DV 2012 Application form is not available in the internet as the program dv2012 had finished accepting entries for the program in the year 2010. People who wanted to apply for this program were allowed to use this form during the application period only. The State Department will not accept paper entries from the applicants for the current program. The free application form was provided for to download and submit back for a period of 30 days during the application submission period which was 05/10/2010 till 03/11/2010.
Any one who have a PC which is connected to the internet can download this application form by accessing the official web site and can fill all the required fields and should attach the applicant's digital photo file and submit it within the given 60 minutes time period. If any of the required field is not filled or if the digital photo file is larger than the permitted file size the entry will not be accepted and will be shown back to the applicant with the red color indication of the error.
The DV 2013 Lottery application form will be available only in the English language.
If the primary applicant is a single person then he will get only part one part for him to fill and submit online along with his digital photo file.
If the primary applicant is a married person then the application form will have part two for the dependant spouse addition to the primary applicant's form.
If the primary applicant has spouse and eligible children then the form will have part two for dependant spouse and fields for the children as per their number along with the primary applicant's form. Children details should be submitted in their birth order with their individual digital photo file. When filling the form, there is an important question of your country of eligibility claiming method. Also you have to answer where you are living as of today and what is the current education level as of today. So be careful to answer these questions perfectly as this may affect you at the interview if you are a selected winner for the program.
In the form there is a field for your personal email address which is a compulsory one. Without providing a valid email address your entry will not be accepted for to be included in the American Green card Lottery draw system. Although they get your email address, they will not send winning notification to this email address, if you were selected as a winner for the DV-2013 Green card lottery. This email will be used by them only to communicate with you, if you are selected for the program and when you send your papers to them. Like wise there is field for your address and it is compulsory to fill it duly. But this time in dv2013 they want use it to announce your selection. All you have to go to the internet and check yourself to see whether you are selected for the program or not.
The application form will be available in the widely announced application period only. Before that period or after that period the DV_2013 application form will not be available in the internet.
Submit your application early during the submission period because during the closing date period the forms may not be available as lot of people may try to submit their entries. The servers can't withstand such a large number of people's request and will show an Error message or will not load the page. The diversity visa application form will work better with the Internet Explorer than the other browsers and it is recommended by the authorities too.
The application form can't be saved in to your computer and used later. It is a then and there to use application form. Many dv lottery application service providing companies used to provide paper entry forms and they collect it and submit them through the internet.
Confirmation Number.
Confirmation number system was introduced in the year 2008 and 2009 held diversity visa lottery programs by the KCC to test it to activate it in the coming year program to announce the winners.
Confirmation number for the dv 2012 and dv 2013 visa lottery programs are like a password for you to check your results online as there will be no other means to check your status any where. From the year 2011, KCC has stopped sending selectee notifications personally by regular postal mail. Once your application form is accepted through the internet by the system, your computer screen will display your name, a unique confirmation number and your year of birth with the success message. The 2012 program confirmation number begins with 2012 and will be mixed with 16 alphabets and numbers behind it. Like wise DV-2013 program confirmation will begin with 2013 and will be mixed with 16 alphabets and numbers behind it.
Before you close the browser write down your confirmation number or make a print out of it and keep it in a safe place.
Confirmation number will only allow you to check your results for this year program. If you had lost it or forgot to keep it you are out of the current year program.
Will the KCC reissue my lost confirmation number?
No, they will not reissue it.
How to recover DV Lottery confirmation number from my PC?
On the same day contact your computer technician whether he can recover it.
I had lost only the last number of my confirmation number, what to do?
You have to put 0-9 in the last place and check the result one by one. If you are not success then put A-Z. So you can successfully get your result within 36 times of checking.
What is the best way to save my confirmation number?
Send it to your secondary email with the subject confirmation number. And any time you may search that mail for confirmation and you will get that mail with the confirmation number.
In the official web site the entire dv 2012 applicant's can check their results (status) online from 01st of May 2011 till 30th June 2012.
Those people who are not selected for the program and those who are selected for the dv 2011 with high case numbers too can apply for this year's visa lottery program.
DV 2013 Application form which is free to apply online for the American Green card Lottery will be available in the internet through the American Government Official web site from 10/2011 onwards till first week of 11/2011.
Sunday, September 11, 2011
INSTRUCTIONS FOR THE 2013 DIVERSITY IMMIGRANT VISA PROGRAM (DV-2013)
The congressional mandated Diversity Immigrant Visa Program is administered on an annual basis by the Department of State and conducted under the terms of Section 203(c) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (INA). Section 131 of the Immigration Act of 1990 (Pub. L. 101-649) amended INA 203 and provides for a class of immigrants known as “diversity immigrants.” Section 203(c) of the INA provides a maximum of 55,000 Diversity Visas (DVs) each fiscal year to be made available to persons from countries with low rates of immigration to the United States. For fiscal year 2012, 50,000 DVs will be available.
The annual DV program makes visas available to persons meeting simple, but strict, eligibility requirements. A computer-generated, random lottery drawing chooses selectees for DVs. The visas are distributed among six geographic regions, with a greater number of visas going to regions with lower rates of immigration, and with no visas going to nationals of countries sending more than 50,000 immigrants to the United States over the period of the past five years. Within each region, no single country may receive more than seven percent of the available DVs in any one year.
For DV-2013, natives of the following countries are not eligible to apply because the countries sent a total of more than 50,000 immigrants to the United States in the previous five years: BRAZIL, CANADA, CHINA (mainland-born), COLOMBIA, DOMINICAN REPUBLIC, ECUADOR, EL SALVADOR, GUATEMALA, HAITI, INDIA, JAMAICA, MEXICO, PAKISTAN, PERU, PHILIPPINES, POLAND, SOUTH KOREA, UNITED KINGDOM (except Northern Ireland) and its dependent territories, and VIETNAM.
Persons born in Hong Kong SAR, Macau SAR, and Taiwan are eligible.
For DV-2012, no countries have been added or removed from the previous year’s list of eligible countries.
The Department of State implemented the electronic registration system beginning with DV-2005 in order to make the DV process more efficient and secure. The Department utilizes special technology and other means to identify those who commit fraud for the purposes of illegal immigration or those who submit multiple entries.
SELECTION OF APPLICANTS
The computer will randomly select individuals from among all qualified entries. All Diversity Visa (DV- 2013) entrants will be required to go to the E-DV website Entry Status Check to find out whether their entry has been selected in the DV lottery or to find out they have not been selected. Selectees will be notified of their selection through the Entry Status Check available starting May 1, 2011 at the E-DV website www.dvlottery.state.gov. Selectees will be directed to a confirmation page that will provide further instructions, including information on fees connected with immigration to the United States. Entry Status Check will be the ONLY means by which selectees will be notified of their selection for DV-2012. The Kentucky Consular Center will not be mailing out notification letters. Those selected in the random drawing are NOT notified of their selection by e-mail. Those individuals NOT selected will be notified of their non-selection through the web-based Entry Status Check. U.S. embassies and consulates will not provide a list of selectees. Selectees’ spouses and unmarried children under age 21 may also apply for visas to accompany or follow-to-join the principal applicant. DV-2012 visas will be issued between October 1, 2011, and September 30, 2012.
Processing of entries and issuance of DVs to selectees meeting eligibility requirements and their eligible family members MUST occur by midnight on September 30, 2012. Under no circumstances can DVs be issued or adjustments approved after this date, nor can family members obtain DVs to follow-to-join the principal applicant in the United States after this date.
In order to receive a DV to immigrate to the United States, those chosen in the random drawing must meet ALL eligibility requirements under U.S. law. These requirements may significantly increase the level of scrutiny required and time necessary for processing for natives of some countries listed in this notice including, but not limited to, countries identified as state sponsors of terrorism.
