DV-2005 Results

These are the results of DV-2005, which took place between Nov 1, 2003 - Dec 30, 2003. The results were published in the summer of 2004.

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-2005 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-2005 program:

Africa
ALGERIA 1,489 ANGOLA 14 BENIN 233 BOTSWANA 7 BURKINA FASO 76 BURUNDI 34 CAMEROON 1,540 CAPE VERDE 6 CENTRAL AFRICAN REP. 4 CHAD 22 COMOROS 3 CONGO 47 CONGO, DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF THE 844 COTE D’IVOIRE 321 DJIBOUTI 12 EGYPT 6,070 EQUATORIAL GUINEA 2 ERITREA 556 ETHIOPIA 6,060 GABON 29		GAMBIA, THE 136 GHANA 3,974 GUINEA 268 GUINEA-BISSAU 3 KENYA 3,618 LESOTHO 0 LIBERIA 714 LIBYA 35 MADAGASCAR 28 MALAWI 44 MALI 124 MAURITANIA 25 MAURITIUS 23 MOROCCO 5,298 MOZAMBIQUE 12 NAMIBIA 11 NIGER 53 NIGERIA 6,725	RWANDA 51 SAO TOME AND PRINCIPE 0 SENEGAL 409 SEYCHELLES 4 SIERRA LEONE 594 SOMALIA 364 SOUTH AFRICA 390 SUDAN 1,015 SWAZILAND 6 TANZANIA 356 TOGO 2,857 TUNISIA 134 UGANDA 244 ZAMBIA 118 ZIMBABWE 141
Asia
AFGHANISTAN 22 BAHRAIN 1 BANGLADESH 7,404 BHUTAN 1 BRUNEI 1 BURMA 531 CAMBODIA 164 HONG KONG SPECIAL ADMIN. REGION 77 INDONESIA 258 IRAN 820 IRAQ 48		ISRAEL 116 JAPAN 373 JORDAN 44 KUWAIT 16 LAOS 4 LEBANON 83 MALAYSIA 87 MALDIVES 0 MONGOLIA 55 NEPAL 2,698 NORTH KOREA 1	OMAN 0 QATAR 1 SAUDI ARABIA 30 SINGAPORE 35 SRI LANKA 386 SYRIA 26 TAIWAN 367 THAILAND 102 YEMEN 40
Europe
ALBANIA 3,380 ANDORRA 1 ARMENIA 1,004 AUSTRIA 91 AZERBAIJAN 235 BELARUS 925 BELGIUM 81 BOSNIA & HERZEGOVINA 103 BULGARIA 4,068 CROATIA 69 CYPRUS 14 CZECH REPUBLIC 169 DENMARK 42 ESTONIA 64 FINLAND 59 FRANCE 384 French Southern & Antarctic Lands 1 Martinique 2 Reunion 3		GEORGIA 375 GERMANY 1,275 GREECE 78 HUNGARY 181 ICELAND 5 IRELAND 205 ITALY 202 KAZAKHSTAN 296 KYRGYZSTAN 206 LATVIA 158 LIECHTENSTEIN 1 LITHUANIA 1,114 LUXEMBOURG 2 MACEDONIA, FORMER YUGOSLAV REP. OF 306 MALTA 0 MOLDOVA 383 MONACO 0 NETHERLANDS 130 Netherlands Antilles 10 Aruba 2 NORTHERN IRELAND 75	NORWAY 25 POLAND 6,211 PORTUGAL 51 Macau 12 ROMANIA 2,521 SAN MARINO 0 SERBIA & MONTENEGRO 425 SLOVAKIA 398 SLOVENIA 6 SPAIN 134 SWEDEN 115 SWITZERLAND 136 TAJIKISTAN 83 TURKEY 1,803 TURKMENISTAN 78 UKRAINE 5,361 UZBEKISTAN 1,551 VATICAN CITY 0
North America
THE BAHAMAS- 14
Oceania
AUSTRALIA 787 Cocos Islands 2 FIJI 530 KIRIBATI 0 MARSHALL ISLANDS 0 MICRONESIA, FEDERATED STATES OF 0		NAURU 0 NEW ZEALAND 290 Cook Islands 0 Niue 1 PALAU 2 PAPUA NEW GUINEA 5 SAMOA 6 SOLOMON ISLANDS 1	TONGA 96 TUVALU 0 VANUATU 0
South America, Central America and the Caribbean
ANTIGUA AND BARBUDA 4 ARGENTINA 221 BARBADOS 12 BELIZE 3 BOLIVIA 108 BRAZIL 592 CHILE 43 COSTA RICA 24 CUBA 674		DOMINICA 8 ECUADOR 308 GRENADA 7 GUATEMALA 25 GUYANA 27 HONDURAS 35 NICARAGUA 14 PANAMA 17 PARAGUAY 14 PERU 2,514	SAINT KITTS AND NEVIS 3 SAINT LUCIA 4 SAINT VINCENT AND THE GRENADINES 14 SURINAME 3 TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO 96 URUGUAY 18 VENEZUELA 299
Natives of the following countries were not eligible to participate in DV-2005: Canada, China (mainland-born, excluding Hong Kong S.A.R., and Taiwan), Colombia, Dominican Republic, El Salvador, Haiti, India, Jamaica, Mexico, Pakistan, the Philippines, Russia, South Korea, United Kingdom (except Northern Ireland) and its dependent territories, and Vietnam.