 |
Natives of the following countries were not eligible to participate in DV-2020: Bangladesh, Brazil, Canada, China (mainland born), Colombia, Dominican Republic, El Salvador, Haiti, India, Jamaica, Mexico, Nigeria, Pakistan, Peru, Philippines, South Korea, United Kingdom (except Northern Ireland) and its dependent territories, and Vietnam.
Applicants registered for the DV-2020 program were selected at random from 14,722,798 qualified entries (23,182,554 with derivatives) received during the 34-day application period that ran from noon, Eastern Daylight Time on Wednesday, October 3, 2018, until noon, Eastern Daylight Time on Wednesday, November 6, 2018. 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 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 available visa numbers have been used, the program for the fiscal year 2020 will end. Selected applicants who do not receive visas by September 30, 2020, will derive no further benefit from their DV-2020 registration. Similarly, spouses and children accompanying or following to join DV-2020 principal applicants are only entitled to derivative diversity visa status until September 30, 2020.