PROCESSING FEE
The USDVLotteryPortal’s DV-2012 Processing Fee is $14.99 / person per each file.
Disclaimer
This site is not affiliated with the U.S. government or the site dvlottery.state.gov, which is available only at certain times of the year (usually between Nov 1/3 – Dec 1/3 every year). As a private for-fee service, we provide information about the official DV-Lottery Program run by the U.S. government and help candidates submit their applications error-less. We wish you good luck!
The annual DV program makes visas available to persons meeting simple, but strict, eligibility requirements. A computer-generated, random lottery drawing chooses selectees for DVs. The visas are distributed among six geographic regions, with a greater number of visas going to regions with lower rates of immigration, and with no visas going to nationals of countries sending more than 50,000 immigrants to the United States over the period of the past five years. Within each region, no single country may receive more than seven percent of the available DVs in any one year.
For DV-2013, natives of the following countries are not eligible to apply because the countries sent a total of more than 50,000 immigrants to the United States in the previous five years: BRAZIL, CANADA, CHINA (mainland-born), COLOMBIA, DOMINICAN REPUBLIC, ECUADOR, EL SALVADOR, GUATEMALA, HAITI, INDIA, JAMAICA, MEXICO, PAKISTAN, PERU, PHILIPPINES, POLAND, SOUTH KOREA, UNITED KINGDOM (except Northern Ireland) and its dependent territories, and VIETNAM.
Persons born in Hong Kong SAR, Macau SAR, and Taiwan are eligible.
For DV-2012, no countries have been added or removed from the previous year’s list of eligible countries.
The Department of State implemented the electronic registration system beginning with DV-2005 in order to make the DV process more efficient and secure. The Department utilizes special technology and other means to identify those who commit fraud for the purposes of illegal immigration or those who submit multiple entries.
SELECTION OF APPLICANTS
The computer will randomly select individuals from among all qualified entries. All Diversity Visa (DV- 2013) entrants will be required to go to the E-DV website Entry Status Check to find out whether their entry has been selected in the DV lottery or to find out they have not been selected. Selectees will be notified of their selection through the Entry Status Check available starting May 1, 2011 at the E-DV website www.dvlottery.state.gov. Selectees will be directed to a confirmation page that will provide further instructions, including information on fees connected with immigration to the United States. Entry Status Check will be the ONLY means by which selectees will be notified of their selection for DV-2012. The Kentucky Consular Center will not be mailing out notification letters. Those selected in the random drawing are NOT notified of their selection by e-mail. Those individuals NOT selected will be notified of their non-selection through the web-based Entry Status Check. U.S. embassies and consulates will not provide a list of selectees. Selectees’ spouses and unmarried children under age 21 may also apply for visas to accompany or follow-to-join the principal applicant. DV-2012 visas will be issued between October 1, 2011, and September 30, 2012.
Processing of entries and issuance of DVs to selectees meeting eligibility requirements and their eligible family members MUST occur by midnight on September 30, 2012. Under no circumstances can DVs be issued or adjustments approved after this date, nor can family members obtain DVs to follow-to-join the principal applicant in the United States after this date.
In order to receive a DV to immigrate to the United States, those chosen in the random drawing must meet ALL eligibility requirements under U.S. law. These requirements may significantly increase the level of scrutiny required and time necessary for processing for natives of some countries listed in this notice including, but not limited to, countries identified as state sponsors of terrorism.
PROCESSING FEE
The USDVLotteryPortal’s DV-2012 Processing Fee is $14.99 / person per each file.
Disclaimer
This site is not affiliated with the U.S. government or the site dvlottery.state.gov, which is available only at certain times of the year (usually between Nov 1/3 – Dec 1/3 every year). As a private for-fee service, we provide information about the official DV-Lottery Program run by the U.S. government and help candidates submit their applications error-less. We wish you good luck!
Legal Basis for the DV Program
[Federal Register: August 18, 2003 (Volume 68, Number 159)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Page 49353-49356]
From the Federal Register Online via GPO Access [wais.access.gpo.gov]
[DOCID:fr18au03-19]
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DEPARTMENT OF STATE
22 CFR Part 42
[Public Notice 4446]
Documentation of Immigrants Under the Immigration and Nationality
Act, As Amended: Electronic Petition for Diversity Immigrant Status
ACTION: Interim rule with request for comments.
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SUMMARY: In this rule the Department changes the manner in which aliens
may petition for the opportunity to participate in the Diversity Visa
Program from a standard mail-in system, to an entirely electronic
system that will utilize a specifically designated Internet website.
This rule also makes minor technical and editorial changes to the
existing rule for the purpose of greater clarity, uniformity and
precision. The Department is implementing the new electronic system in
order to make the process less prone to fraud, improve efficiency in
the diversity visa petition process and significantly reduce the cost
to the Government of the process. When the rule is published aliens
petitioning to participate in the diversity visa program will be
required to submit their petition to the Department exclusively via
electronic means.
DATES: This rule becomes effective on August 18, 2003. Written comments
must be received on or before October 17, 2003.
ADDRESSES: Written comments may be submitted to the Chief, Legislation
and Regulations Division, Visa Services, Department of State,
Washington, DC 20520-0106, by fax to 202-663-3898, or by e-mail to
VisaRegs@state.gov.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ron Acker, Legislation and Regulations
Division, Visa Services, Department of State, Washington, DC 20520-
0106, 202-663-0102.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
What Is the Diversity Visa Program?
The Diversity Visa Program is an annual visa program administered
by the Department of State pursuant to section 203(c) of the
Immigration and Nationality Act (INA), 8 U.S.C. 1153(c). Aliens from
eligible countries (as determined by the Department of Homeland
Security) petition the Department for the opportunity to apply for one
of 50,000* immigrant visas made available each year pursuant to section
201(e) of the INA, 8 U.S.C. 1151(e) (note that section 201(e) actually
provides for 55,000 visas, however, the Nicaraguan Adjustment and
Central American Relief Act of 1997 (NACARA), Title II of P.L. 105-100,
stipulated that 5,000 of the immigrant visas made available under
section 201(e) would be set aside each year for aliens eligible to
adjust their status to that of lawful permanent resident under that
Act*). The Department selects and rank orders petitions at random from
among those that meet all of the prescribed petition requirements.
Aliens whose petitions are selected may then apply for visas in rank
order on a first come, first served basis until all of the 50,000*
visas for the fiscal year for which the petitions have been selected
are issued, or the fiscal year ends, whichever comes first.
What Is the Current Petition Procedure for the Program?
Since the inception of the Diversity Visa Program, the Department
has required that all petitions for acceptance of an alien into the
program be submitted by mail during a thirty-day period in the fiscal
year preceding the fiscal year for which petitioners seek eligibility
for the program. To date, submission by any means other than regular
mail has been prohibited.
According to the existing rule, individual petitioners have been
instructed to include certain information about themselves and their
family members on a sheet of paper and to submit that document, signed,
along with signed photographs of themselves and family members to the
Department at a specific mailing address. Petitions without the
required information or signatures and those received before or after
the dates of the mail-in period have been automatically disqualified
from consideration. Further, the statute authorizing the program
permits only one petition submission per applicant. Persons submitting
multiple petitions also are disqualified from participation in the
program. No fee has been charged at the time of submission of the
petition, but recipients of diversity immigrant visas have been
required at the time of visa application to pay an additional
processing fee beyond that paid by other classes of immigrant visa
recipients.
How Will This Rule Change the Petition Procedure?
