Applicants registered for the DV-2010 program were selected at random from over 13.6 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 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 2010 will end. Selected applicants who do not receive visas by September 30, 2010 will derive no further benefit from their DV-2010 registration. Similarly, spouses and children accompanying or following to join DV-2010 principal applicants are only entitled to derivative diversity visa status until September 30, 2010.
Only participants in the DV-2010 program who were selected for further processing have been notified. Those who have not received notification were not selected. They may try for the upcoming DV-2011 lottery if they wish. The dates for the registration period for the DV-2011 lottery program will be widely publicized during August 2009.
The following is the statistical breakdown by foreign-state chargeability of those registered for the DV-2010 program:
| AFRICA |
| ALGERIA
1,957 |
| ANGOLA
46 |
| BENIN
369 |
| BOTSWANA
23 |
| BURKINA
FASO 184 |
| BURUNDI
83 |
| CAMEROON 3,719 |
| CAPE VERDE 6 |
| CENTRAL AFRICAN REP. 20 |
| CHAD 27 |
| COMOROS 9 |
| CONGO 92 |
| CONGO,
DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF THE 1,817 |
| COTE D’IVOIRE 658 |
| DJIBOUTI 33 |
| EGYPT 4,201 |
| EQUATORIAL
GUINEA 15 |
| ERITREA
799 |
| ETHIOPIA 5,200 |
| GABON 19 |
| GAMBIA, THE 108 |
| GHANA 8,752 |
| GUINEA 737 |
| GUINEA-BISSAU 8 |
| KENYA 4,619 |
| LESOTHO 2 |
| LIBERIA 2,172 |
| LIBYA 152 |
| MADAGASCAR 31 |
| MALAWI 50 |
| MALI 129 |
| MAURITANIA 20 |
| MAURITIUS 78 |
| MOROCCO 3,124 |
| MOZAMBIQUE 8 |
| NAMIBIA 16 |
| NIGER 56 |
| NIGERIA 6,006 |
| RWANDA 178 |
| SAO
TOME AND PRINCIPE 0 |
| SENEGAL 520 |
| SEYCHELLES 4 |
| SIERRA
LEONE 3,898 |
| SOMALIA 229 |
| SOUTH AFRICA 863 |
| SUDAN 1,084 |
| SWAZILAND 11 |
| TANZANIA 221 |
| TOGO 827 |
| TUNISIA 164 |
| UGANDA 396 |
| WESTERN SAHARA 0 |
| ZAMBIA 93 |
| ZIMBABWE 170 |
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| ASIA |
| AFGHANISTAN 345 |
| BAHRAIN 15 |
| BANGLADESH 6,001 |
| BHUTAN 2 |
| BRUNEI 0 |
| BURMA 473 |
| CAMBODIA 359 |
| HONG KONG 49 |
| INDONESIA 277 |
| IRAN 2,773 |
| IRAQ 142 |
| ISRAEL 99 |
| JAPAN 302 |
| JORDAN 143 |
| NORTH KOREA 3 |
| KUWAIT 70 |
| LAOS 3 |
| LEBANON 181 |
| MALAYSIA 60 |
| MALDIVES 0 |
| MONGOLIA 144 |
| NEPAL 2,132 |
| OMAN 2 |
| QATAR 13 |
| SAUDI ARABIA 104 |
| SINGAPORE 37 |
| SRI LANKA 650 |
| SYRIA 98 |
| THAILAND 54 |
| TAIWAN 368 |
| UNITED ARAB EMIRATES 30 |
| YEMEN 72 |
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| EUROPE |
| ALBANIA 2,311 |
| ANDORRA 6 |
| ARMENIA 1,332 |
| ARUBA 16 |
| AUSTRIA 181 |
| AZERBAIJAN 324 |
| BELARUS 1,178 |
| BELGIUM 117 |
| BOSNIA & HERZE-GOVINA 72 |
| BULGARIA 842 |
| CROATIA 74 |
| CYPRUS 23 |
| CZECH REPUBLIC 116 |
| DENMARK 75 |
| ESTONIA 66 |
| FINLAND 83 |
| FRANCE 703 |
| GEORGIA 648 |
| GERMANY 2,188 |
| GREECE 48 |
| GREENLAND 2 |
| HUNGARY 192 |
| ICELAND 36 |
| IRELAND 167 |
| ITALY 470 |
| KAZAKHSTAN 343 |
| KYRGYZSTAN 205 |
| LATVIA 90 |
| LIECHTENSTEIN 0 |
| LITHUANIA 195 |
| LUXEMBOURG 2 |
| MACEDONIA 272 |
| MALTA 7 |
| MOLDOVA 724 |
| MONACO 0 |
| NETHERLANDS 200 |
| NORTHERN IRELAND 31 |
| NORWAY 60 |
| PORTUGAL 51 |
| ROMANIA 674 |
| SAN MARINO 0 |
| SERBIA 367 |
| SLOVAKIA 108 |
| SLOVENIA 19 |
| SPAIN 169 |
| ST. PIERRE MIQUELON 0 |
| SWEDEN 163 |
| SWITZERLAND 185 |
| TAJIKISTAN 178 |
| TURKEY 2,826 |
| TURKMENISTAN 108 |
| UKRAINE 5,499 |
| UZBEKISTAN 4,059 |
| VATICAN CITY 0 |
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| NORTH AMERICA |
| BAHAMAS 18 |
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| OCEANIA |
| AUSTRALIA 705 |
| NAURU 3 |
| SOLOMON ISLANDS 3 |
| FIJI 674 |
| NEW ZEALAND 258 |
| TONGA 80 |
| KIRIBATI 1 |
| PALAU 12 |
| PAPUA NEW GUINEA 15 |
| SAMOA 0 |
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| SOUTH AMERICA, CENTRAL AMERICA AND THE CARIBBEAN |
| ANTIGUA AND BARBUDA 9 |
| ARGENTINA 188 |
| BARBADOS 29 |
| BELIZE 10 |
| BOLIVIA 142 |
| BRAZIL 0 |
| CHILE 53 |
| COSTA RICA 74 |
| CUBA 298 |
| DOMINICA 18 |
| ECUADOR 0 |
| GRENADA 9 |
| GUATEMALA 0 |
| GUYANA 41 |
| HONDURAS 82 |
| NICARAGUA 50 |
| PANAMA 39 |
| PARAGUAY 29 |
| PERU 0 |
| SAINT KITTS AND NEVIS 6 |
| SAINT LUCIA 19 |
| SAINT VINCENT AND THE GRENADINES 9 |
| SURINAME 10 |
| TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO 226 |
| URUGUAY 17 |
| VENEZUELA 624 |
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