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State Department Issues 2003 Diversity Lottery Results
The
State Department recently announced that the number of people applying for
selection in the annual diversity visa lottery steeply declined from the
previous year. Of the 8.7 million
applications received, 6.2 million people qualified for entry in the 2003
lottery. Last year, 13 million
people sent in applications, and 10 million were accepted.
The application period began on October 1, 2001, just as the US was
gearing of its military campaign in Afghanistan. AFRICA
Angola
29
15 Benin
134
70 Botswana
4
12 Burkina
Faso
28
14
Burundi
21
0 Cameroon
675
775 Cape
Verde
1
12 Central
African Republic 8
2 Chad
45
19 Comoros
2
0 Congo
41
76 Congo,
Dem. Rep. of
619
405 Cote
d’Ivoire
298
163 Djibouti
24
10 Egypt
1,551
2,046 Equatorial
Guinea
8
0 Eritrea
252
246 Ethiopia
5,562
4,997 Gabon
20
18 Gambia,
The 32
63
Ghana
6,333
6,531 Guinea
157
274 Guinea
Bissau
1
2 Kenya
3,194
2,408 Lesotho
2
0 Liberia
1,067
1,117 Libya
61
26 Madagascar
25
3 Malawi
31
27 Mali
46
43 Mauritania
14
43 Mauritius
25
15 Morocco
3,083
2,956 Mozambique
5
8 Namibia
6
3 Niger
34
45 Nigeria
5,989
6,049 Rwanda
21
22 Sao
Tome and Principe
0
0 Senegal
199
379 Seychelles
0
2 Sierra
Leone
3,096
5,767 Somalia
748
1,328 South
Africa
617
452 Sudan
1,297
1,820 Swaziland
5
5 Tanzania
349
269 Togo
1,994
786 Tunisia
114
151 Uganda
195
192 Zambia
109
91 Zimbabwe
133
121 ASIA Afghanistan
45
208 Bahrain
7
3 Bangladesh
4,935
5,497 Bhutan
4
4 Brunei
1
0 Burma
461
930 Cambodia
260
267 Hong
Kong SAR 190
205 Indonesia
608
537 Iran
768
1,703 Iraq
71
117 Israel
145
199 Japan
890
637 Jordan
75
123 Kuwait
30
39 Laos
6
6 Lebanon
62
118 Malaysia
167
131 Maldives
0
0 Mongolia
56
69 Nepal
2,320
729 North
Korea
4
0 Oman
6
6 Qatar
1
4 Saudi
Arabia
38
50 Singapore
80
62 Sri
Lanka
889
757 Syria
62
67 Taiwan
1,618 Thailand
297
363 United
Arab Emirates 29
22 Yemen
44
223 EUROPE Albania
1,898
2,331 Andorra
0
0 Armenia
630
843 Austria
64
56 Azerbaijan
281
267 Belarus
863
775 Belgium
42
30 Bosnia
and Herzegovina
93
49 Bulgaria
2,843
2,489 Croatia
70
43 Cyprus
18
16 Czech
Republic
230
116 Denmark
35
26 Estonia
61
61 Finland
26
19 France
308
207
Guadeloupe
4
1
Martinique
2 Georgia
332
273 Germany
850
1,090 Greece
41
44 Hungary
170
101 Iceland
7
9 Ireland
288
135 Italy
168
95 Kazakhstan
454
656 Kyrgyzstan
199
133 Latvia
172
156 Liechtenstein 0
0 Lithuania
2,245
1,483 Luxembourg 3
2 Macedonia
145
157 Malta
3
2 Moldova
418
461 Monaco
0
0 Netherlands
90
52
Netherlands Antilles
5
5
Aruba 1 Northern
Ireland
43
11 Norway
16
11 Poland 3,855
4,707 Portugal
13
17
Macau
21 Romania
1,636
1,357 Russia
2,695
2,754 San
Marino
0
0 Slovakia
318
275 Slovenia
3
5 Spain
77
38 Sweden
88
54 Switzerland
163
105 Tajikistan
86
107 Turkey
1,629
1,153 Turkmenistan 79
43 Ukraine
4,035
5,511 Uzbekistan
1,192
1,497 Vatican
City
0
0 Yugoslavia
245
175 NORTH
AMERICA Bahamas,
The
13
15 OCEANIA Australia
414
220 Fiji
524
820 Kiribati
0
0 Marshall
Islands
0
0 Micronesia
0
0 Nauru
0
0 New
Zealand
210
138
Cook Islands
3
3 Palau
5
0 Papua
New Guinea 7
Samoa
2
1 Solomon
Islands
0
0 Tonga
38
37 Tuvalu
0
0 Vanuatu
0
0 Antigua
and Barbuda 1
2 Argentina
343
198 Barbados
3
2 Belize
5
0 Bolivia
65
79 Brazil
452
237 Chile
27
41 Costa
Rica
25
8 Cuba
529
757 Dominica
9
6 Ecuador
411
432 Grenada
0
4 Guatemala
14
20 Guyana
27
32 Honduras
16
12 Nicaragua
24
6 Panama
18
6 Paraguay
3
1 Peru
1,063
1,181 Saint
Kitts and Nevis
0
2 Saint
Lucia
3
3 Saint
Vincent and the Grenadines
0
2 Suriname
8
2 Trinidad
and Tobago 69
69 Uruguay
32
17 Venezuela
260
153 Natives
of these countries were not eligible for selection:
Canada, China (mainland-born, excluding Hong Kong SAR., 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. About The Authors Gregory Siskind is a partner in Siskind, Susser, Haas & Devine's Memphis, Tennessee, office. After graduating magna cum laude from Vanderbilt University, he received his Juris Doctorate from the University of Chicago. Mr. Siskind is a member of AILA, a board member of the Hebrew Immigrant Aid Society, and a member of the ABA, where he serves on the LPM Publishing Board as Marketing Vice Chairman. He is the author of several books, including the J Visa Guidebook and The Lawyer's Guide to Marketing on the Internet. Mr. Siskind practices all areas of immigration law, specializing in immigration matters of the health care and technology industries. He can be reached by email at gsiskind@visalaw.com. Amy Ballentine is an associate in Siskind, Susser & Haas's Memphis, Tennessee office. She graduated Cum Laude with a Bachelor of Arts degree in English Literature from Rhodes College in 1994. While in law school at the University of Memphis she was a member of the law review staff as well as a published author. She also worked with the local public defender’s office in death penalty cases. In May 1999, she graduated Cum Laude from the University of Memphis Law School. She is a member of the American Immigration Lawyers Association. She can be reached by email at aballentine@visalaw.com The opinions expressed in this article do not necessarily reflect the opinion of ILW.COM.
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