When this rule becomes effective, alien petitioners for the
Diversity Visa Program will no longer be permitted to submit a petition
by mail. Instead, the Department will require that all petitions be
submitted to it in an electronic format, using an Internet website
dedicated specifically to the submission and receipt of Diversity Visa
Program petitions. The website will have contained in it a standard
petition form which the petitioner, or someone acting for the
petitioner, must fill out on-line and send electronically to the
Department at a web address. The person completing the petition form
will also be required to attach to the electronic petition individual
digital photographs of the petitioner and the petitioner’s spouse and
unmarried children under 21 who will be seeking to accompany or follow
to join the petitioner should the petitioner receive a diversity
immigrant visa. The photographs will have specific requirements as to
size, composition and quality. Fees will be handled as they are under
the current rules for diversity program petitions. Because the petition
must be submitted electronically, the current requirement that the
petition and photographs be signed, is, necessarily, being eliminated.
Why Is the Department Changing the Petition Process in this Manner?
There are three principal reasons the Department believes an
electronic petition process is preferable to the existing mail-in
process.
Anti-fraud benefits: The Department believes that the electronic
petition process will help eliminate the submission of multiple
petitions, prohibited under INA section 204(a)(1)(I). Currently,
despite the fact that only 50,000* visas are available each year, many
millions of petitions are submitted. The Department uses it’s limited
resources to crosscheck for multiple submissions and create records for
only the number of correctly completed petitions sufficient to ensure a
pool of visa applicants that will be large enough to guarantee use of
all the visas. That number is only a small percentage of the overall
total of petitions submitted. Therefore, the likelihood of an alien
petitioner of being caught submitting more than one petition is much
less than it would be if information from all of the petitions could be
entered automatically into the
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database and cross-checked for duplicates using name and address
matching software. In addition, the use of a digitized photograph will
further enhance the Department’s anti-fraud capability by permitting
facial recognition crosschecking and matching to eliminate multiple
applications using false identities. By significantly reducing the
amount of fraud to which the existing program is subject, the
Department believes it will be helping to eliminate one possible avenue
terrorists and other criminal aliens might seek to utilize in order to
enter the U.S. Further, because all of the information from all
petitions submitted would be stored in a retrievable format, it will
also enable the Department to search the database for specific names
and faces when asked to do so by intelligence or security agencies.
Cost: The electronic process will be considerably less expensive
for the Department to operate than the current procedure. In recent
years diversity immigrant program petition submissions have numbered up
to thirteen million per year. The cost of receiving, storing and
handling this volume of paper documentation has been considerable. In
addition to simply opening and sorting this volume of petitions, data
taken from the petitions must be entered into the diversity visa
database by hand, consuming extensive resources and introducing
inevitable human errors that must either be corrected at an additional
cost in resources or that eventually will lead to confusion at the time
of visa application, resulting in lost time while the truth of the
matter is determined. The Department conservatively estimates that the
elimination of the paper process can save one million dollars per year
by reducing the cost of storage and eliminating the handling of and
recording of information from the paper documentation.
Benefit to the petitioners: The new system will benefit the
petitioners as well. Currently, under the mail-in system, persons
submitting petitions from overseas have no real assurance that the
Department will receive their petitions within the prescribed mail-in
period. Nor has it been possible to notify them of the receipt of
petitions, due to the great volume of submissions. This fact by itself
has been an inducement for petitioners to submit multiple petitions in
the hope that at least one petition would arrive at the Department in
the correct timeframe. An electronic system will guarantee that
petitioners are notified of petition receipt virtually simultaneously
with the submission of the petition and thus eliminate the incentive to
submit multiple petitions.
Won’t Some Potential Petitioners in Less-Developed Countries Be
Disadvantaged Due to the Lack of Sufficient Internet Facilities in
Those Countries?
The Department believes that the argument that some applicants
would be disadvantaged, especially in poorer countries, because they
would not have ready access to the necessary computer hardware and
software to file a petition electronically is offset, especially after
September 11, 2001, by the security advantages and cost-saving of the
electronic procedure, as well as the benefit to the petitioners of the
certain knowledge of receipt of the petitions by the Department within
the prescribed application period. Furthermore, the growing use of
Internet cafes and similar resources, even in less developed countries,
makes on-line registration increasingly convenient. Those unable to
access computers themselves would be able to submit applications with
the assistance of computer service providers and third parties, which
currently advertise their services for the DV program far and wide and
could certainly adapt to the new filing procedures. Likewise, the
procedures will be flexible enough to permit stateside computer service
providers to receive paper petitions from abroad, which they could use
to enter the necessary information into the electronic petition form on
behalf of the petitioners. While there may be some risk that a few
facilitators would overcharge, the Department’s experience with the
Diversity Visa Program leads it to the conclusion that brisk
competition will likely keep charges from becoming cost-prohibitive for
most potential petitioners.
What Other Changes Does the Department Propose Making to the Current
Regulation?
In addition to minor grammatical and other changes for
clarification, the Department is amending subsection (a)(3) regarding
use of the Department of Labor’s O*Net Online to determine the
sufficiency of a petitioner’s work experience where such experience is
used to qualify the petitioner for participation in the Diversity Visa
Program. Reference to the O*Net Online was added by an interim rule
dated August 2, 2002 [67 FR 51752] at which time it was stated that the
O*Net Online would be used only for the 2003 Diversity Visa Program.
The change will make such use a permanent feature of the Diversity Visa
Program. The Department also has added gender to the list of required
items on the new electronic petition form. That information will assist
the Department in the use of facial recognition technology in order to
more accurately identify individuals for security and other purposes.
Regulatory Findings
Administrative Procedure Act
The immediate implementation of this rule as an interim rule, with
a 60-day provision for post-promulgation public comments, is based on
findings of “good cause” pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 553(b) and 553(d)(3).
The effective date of this rule on August 18, 2003 is necessary to
allow the Department to eliminate as quickly as possible the
considerable amount of fraud detected in the Diversity Visa Program and
thus prevent the program from being used by aliens who could pose a
security threat to the United States or otherwise violate the laws of
the United States, including the immigration laws. Because diversity
visa applicants must be selected far in advance of the actual date of
their visa application in order that they have time to obtain the
necessary documentation for their application and make arrangements to
appear at an embassy or consulate to make the application, delay for
notice and comment would jeopardize the Department’s ability to
successfully conduct the FY 2005 diversity selection, thus extending
for another year the program’s susceptibility to high levels of fraud.
To prevent such a result, the Department has determined that prior
notice and public comment on this rule would be impractical and
contrary to the public interest. Accordingly, there is good cause to
publish this interim rule and to make it effective upon its publication
in the Federal Register.
Regulatory Flexibility Act/Executive Order 13272: Small Business
The Department of State, in accordance with the Regulatory
Flexibility Act (5 U.S.C. 605(b)), has reviewed this regulation and, by
approving it, certifies that this rule will not have a significant
economic impact on a substantial number of small entities.
Unfunded Mandates Act of 1995
This rule will not result in the expenditure by State, local and
tribal governments, in the aggregate, or by the private sector, of $1
million or more in any year and it will not significantly or uniquely
affect small governments. Therefore, no actions were deemed
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necessary under the provisions of the Unfunded Mandates Reform Act of
1995.
Small Business Regulatory Enforcement Fairness Act of 1996
This rule is not a major rule as defined by section 804 of the
Small Business Regulatory Enforcement Act of 1996. This rule will not
result in an annual effect on the economy of $100 million or more; a
major increase in costs or prices; or significant adverse effects on
competition, employment, investment, productivity, innovation, or on
the ability of United States-based companies to compete with foreign
based companies in domestic and import markets.
Executive Order 12866
The Department of State considers this rule to be a “significant
regulatory action” under Executive Order 12866, section 3(f),
Regulatory Planning and Review. Accordingly, it has been reviewed by
the Office of Management and Budget (OMB).
