DV-2003 Results

These are the results of DV-2003, which took place between Oct 1, 2001 - Oct 31, 2001. The results were published in the summer of 2002.

The visas were apportioned among six geographic regions with a maximum of seven percent available to persons born in any single country. Only participants in the DV-2003 program who were selected for further processing have been notified.

The following is the statistical breakdown by foreign-state chargeability of those registered for the DV-2003 program:

Africa
ALGERIA 834 ANGOLA 29 BENIN 134 BOTSWANA 4 BURKINA FASO 28 BURUNDI 21 CAMEROON 675 CAPE VERDE 1 CENTRAL AFRICAN REP. 8 CHAD 45 COMOROS 2 CONGO 41 CONGO, DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF THE 619 COTE D'IVOIRE 298 DJIBOUTI 24 EGYPT 1,551 EQUATORIAL GUINEA 8 ERITREA 252 ETHIOPIA 5,562 GABON 20 GAMBIA, THE 32		GHANA 6,333 GUINEA 157 GUINEA-BISSAU 1 KENYA 3,194 LESOTHO 2 LIBERIA 1,067 LIBYA 61 MADAGASCAR 25 MALAWI 31 MALI 46 MAURITANIA 14 MAURITIUS 25 MOROCCO 3,083 MOZAMBIQUE 5 NAMIBIA 6 NIGER 34 NIGERIA 5,989	RWANDA 21 SAO TOME AND PRINCIPE 0 SENEGAL 199 SEYCHELLES 0 SIERRA LEONE 3,096 SOMALIA 748 SOUTH AFRICA 617 SUDAN 1,297 SWAZILAND 5 TANZANIA 349 TOGO 1,994 TUNISIA 114 UGANDA 195 ZAMBIA 109 ZIMBABWE 133
Asia
AFGHANISTAN 45 BAHRAIN 7 BANGLADESH 4,935 BHUTAN 4 BRUNEI 1 BURMA 461 CAMBODIA 260 HONG KONG SPECIAL ADMIN. REGION 190 INDONESIA 608 IRAN 768 IRAQ 71		ISRAEL 145 JAPAN 890 JORDAN 75 KUWAIT 30 LAOS 6 LEBANON 62 MALAYSIA 167 MALDIVES 0 MONGOLIA 56 NEPAL 2,320 NORTH KOREA 4 OMAN 6 QATAR 1	SAUDI ARABIA 38 SINGAPORE 80 SRI LANKA 889 SYRIA 62 TAIWAN 1,618 THAILAND 297 UNITED ARAB EMIRATES 29 YEMEN 44
Europe
ALBANIA 1,898 ANDORRA 0 ARMENIA 630 AUSTRIA 64 AZERBAIJAN 281 BELARUS 836 BELGIUM 42 BOSNIA & HERZEGOVINA 93 BULGARIA 2,843 CROATIA 70 CYPRUS 18 CZECH REPUBLIC 230 DENMARK 35 ESTONIA 61 FINLAND 26 FRANCE 308 Guadeloupe 4 Martinique 2 GEORGIA 332 GERMANY 850		GREECE 41 HUNGARY 170 ICELAND 7 IRELAND 288 ITALY 168 KAZAKHSTAN 454 KYRGYZSTAN 199 LATVIA 172 LIECHTENSTEIN 0 LITHUANIA 2,245 LUXEMBOURG 3 MACEDONIA, FORMER YUGOSLAV REP. OF 145 MALTA 3 MOLDOVA 418 MONACO 0 NETHERLANDS 90 Netherlands Antilles 5 Aruba 1 NORTHERN IRELAND 43 NORWAY 16 POLAND 3,855 PORTUGAL 13	Macau 21 ROMANIA 1,636 RUSSIA 2,695 SAN MARINO 0 SLOVAKIA 318 SLOVENIA 3 SPAIN 77 SWEDEN 88 SWITZERLAND 163 TAJIKISTAN 86 TURKEY 1,629 TURKMENISTAN 79 UKRAINE 4,035 UZBEKISTAN 1,192 VATICAN CITY 0 YUGOSLAVIA 245
North America
THE BAHAMAS- 13
Oceania
AUSTRALIA 414 FIJI 524 KIRIBATI 0 MARSHALL ISLANDS 0 MICRONESIA, FEDERATED STATES OF 0		NAURU 0 NEW ZEALAND 210 Cook Islands 3 PALAU 5 PAPUA NEW GUINEA 7 SAMOA 2	SOLOMON ISLANDS 0 TONGA 38 TUVALU 0 VANUATU 0
South America, Central America and the Caribbean
ANTIGUA AND BARBUDA 1 ARGENTINA 343 BARBADOS 3 BELIZE 5 BOLIVIA 65 BRAZIL 452 CHILE 27 COSTA RICA 25 CUBA 529		DOMINICA 9 ECUADOR 411 GRENADA 0 GUATEMALA 14 GUYANA 27 HONDURAS 16 NICARAGUA 24 PANAMA 18 PARAGUAY 3 PERU 1,063 SAINT KITTS AND NEVIS 0	SAINT LUCIA 3 SAINT VINCENT AND THE GRENADINES 0 SURINAME 8 TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO 69 URUGUAY 32 VENEZUELA 260
Natives of the following countries were not eligible to participate in DV-2003: Canada, China (mainland-born, excluding Hong Kong S.A.R., and Taiwan), Colombia, Dominican Republic, El Salvador, Haiti, India, Jamaica, Mexico, Pakistan, the Philippines, South Korea, United Kingdom (except Northern Ireland) and its dependent territories, and Vietnam.