DV-2008 Results

These are the results of DV-2008, which took place between Oct 4, 2006 - Dec 3, 2006. The results were published in the summer of 2007.

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-2008 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-2008 program:

Africa
ALGERIA 1,926 ANGOLA 27 BENIN 438 BOTSWANA 22 BURKINA FASO 186 BURUNDI 39 CAMEROON 3,152 CAPE VERDE 13 CENTRAL AFRICAN REP. 8 CHAD 47 COMOROS 5 CONGO 1,206 CONGO, DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF THE 111 COTE D’IVOIRE 614 DJIBOUTI 20 EGYPT 4,392 EQUATORIAL GUINEA 7 ERITREA 878 ETHIOPIA 5,241 GABON 37		GAMBIA, THE 57 GHANA 5,914 GUINEA 463 GUINEA-BISSAU 4 KENYA 4,547 LESOTHO 4 LIBERIA 2,148 LIBYA 88 MADAGASCAR 43 MALAWI 53 MALI 171 MAURITANIA 27 MAURITIUS 62 MOROCCO 5,017 MOZAMBIQUE 8 NAMIBIA 12 NIGER 165 NIGERIA 8,773	RWANDA 138 SAO TOME AND PRINCIPE 0 SENEGAL 917 SEYCHELLES 0 SIERRA LEONE 1,137 SOMALIA 214 SOUTH AFRICA 713 SUDAN 1,147 SWAZILAND 4 TANZANIA 218 TOGO 1,509 TUNISIA 150 UGANDA 370 ZAMBIA 214 ZIMBABWE 167
Asia
AFGHANISTAN 57 BAHRAIN 11 BANGLADESH 5,983 BHUTAN 10 BRUNEI 2 BURMA 653 CAMBODIA 187 HONG KONG SPECIAL ADMIN. REGION 69 INDONESIA 266 IRAN 1,435 IRAQ 164		ISRAEL 150 JAPAN 382 JORDAN 56 KUWAIT 46 LAOS 7 LEBANON 190 MALAYSIA 87 MALDIVES 0 MONGOLIA 259 NEPAL 2,562 NORTH KOREA 4	OMAN 4 QATAR 6 SAUDI ARABIA 61 SINGAPORE 70 SRI LANKA 675 SYRIA 94 TAIWAN 446 THAILAND 108 UNITED ARAB EMIRATES 27 YEMEN 70
Europe
ALBANIA 2,862 ANDORRA 1 ARMENIA 1,130 AUSTRIA 70 AZERBAIJAN 271 BELARUS 1,072 BELGIUM 89 BOSNIA & HERZEGOVINA 73 BULGARIA 1,567 CROATIA 41 CYPRUS 16 CZECH REPUBLIC 158 DENMARK 58 ESTONIA 37 FINLAND 59 FRANCE 603 French Polynesia 6 French Southern and Antarctic Lands 0 Martinique 4 Reunion 0		GEORGIA 516 GERMANY 1,469 GREECE 77 GUADELOUPE 4 HUNGARY 182 ICELAND 13 IRELAND 162 ITALY 363 KAZAKHSTAN 304 KYRGYZSTAN 180 LATVIA 75 LIECHTENSTEIN 0 LITHUANIA 334 LUXEMBOURG 12 MACEDONIA, FORMER YUGOSLAV REP. OF 343 MALTA 5 MOLDOVA 474 MONACO 4 MONTENEGRO 22 NETHERLANDS 88 NEW CALEDONIA 3 Netherlands Antilles 8 NORTHERN IRELAND 42	NORWAY 43 PORTUGAL 48 Macau 19 ROMANIA 1,526 SAN MARINO 0 SERBIA 557 SLOVAKIA 157 SLOVENIA 12 SPAIN 135 SWEDEN 118 SWITZERLAND 132 TAJIKISTAN 126 TURKEY 2,188 TURKMENISTAN 124 UKRAINE 5,018 UZBEKISTAN 3,101 VATICAN CITY 0 WESTERN SAHARA 0
North America
THE BAHAMAS- 17
Oceania
AUSTRALIA 649 CHRISTMAS ISLANDS 0 FIJI 630 KIRIBATI 9 MARSHALL ISLANDS 0 MICRONESIA, FEDERATED STATES OF 0		NAURU 1 NEW ZEALAND 260 Cook Islands 0 Niue 5 PALAU 7 PAPUA NEW GUINEA 4 SAMOA 27 SOLOMON ISLANDS 2	TONGA 120 TUVALU 0 VANUATU 0
South America, Central America and the Caribbean
ANTIGUA AND BARBUDA 1 ARGENTINA 106 BARBADOS 17 BELIZE 14 BOLIVIA 148 BRAZIL 0 CHILE 26 COSTA RICA 22 CUBA 691		DOMINICA 9 ECUADOR 217 GRENADA 1 GUATEMALA 74 GUYANA 24 HONDURAS 42 NICARAGUA 39 PANAMA 17 PARAGUAY 26 PERU 0	SAINT KITTS AND NEVIS 1 SAINT LUCIA 5 SAINT VINCENT AND THE GRENADINES 1 SURINAME 3 TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO 82 URUGUAY 23 VENEZUELA 256
Natives of the following countries were not eligible to participate in DV-2008: Brazil, Canada, China (mainland-born, excluding Hong Kong S.A.R. and Taiwan), Colombia, Dominican Republic, El Salvador, Haiti, India, Jamaica, Mexico, Pakistan, Peru, the Philippines, Poland, Russia, South Korea, the United Kingdom (except Northern Ireland) and its dependent territories, and Vietnam.