Executive Order 13132
This regulation will not have substantial direct effects on the
States, on the relationship between the national government and the
States, or on the distribution of power and responsibilities among the
various levels of government. Therefore, in accordance with section 6
of Executive Order 13132, it is determined that this rule does not have
sufficient federalism implications to require consultations or warrant
the preparation of a federalism summary impact statement.
Paperwork Reduction Act
The reporting or record-keeping action required from the public
under the rule requires the approval of the Office of Management and
Budget under the Paperwork Reduction Act. A form to be used for
petitioning the Department electronically for participation in the
Diversity Visa Program will be forwarded to OMB as required.
List of Subjects in 22 CFR Part 42
Aliens, Immigrants, Passports and visas.
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Accordingly, for the reasons set forth in the preamble, 22 CFR part 42
is amended as follows:
PART 42–[AMENDED]
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1. The authority citation for part 42 continues to read as follows:
Authority: 8 U.S.C. 1104; 2651a.
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2. Revise Sec. 42.33 to read as follows:
Sec. 42.33 Diversity immigrants.
(a) General. (1) Eligibility to compete for consideration under
section 203(c). An alien will be eligible to compete for consideration
for visa issuance under INA 203(c) during a fiscal year only if he or
she is a native of a low-admission foreign state, as determined by the
Secretary of Homeland Security pursuant to INA 203(c)(1)(E), with
respect to the fiscal year in question; and if he or she has at least a
high school education or its equivalent or, within the five years
preceding the date of application for a visa, has two years of work
experience in an occupation requiring at least two years training or
experience. The eligibility for a visa under INA 203(c) ceases at the
end of the fiscal year in question. Under no circumstances may a
consular officer issue a visa or other documentation to an alien after
the end of the fiscal year during which an alien possesses diversity
visa eligibility.
(2) Definition of high school education or its equivalent. For the
purposes of this section, the phrase high school education or its
equivalent means the successful completion of a twelve-year course of
elementary and secondary education in the United States or successful
completion in another country of a formal course of elementary and
secondary education comparable to completion of twelve years’
elementary and secondary education in the United States.
(3) Determinations of work experience. For all cases registered for
the 2003 Diversity Visa Program and Diversity Visa Programs occurring
in subsequent fiscal years, consular officers must use the Department
of Labor’s O*Net On Line to determine qualifying work experience.
(4) Limitation on number of petitions per year. No more than one
petition may be submitted by or on behalf of, any alien for
consideration during any single fiscal year. If two or more petitions
for any single fiscal year are submitted by, or on behalf of, any
alien, all such petitions will be void pursuant to INA 204(a)(1)(I)(i)
and the alien by or for whom the petition has been submitted will not
be eligible for consideration for diversity visa issuance during the
fiscal year in question.
(5) Northern Ireland. For purposes of determining eligibility to
file a petition for consideration under INA 203(c) for a fiscal year,
the districts comprising that portion of the United Kingdom of Great
Britain and Northern Ireland, known as “Northern Ireland”, will be
treated as a separate foreign state. The districts comprising
“Northern Ireland” are Antrim, Ards, Armagh, Ballymena, Ballymoney,
Banbridge, Belfast, Carrickfergus, Castlereagh, Coleraine, Cookstown,
Craigavon, Down, Dungannon, Fermanagh, Larne, Limavady, Lisburn,
Londonderry, Magherafelt, Moyle, Newry and Mourne, Newtownabbey, North
Down, Omagh, and Strabane.
(b) Petition requirement. An alien claiming to be entitled to
compete for consideration under INA 203(c) must file a petition with
the Department of State for such consideration. At the alien
petitioner’s request, another person may file a petition on behalf of
the alien. The petition will consist of an electronic entry form that
the alien petitioner or a person acting on the behalf of the alien
petitioner must complete on-line and submit to the Department of State
via a Web site established by the Department of State for the purpose
of receiving such petitions. The Department will specify the address of
the Web site prior to the commencement of the 30-day or greater period
described in paragraph (b)(3) of this section using the notice
procedure prescribed in that paragraph.
(1) Information to be provided in the petition. The website will
include the electronic entry form mentioned in paragraph (b) of this
section. The entry form will require the person completing the form to
provide the following information, typed in the Roman alphabet,
regarding the alien petitioner:
(i) The petitioner’s full name;
(ii) The petitioner’s date and place of birth (including city and
country, province or other political subdivision of the country);
(iii) The petitioner’s gender;
(iv) The country of which the petitioner claims to be a native, if
other than the country of birth;
(v) The name[s], date[s] and place[s] of birth and gender of the
petitioner’s spouse and child[ren], if any, (including legally adopted
and step-children), regardless of whether or not they are living with
the petitioner or intend to accompany or follow to join the petitioner
should the petitioner immigrate to the United States pursuant to INA
203(c), but excluding a spouse or a child[ren] who is already a U.S.
citizen or U.S. lawful permanent resident;
(vi) A current mailing address for the petitioner;
(vii) The location of the consular office nearest to the
petitioner’s current residence or, if in the United States, nearest to
the petitioner’s last foreign residence prior to entry into the United
States;
(2) Requirements for photographs. The electronic entry form will
also
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require inclusion of a recent photograph of the petitioner and of his
or her spouse and all unmarried children under the age of 21 years. The
photographs must meet the following specifications:
(i) A digital image of the applicant from either a digital camera
source or a scanned photograph via scanner. If scanned, the original
photographic print must have been 2” by 2” (50mm x 50mm). Scanner
hardware and digital image resolution requirements will be further
specified in the public notice described in paragraph (b)(3) of this
section.
(ii) The image must be in the Joint Photographic Experts Group
(JPEG) File Interchange Format (JFIF) format.
(iii) The image can be either in color or black and white.
(iv) The person being photographed must be directly facing the
camera with the head neither tilted up, down, or to the side. The head
must cover about 50% of the area of the photograph.
(v) The photograph must be taken with the person in front of a
neutral, light-colored background. Photos taken with very dark or
patterned, busy backgrounds will not be accepted.
(vi) The person’s face must be in focus.
(vii) The person in the photograph must not wear sunglasses or
other paraphernalia that detracts from the face.
(viii) A photograph with the person wearing a head covering or a
hat is only acceptable if the covering or hat is worn specifically due
to that person’s religious beliefs, and even then, the hat or covering
may not obscure any portion of the face. A photograph of a person
wearing tribal, military, airline or other headgear not specifically
religious in nature will not be accepted.
(3) Submission of petition. A petition for consideration for visa
issuance under INA 203(c) must be submitted to the Department of State
by electronic entry to an Internet website designated by the Department
for that purpose. No fee will be collected at the time of submission of
a petition, but a processing fee may be collected at a later date, as
provided in paragraph (i) of this section. The Department will
establish a period of not less than thirty days during each fiscal year
within which aliens may submit petitions for approval of eligibility to
apply for visa issuance during the following fiscal year. Each fiscal
year the Department will give timely notice of both the website address
and the exact dates of the petition submission period, as well as other
pertinent information, through publication in the Federal Register and
such other methods as will ensure the widest possible dissemination of
the information, both abroad and within the United States.
(c) Processing of petitions. Entries received during the petition
submission period established for the fiscal year in question and
meeting all of the requirements of paragraph (b) of this section will
be assigned a number in a separate numerical sequence established for
each regional area specified in INA 203(c)(1)(F). Upon completion of
the numbering of all petitions, all numbers assigned for each region
will be separately rank-ordered at random by a computer using standard
computer software for that purpose. The Department will then select in
the rank orders determined by the computer program a quantity of
petitions for each region estimated to be sufficient to ensure, to the
extent possible, usage of all immigrant visas authorized under INA
203(c) for the fiscal year in question. The Department will consider
petitions selected in this manner to have been approved for the
purposes of this section.
