DV-2004 Results

These are the results of DV-2004, which took place between Oct 7, 2002 - Nov 6, 2002. The results were published in the summer of 2003.

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-2004 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-2004 program:

Africa
ALGERIA 1,285 ANGOLA 17 BENIN 209 BOTSWANA 8 BURKINA FASO 34 BURUNDI 27 CAMEROON 1,531 CAPE VERDE 4 CENTRAL AFRICAN REP. 10 CHAD 41 COMOROS 0 CONGO 31 CONGO, DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF THE 455 COTE D’IVOIRE 268 DJIBOUTI 24 EGYPT 4,189 EQUATORIAL GUINEA 1 ERITREA 373 ETHIOPIA 6,353 GABON 14		GAMBIA, THE 65 GHANA 7,040 GUINEA 22 GUINEA-BISSAU 6 KENYA 5,721 LESOTHO 0 LIBERIA 1,570 LIBYA 24 MADAGASCAR 27 MALAWI 32 MALI 51 MAURITANIA 25 MAURITIUS 44 MOROCCO 5,069 MOZAMBIQUE 5 NAMIBIA 10 NIGER 35 NIGERIA 7,145	RWANDA 87 SAO TOME AND PRINCIPE 0 SENEGAL 269 SEYCHELLES 1 SIERRA LEONE 2,149 SOMALIA 566 SOUTH AFRICA 413 SUDAN 1,183 SWAZILAND 2 TANZANIA 329 TOGO 2,819 TUNISIA 115 UGANDA 351 ZAMBIA 124 ZIMBABWE 168
Asia
AFGHANISTAN 46 BAHRAIN 15 BANGLADESH 5,126 BHUTAN 9 BRUNEI 7 BURMA 906 CAMBODIA 237 HONG KONG SPECIAL ADMIN. REGION 293 INDONESIA 844 IRAN 1,431 IRAQ 174		ISRAEL 465 JAPAN 1,291 JORDAN 125 KUWAIT 45 LAOS 10 LEBANON 105 MALAYSIA 222 MALDIVES 0 MONGOLIA 65 NEPAL 4,259 NORTH KOREA 4	OMAN 3 QATAR 8 SAUDI ARABIA 54 SINGAPORE 137 SRI LANKA 1,418 SYRIA 64 TAIWAN 1,833 THAILAND 297 YEMEN 106
Europe
ALBANIA 3,071 ANDORRA 1 ARMENIA 836 AUSTRIA 64 AZERBAIJAN 338 BELARUS 966 BELGIUM 46 BOSNIA & HERZEGOVINA 128 BULGARIA 3,482 CROATIA 73 CYPRUS 11 CZECH REPUBLIC 172 DENMARK 39 ESTONIA 71 FINLAND 44 FRANCE 313 French Guiana 1 French Polynesia 3 Guadeloupe 5 Reunion 2		Aruba 1 GEORGIA 479 GERMANY 1,227 GREECE 66 HUNGARY 139 ICELAND 17 IRELAND 305 ITALY 165 KAZAKHSTAN 451 KYRGYZSTAN 206 LATVIA 172 LIECHTENSTEIN 1 LITHUANIA 2,059 LUXEMBOURG 4 MACEDONIA, FORMER YUGOSLAV REP. OF 166 MALTA 10 MOLDOVA 574 MONACO 1 NETHERLANDS 94 Netherlands Antilles 6 NORTHERN IRELAND 51	NORWAY 19 POLAND 5,467 PORTUGAL 46 Macau 0 ROMANIA 1,845 RUSSIA 2,600 SAN MARINO 0 SERBIA & MONTENEGRO 448 SLOVAKIA 392 SLOVENIA 8 SPAIN 62 SWEDEN 82 SWITZERLAND 183 TAJIKISTAN 105 TURKEY 2,343 TURKMENISTAN 95 UKRAINE 4,494 UZBEKISTAN 1,819 VATICAN CITY 0
North America
THE BAHAMAS- 12
Oceania
AUSTRALIA 362 FIJI 738 KIRIBATI 0 Cook Islands 0 MARSHALL ISLANDS 0 MICRONESIA, FEDERATED STATES OF 0		NAURU 0 NEW ZEALAND 155 PALAU 0 PAPUA NEW GUINEA 3 SAMOA 8 SOLOMON ISLANDS 2	TONGA 43 TUVALU 0 VANUATU 1
South America, Central America and the Caribbean
ANTIGUA AND BARBUDA 6 ARGENTINA 194 BARBADOS 3 BELIZE 4 BOLIVIA 62 BRAZIL 28 CHILE 23 COSTA RICA 12 CUBA 674		DOMINICA 12 ECUADOR 746 GRENADA 6 GUATEMALA 26 GUYANA 22 HONDURAS 25 NICARAGUA 27 PANAMA 13 PARAGUAY 31 PERU 1,298	SAINT KITTS AND NEVIS 2 SAINT LUCIA 5 SAINT VINCENT AND THE GRENADINES 5 SURINAME 1 TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO 71 URUGUAY 41 VENEZUELA 194
Natives of the following countries were not eligible to participate in DV-2004: 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.