(d) Validity of approved petitions. A petition approved pursuant to
paragraph (c) of this section will be valid for a period not to exceed
Midnight of the last day of the fiscal year for which the petition was
approved. At that time, the Department of State will consider approval
of the petition to cease to be valid pursuant to INA
204(a)(1)(I)(ii)(II), which prohibits issuance of visas based upon
petitions submitted and approved for a fiscal year after the last day
of that fiscal year.
(e) Order of consideration. Consideration for visa issuance to
aliens whose petitions have been approved pursuant to paragraph (c) of
this section will be in the regional rank orders established pursuant
that paragraph.
(f) Allocation of visa numbers. To the extent possible, diversity
immigrant visa numbers will be allocated in accordance with INA
203(c)(1)(E) and will be allotted only during the fiscal year for which
a petition to accord diversity immigrant status was submitted and
approved. Under no circumstances will immigrant visa numbers be
allotted after midnight of the last day of the fiscal year for which
the petition was submitted and approved.
(g) Further processing. The Department will inform applicants whose
petitions have been approved pursuant to paragraph (c) of this section
of the steps necessary to meet the requirements of INA 222(b) in order
to apply formally for an immigrant visa.
(h) Maintenance of certain information. (1) The Department will
compile and maintain the following information concerning petitioners
to whom immigrant visas are issued under INA 203(c):
(i) Age;
(ii) Country of birth;
(iii) Marital status;
(iv) Sex;
(v) Level of education; and
(vi) Occupation and level of occupational qualification.
(2) The Department will not maintain the names of visa recipients
in connection with this information and the information will be
compiled and maintained in such form that the identity of visa
recipients cannot be determined therefrom.
(i) Processing fee. In addition to collecting the immigrant visa
application fee and, if applicable, issuance fees, as provided in
Sec. 42.71(b) of this part, the consular officer must also collect from
each applicant for a visa under the Diversity Immigrant Visa Program
such processing fee as the Secretary of State prescribes.
Dated: August 8, 2003.
Maura Harty,
Assistant Secretary of State, Bureau of Consular Affairs, Department of
State.
[FR Doc. 03-21071 Filed 8-15-03; 8:45 am]
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[Rules and Regulations]
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From the Federal Register Online via GPO Access [wais.access.gpo.gov]
[DOCID:fr18au03-19]
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DEPARTMENT OF STATE
22 CFR Part 42
[Public Notice 4446]
Documentation of Immigrants Under the Immigration and Nationality
Act, As Amended: Electronic Petition for Diversity Immigrant Status
ACTION: Interim rule with request for comments.
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SUMMARY: In this rule the Department changes the manner in which aliens
may petition for the opportunity to participate in the Diversity Visa
Program from a standard mail-in system, to an entirely electronic
system that will utilize a specifically designated Internet website.
This rule also makes minor technical and editorial changes to the
existing rule for the purpose of greater clarity, uniformity and
precision. The Department is implementing the new electronic system in
order to make the process less prone to fraud, improve efficiency in
the diversity visa petition process and significantly reduce the cost
to the Government of the process. When the rule is published aliens
petitioning to participate in the diversity visa program will be
required to submit their petition to the Department exclusively via
electronic means.
DATES: This rule becomes effective on August 18, 2003. Written comments
must be received on or before October 17, 2003.
ADDRESSES: Written comments may be submitted to the Chief, Legislation
and Regulations Division, Visa Services, Department of State,
Washington, DC 20520-0106, by fax to 202-663-3898, or by e-mail to
VisaRegs@state.gov.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ron Acker, Legislation and Regulations
Division, Visa Services, Department of State, Washington, DC 20520-
0106, 202-663-0102.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
What Is the Diversity Visa Program?
The Diversity Visa Program is an annual visa program administered
by the Department of State pursuant to section 203(c) of the
Immigration and Nationality Act (INA), 8 U.S.C. 1153(c). Aliens from
eligible countries (as determined by the Department of Homeland
Security) petition the Department for the opportunity to apply for one
of 50,000* immigrant visas made available each year pursuant to section
201(e) of the INA, 8 U.S.C. 1151(e) (note that section 201(e) actually
provides for 55,000 visas, however, the Nicaraguan Adjustment and
Central American Relief Act of 1997 (NACARA), Title II of P.L. 105-100,
stipulated that 5,000 of the immigrant visas made available under
section 201(e) would be set aside each year for aliens eligible to
adjust their status to that of lawful permanent resident under that
Act*). The Department selects and rank orders petitions at random from
among those that meet all of the prescribed petition requirements.
Aliens whose petitions are selected may then apply for visas in rank
order on a first come, first served basis until all of the 50,000*
visas for the fiscal year for which the petitions have been selected
are issued, or the fiscal year ends, whichever comes first.
What Is the Current Petition Procedure for the Program?
Since the inception of the Diversity Visa Program, the Department
has required that all petitions for acceptance of an alien into the
program be submitted by mail during a thirty-day period in the fiscal
year preceding the fiscal year for which petitioners seek eligibility
for the program. To date, submission by any means other than regular
mail has been prohibited.
According to the existing rule, individual petitioners have been
instructed to include certain information about themselves and their
family members on a sheet of paper and to submit that document, signed,
along with signed photographs of themselves and family members to the
Department at a specific mailing address. Petitions without the
required information or signatures and those received before or after
the dates of the mail-in period have been automatically disqualified
from consideration. Further, the statute authorizing the program
permits only one petition submission per applicant. Persons submitting
multiple petitions also are disqualified from participation in the
program. No fee has been charged at the time of submission of the
petition, but recipients of diversity immigrant visas have been
required at the time of visa application to pay an additional
processing fee beyond that paid by other classes of immigrant visa
recipients.
How Will This Rule Change the Petition Procedure?
When this rule becomes effective, alien petitioners for the
Diversity Visa Program will no longer be permitted to submit a petition
by mail. Instead, the Department will require that all petitions be
submitted to it in an electronic format, using an Internet website
dedicated specifically to the submission and receipt of Diversity Visa
Program petitions. The website will have contained in it a standard
petition form which the petitioner, or someone acting for the
petitioner, must fill out on-line and send electronically to the
Department at a web address. The person completing the petition form
will also be required to attach to the electronic petition individual
digital photographs of the petitioner and the petitioner’s spouse and
unmarried children under 21 who will be seeking to accompany or follow
to join the petitioner should the petitioner receive a diversity
immigrant visa. The photographs will have specific requirements as to
size, composition and quality. Fees will be handled as they are under
the current rules for diversity program petitions. Because the petition
must be submitted electronically, the current requirement that the
petition and photographs be signed, is, necessarily, being eliminated.
Why Is the Department Changing the Petition Process in this Manner?
There are three principal reasons the Department believes an
electronic petition process is preferable to the existing mail-in
process.
Anti-fraud benefits: The Department believes that the electronic
petition process will help eliminate the submission of multiple
petitions, prohibited under INA section 204(a)(1)(I). Currently,
despite the fact that only 50,000* visas are available each year, many
millions of petitions are submitted. The Department uses it’s limited
resources to crosscheck for multiple submissions and create records for
only the number of correctly completed petitions sufficient to ensure a
pool of visa applicants that will be large enough to guarantee use of
all the visas. That number is only a small percentage of the overall
total of petitions submitted. Therefore, the likelihood of an alien
petitioner of being caught submitting more than one petition is much
less than it would be if information from all of the petitions could be
entered automatically into the
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database and cross-checked for duplicates using name and address
matching software. In addition, the use of a digitized photograph will
further enhance the Department’s anti-fraud capability by permitting
facial recognition crosschecking and matching to eliminate multiple
applications using false identities. By significantly reducing the
amount of fraud to which the existing program is subject, the
Department believes it will be helping to eliminate one possible avenue
terrorists and other criminal aliens might seek to utilize in order to
enter the U.S. Further, because all of the information from all
petitions submitted would be stored in a retrievable format, it will
also enable the Department to search the database for specific names
and faces when asked to do so by intelligence or security agencies.
Cost: The electronic process will be considerably less expensive
for the Department to operate than the current procedure. In recent
years diversity immigrant program petition submissions have numbered up
to thirteen million per year. The cost of receiving, storing and
handling this volume of paper documentation has been considerable. In
addition to simply opening and sorting this volume of petitions, data
taken from the petitions must be entered into the diversity visa
database by hand, consuming extensive resources and introducing
inevitable human errors that must either be corrected at an additional
cost in resources or that eventually will lead to confusion at the time
of visa application, resulting in lost time while the truth of the
matter is determined. The Department conservatively estimates that the
elimination of the paper process can save one million dollars per year
by reducing the cost of storage and eliminating the handling of and
recording of information from the paper documentation.
Benefit to the petitioners: The new system will benefit the
petitioners as well. Currently, under the mail-in system, persons
submitting petitions from overseas have no real assurance that the
Department will receive their petitions within the prescribed mail-in
period. Nor has it been possible to notify them of the receipt of
petitions, due to the great volume of submissions. This fact by itself
has been an inducement for petitioners to submit multiple petitions in
the hope that at least one petition would arrive at the Department in
the correct timeframe. An electronic system will guarantee that
petitioners are notified of petition receipt virtually simultaneously
with the submission of the petition and thus eliminate the incentive to
submit multiple petitions.
Won’t Some Potential Petitioners in Less-Developed Countries Be
Disadvantaged Due to the Lack of Sufficient Internet Facilities in
Those Countries?
The Department believes that the argument that some applicants
would be disadvantaged, especially in poorer countries, because they
would not have ready access to the necessary computer hardware and
software to file a petition electronically is offset, especially after
September 11, 2001, by the security advantages and cost-saving of the
electronic procedure, as well as the benefit to the petitioners of the
certain knowledge of receipt of the petitions by the Department within
the prescribed application period. Furthermore, the growing use of
Internet cafes and similar resources, even in less developed countries,
makes on-line registration increasingly convenient. Those unable to
access computers themselves would be able to submit applications with
the assistance of computer service providers and third parties, which
currently advertise their services for the DV program far and wide and
could certainly adapt to the new filing procedures. Likewise, the
procedures will be flexible enough to permit stateside computer service
providers to receive paper petitions from abroad, which they could use
to enter the necessary information into the electronic petition form on
behalf of the petitioners. While there may be some risk that a few
facilitators would overcharge, the Department’s experience with the
Diversity Visa Program leads it to the conclusion that brisk
competition will likely keep charges from becoming cost-prohibitive for
most potential petitioners.
What Other Changes Does the Department Propose Making to the Current
Regulation?
In addition to minor grammatical and other changes for
clarification, the Department is amending subsection (a)(3) regarding
use of the Department of Labor’s O*Net Online to determine the
sufficiency of a petitioner’s work experience where such experience is
used to qualify the petitioner for participation in the Diversity Visa
Program. Reference to the O*Net Online was added by an interim rule
dated August 2, 2002 [67 FR 51752] at which time it was stated that the
O*Net Online would be used only for the 2003 Diversity Visa Program.
The change will make such use a permanent feature of the Diversity Visa
Program. The Department also has added gender to the list of required
items on the new electronic petition form. That information will assist
the Department in the use of facial recognition technology in order to
more accurately identify individuals for security and other purposes.
Regulatory Findings
Administrative Procedure Act
The immediate implementation of this rule as an interim rule, with
a 60-day provision for post-promulgation public comments, is based on
findings of “good cause” pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 553(b) and 553(d)(3).
The effective date of this rule on August 18, 2003 is necessary to
allow the Department to eliminate as quickly as possible the
considerable amount of fraud detected in the Diversity Visa Program and
thus prevent the program from being used by aliens who could pose a
security threat to the United States or otherwise violate the laws of
the United States, including the immigration laws. Because diversity
visa applicants must be selected far in advance of the actual date of
their visa application in order that they have time to obtain the
necessary documentation for their application and make arrangements to
appear at an embassy or consulate to make the application, delay for
notice and comment would jeopardize the Department’s ability to
successfully conduct the FY 2005 diversity selection, thus extending
for another year the program’s susceptibility to high levels of fraud.
To prevent such a result, the Department has determined that prior
notice and public comment on this rule would be impractical and
contrary to the public interest. Accordingly, there is good cause to
publish this interim rule and to make it effective upon its publication
in the Federal Register.
Regulatory Flexibility Act/Executive Order 13272: Small Business
The Department of State, in accordance with the Regulatory
Flexibility Act (5 U.S.C. 605(b)), has reviewed this regulation and, by
approving it, certifies that this rule will not have a significant
economic impact on a substantial number of small entities.
Unfunded Mandates Act of 1995
This rule will not result in the expenditure by State, local and
tribal governments, in the aggregate, or by the private sector, of $1
million or more in any year and it will not significantly or uniquely
affect small governments. Therefore, no actions were deemed
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necessary under the provisions of the Unfunded Mandates Reform Act of
1995.
Small Business Regulatory Enforcement Fairness Act of 1996
This rule is not a major rule as defined by section 804 of the
Small Business Regulatory Enforcement Act of 1996. This rule will not
result in an annual effect on the economy of $100 million or more; a
major increase in costs or prices; or significant adverse effects on
competition, employment, investment, productivity, innovation, or on
the ability of United States-based companies to compete with foreign
based companies in domestic and import markets.
Executive Order 12866
The Department of State considers this rule to be a “significant
regulatory action” under Executive Order 12866, section 3(f),
Regulatory Planning and Review. Accordingly, it has been reviewed by
the Office of Management and Budget (OMB).
Executive Order 13132
This regulation will not have substantial direct effects on the
States, on the relationship between the national government and the
States, or on the distribution of power and responsibilities among the
various levels of government. Therefore, in accordance with section 6
of Executive Order 13132, it is determined that this rule does not have
sufficient federalism implications to require consultations or warrant
the preparation of a federalism summary impact statement.
Paperwork Reduction Act
The reporting or record-keeping action required from the public
under the rule requires the approval of the Office of Management and
Budget under the Paperwork Reduction Act. A form to be used for
petitioning the Department electronically for participation in the
Diversity Visa Program will be forwarded to OMB as required.
List of Subjects in 22 CFR Part 42
Aliens, Immigrants, Passports and visas.
0
Accordingly, for the reasons set forth in the preamble, 22 CFR part 42
is amended as follows:
PART 42–[AMENDED]
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1. The authority citation for part 42 continues to read as follows:
Authority: 8 U.S.C. 1104; 2651a.
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2. Revise Sec. 42.33 to read as follows:
Sec. 42.33 Diversity immigrants.
(a) General. (1) Eligibility to compete for consideration under
section 203(c). An alien will be eligible to compete for consideration
for visa issuance under INA 203(c) during a fiscal year only if he or
she is a native of a low-admission foreign state, as determined by the
Secretary of Homeland Security pursuant to INA 203(c)(1)(E), with
respect to the fiscal year in question; and if he or she has at least a
high school education or its equivalent or, within the five years
preceding the date of application for a visa, has two years of work
experience in an occupation requiring at least two years training or
experience. The eligibility for a visa under INA 203(c) ceases at the
end of the fiscal year in question. Under no circumstances may a
consular officer issue a visa or other documentation to an alien after
the end of the fiscal year during which an alien possesses diversity
visa eligibility.
(2) Definition of high school education or its equivalent. For the
purposes of this section, the phrase high school education or its
equivalent means the successful completion of a twelve-year course of
elementary and secondary education in the United States or successful
completion in another country of a formal course of elementary and
secondary education comparable to completion of twelve years’
elementary and secondary education in the United States.
(3) Determinations of work experience. For all cases registered for
the 2003 Diversity Visa Program and Diversity Visa Programs occurring
in subsequent fiscal years, consular officers must use the Department
of Labor’s O*Net On Line to determine qualifying work experience.
(4) Limitation on number of petitions per year. No more than one
petition may be submitted by or on behalf of, any alien for
consideration during any single fiscal year. If two or more petitions
for any single fiscal year are submitted by, or on behalf of, any
alien, all such petitions will be void pursuant to INA 204(a)(1)(I)(i)
and the alien by or for whom the petition has been submitted will not
be eligible for consideration for diversity visa issuance during the
fiscal year in question.
(5) Northern Ireland. For purposes of determining eligibility to
file a petition for consideration under INA 203(c) for a fiscal year,
the districts comprising that portion of the United Kingdom of Great
Britain and Northern Ireland, known as “Northern Ireland”, will be
treated as a separate foreign state. The districts comprising
“Northern Ireland” are Antrim, Ards, Armagh, Ballymena, Ballymoney,
Banbridge, Belfast, Carrickfergus, Castlereagh, Coleraine, Cookstown,
Craigavon, Down, Dungannon, Fermanagh, Larne, Limavady, Lisburn,
Londonderry, Magherafelt, Moyle, Newry and Mourne, Newtownabbey, North
Down, Omagh, and Strabane.
(b) Petition requirement. An alien claiming to be entitled to
compete for consideration under INA 203(c) must file a petition with
the Department of State for such consideration. At the alien
petitioner’s request, another person may file a petition on behalf of
the alien. The petition will consist of an electronic entry form that
the alien petitioner or a person acting on the behalf of the alien
petitioner must complete on-line and submit to the Department of State
via a Web site established by the Department of State for the purpose
of receiving such petitions. The Department will specify the address of
the Web site prior to the commencement of the 30-day or greater period
described in paragraph (b)(3) of this section using the notice
procedure prescribed in that paragraph.
(1) Information to be provided in the petition. The website will
include the electronic entry form mentioned in paragraph (b) of this
section. The entry form will require the person completing the form to
provide the following information, typed in the Roman alphabet,
regarding the alien petitioner:
(i) The petitioner’s full name;
(ii) The petitioner’s date and place of birth (including city and
country, province or other political subdivision of the country);
(iii) The petitioner’s gender;
(iv) The country of which the petitioner claims to be a native, if
other than the country of birth;
(v) The name[s], date[s] and place[s] of birth and gender of the
petitioner’s spouse and child[ren], if any, (including legally adopted
and step-children), regardless of whether or not they are living with
the petitioner or intend to accompany or follow to join the petitioner
should the petitioner immigrate to the United States pursuant to INA
203(c), but excluding a spouse or a child[ren] who is already a U.S.
citizen or U.S. lawful permanent resident;
(vi) A current mailing address for the petitioner;
(vii) The location of the consular office nearest to the
petitioner’s current residence or, if in the United States, nearest to
the petitioner’s last foreign residence prior to entry into the United
States;
(2) Requirements for photographs. The electronic entry form will
also
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require inclusion of a recent photograph of the petitioner and of his
or her spouse and all unmarried children under the age of 21 years. The
photographs must meet the following specifications:
(i) A digital image of the applicant from either a digital camera
source or a scanned photograph via scanner. If scanned, the original
photographic print must have been 2” by 2” (50mm x 50mm). Scanner
hardware and digital image resolution requirements will be further
specified in the public notice described in paragraph (b)(3) of this
section.
(ii) The image must be in the Joint Photographic Experts Group
(JPEG) File Interchange Format (JFIF) format.
(iii) The image can be either in color or black and white.
(iv) The person being photographed must be directly facing the
camera with the head neither tilted up, down, or to the side. The head
must cover about 50% of the area of the photograph.
(v) The photograph must be taken with the person in front of a
neutral, light-colored background. Photos taken with very dark or
patterned, busy backgrounds will not be accepted.
(vi) The person’s face must be in focus.
(vii) The person in the photograph must not wear sunglasses or
other paraphernalia that detracts from the face.
(viii) A photograph with the person wearing a head covering or a
hat is only acceptable if the covering or hat is worn specifically due
to that person’s religious beliefs, and even then, the hat or covering
may not obscure any portion of the face. A photograph of a person
wearing tribal, military, airline or other headgear not specifically
religious in nature will not be accepted.
(3) Submission of petition. A petition for consideration for visa
issuance under INA 203(c) must be submitted to the Department of State
by electronic entry to an Internet website designated by the Department
for that purpose. No fee will be collected at the time of submission of
a petition, but a processing fee may be collected at a later date, as
provided in paragraph (i) of this section. The Department will
establish a period of not less than thirty days during each fiscal year
within which aliens may submit petitions for approval of eligibility to
apply for visa issuance during the following fiscal year. Each fiscal
year the Department will give timely notice of both the website address
and the exact dates of the petition submission period, as well as other
pertinent information, through publication in the Federal Register and
such other methods as will ensure the widest possible dissemination of
the information, both abroad and within the United States.
(c) Processing of petitions. Entries received during the petition
submission period established for the fiscal year in question and
meeting all of the requirements of paragraph (b) of this section will
be assigned a number in a separate numerical sequence established for
each regional area specified in INA 203(c)(1)(F). Upon completion of
the numbering of all petitions, all numbers assigned for each region
will be separately rank-ordered at random by a computer using standard
computer software for that purpose. The Department will then select in
the rank orders determined by the computer program a quantity of
petitions for each region estimated to be sufficient to ensure, to the
extent possible, usage of all immigrant visas authorized under INA
203(c) for the fiscal year in question. The Department will consider
petitions selected in this manner to have been approved for the
purposes of this section.
(d) Validity of approved petitions. A petition approved pursuant to
paragraph (c) of this section will be valid for a period not to exceed
Midnight of the last day of the fiscal year for which the petition was
approved. At that time, the Department of State will consider approval
of the petition to cease to be valid pursuant to INA
204(a)(1)(I)(ii)(II), which prohibits issuance of visas based upon
petitions submitted and approved for a fiscal year after the last day
of that fiscal year.
(e) Order of consideration. Consideration for visa issuance to
aliens whose petitions have been approved pursuant to paragraph (c) of
this section will be in the regional rank orders established pursuant
that paragraph.
(f) Allocation of visa numbers. To the extent possible, diversity
immigrant visa numbers will be allocated in accordance with INA
203(c)(1)(E) and will be allotted only during the fiscal year for which
a petition to accord diversity immigrant status was submitted and
approved. Under no circumstances will immigrant visa numbers be
allotted after midnight of the last day of the fiscal year for which
the petition was submitted and approved.
(g) Further processing. The Department will inform applicants whose
petitions have been approved pursuant to paragraph (c) of this section
of the steps necessary to meet the requirements of INA 222(b) in order
to apply formally for an immigrant visa.
(h) Maintenance of certain information. (1) The Department will
compile and maintain the following information concerning petitioners
to whom immigrant visas are issued under INA 203(c):
(i) Age;
(ii) Country of birth;
(iii) Marital status;
(iv) Sex;
(v) Level of education; and
(vi) Occupation and level of occupational qualification.
(2) The Department will not maintain the names of visa recipients
in connection with this information and the information will be
compiled and maintained in such form that the identity of visa
recipients cannot be determined therefrom.
(i) Processing fee. In addition to collecting the immigrant visa
application fee and, if applicable, issuance fees, as provided in
Sec. 42.71(b) of this part, the consular officer must also collect from
each applicant for a visa under the Diversity Immigrant Visa Program
such processing fee as the Secretary of State prescribes.
Dated: August 8, 2003.
Maura Harty,
Assistant Secretary of State, Bureau of Consular Affairs, Department of
State.
[FR Doc. 03-21071 Filed 8-15-03; 8:45 am]
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**IMPORTANT NOTICE REGARDING THE 2012 DIVERSITY LOTTERY PROGRAM**
USCIS has published this important announcement:
We regret to inform you that, due to a computer programming problem, the results of the 2012 Diversity Lottery that were previously posted on this website have been voided. They were not valid and were posted in error. The results were not valid because they did not represent a fair, random selection of entrants, as required by U.S. law.
If you checked this website during the first week in May and found a notice that you had been selected for further processing or a notice that you had not been selected, that notice has been rescinded and is no longer valid.
A new selection process will be conducted based on the original entries for the 2012 program.
If you submitted a qualified entry from October 5, 2010 to November 3, 2010, your entry remains with us. It will be included in the new selection lottery. Your confirmation number to check results on this website is still valid.
We expect the results of the new selection process to be available on this website on or about July 15, 2011.
We regret any inconvenience this might have caused.
Check our news page for full details.
We regret to inform you that, due to a computer programming problem, the results of the 2012 Diversity Lottery that were previously posted on this website have been voided. They were not valid and were posted in error. The results were not valid because they did not represent a fair, random selection of entrants, as required by U.S. law.
If you checked this website during the first week in May and found a notice that you had been selected for further processing or a notice that you had not been selected, that notice has been rescinded and is no longer valid.
A new selection process will be conducted based on the original entries for the 2012 program.
If you submitted a qualified entry from October 5, 2010 to November 3, 2010, your entry remains with us. It will be included in the new selection lottery. Your confirmation number to check results on this website is still valid.
We expect the results of the new selection process to be available on this website on or about July 15, 2011.
We regret any inconvenience this might have caused.
Check our news page for full details.
DVisa Help Privacy Policy
At Dvisa Help it is our highest committed to protecting our visitor and customer online privacy while providing you with the most useful and enjoyable Web experience possible.
While you can use many features of Dvisa Help.com anonymously, you may be required to provide personal information to gain access to some of our premium content and/or services.
Our goal is to provide you with a personalized Internet experience that delivers the information, resources, and services that are most relevant and helpful to you.
This Privacy Policy is designed to answer your questions regarding our privacy policies at Dvisa Help.com.
Frequently Asked Questions about Privacy Policy.
Why Do You Want To Know My Name, Address, And E-mail? We only ask for your name, address, and/or e-mail address when you request a certain feature, product, or sign up for our service.
Do You Sell My Information To Anyone? No.
Do You Collect Information From Children? Our site is not geared toward children. We do not knowingly collect information from children. If we learn that we have personal information on a child, we will delete that information from our system.
How Do You Collect Information About Me?
Information You Provide Us: We use the information provided from you to communicate with you about your request, registration and customization preferences. We use information provided by you so we can contact you if that’s what you requested.
Registration/Application
In order to use many features of this Web site, a user must complete a registration (application) form. During registration a user is required to give contact information (such as name and email address). We use this information to contact the user about services on our site for which he has expressed interest. Users have unique identifiers (such as email address and password) in order to provide a more personalized experience on our site.
Orders
We request information from the user on our registration (application) forms. A user must provide contact information (such as name, email, and address) and financial information (such as credit card number and expiration date). This information is used for billing purposes and to fill customer's orders. If we have trouble processing an order, the information is used to contact the user.
Technology: Information collected by technology helps us identify which areas of our site are of interest to you. We analyze the traffic patterns on our Web site, such as the frequency with which our guests visit various parts of our site. Aggregated information (information that does not personally identify you nor allow anyone to identify you individually) may be occasionally shared with our advertisers and business partners.
Cookies: We use cookies to allow you to use our services more easily. Cookies also help us keep track of statistical information which helps us improve our site.
In addition, as we continue to develop our business, we may sell, buy, merge, or partner with other companies or businesses. In such transactions, user information may be among the transferred assets. If we purchase a business, the personally identifiable information received with that business would be treated in accordance with this Privacy Policy, if it is practicable and permissible to do so.
If we sell a business, we will include provisions in the selling contract requiring the purchaser to treat your personally identifiable information in the same manner required by this Privacy Policy including any amendments to this Privacy Policy.
How Do You Protect My Information?
We respect your privacy and do not make personal information available to third parties for promotional purposes. We do not sell, share, give, auction, or rent your e-mail address for promotional purposes.
You should note that E-mails which you send to us are not necessarily secure against interception. Affiliated sites, linked sites, and Dvisa Help.com expect its partners, advertisers, and affiliates to respect the privacy of our users. Be aware that third parties, including our partners, advertisers, and affiliates, and other content providers accessible through our site may have their own privacy policy and data collection policies and practices. Dvisa Help.com is not responsible for the actions or policies of such third parties. You should check the applicable privacy policy of those third parties when providing information on a page operated by a third party.
We will disclose personal information when we believe that such disclosures are required by law. We may also disclose your information in response to a court order and/or to law enforcement authorities whenever we deem it appropriate or necessary.
We will disclose personal information if it will help to enforce our Terms of Use, protect your safety or security, and/or protect the safety and security of our Web site including property that belongs to Dvisa Help.com. We may not provide you with notice prior to disclosure in such cases.
How Will I Know If You Amend This Privacy Policy? We will notify you of changes to this Privacy Policy by sending you an e-mail at the last e-mail address that you provided to us, and/or by prominently posting a notice of the changes to the Privacy Policy on this page.
While you can use many features of Dvisa Help.com anonymously, you may be required to provide personal information to gain access to some of our premium content and/or services.
Our goal is to provide you with a personalized Internet experience that delivers the information, resources, and services that are most relevant and helpful to you.
This Privacy Policy is designed to answer your questions regarding our privacy policies at Dvisa Help.com.
Frequently Asked Questions about Privacy Policy.
Why Do You Want To Know My Name, Address, And E-mail? We only ask for your name, address, and/or e-mail address when you request a certain feature, product, or sign up for our service.
Do You Sell My Information To Anyone? No.
Do You Collect Information From Children? Our site is not geared toward children. We do not knowingly collect information from children. If we learn that we have personal information on a child, we will delete that information from our system.
How Do You Collect Information About Me?
Information You Provide Us: We use the information provided from you to communicate with you about your request, registration and customization preferences. We use information provided by you so we can contact you if that’s what you requested.
Registration/Application
In order to use many features of this Web site, a user must complete a registration (application) form. During registration a user is required to give contact information (such as name and email address). We use this information to contact the user about services on our site for which he has expressed interest. Users have unique identifiers (such as email address and password) in order to provide a more personalized experience on our site.
Orders
We request information from the user on our registration (application) forms. A user must provide contact information (such as name, email, and address) and financial information (such as credit card number and expiration date). This information is used for billing purposes and to fill customer's orders. If we have trouble processing an order, the information is used to contact the user.
Technology: Information collected by technology helps us identify which areas of our site are of interest to you. We analyze the traffic patterns on our Web site, such as the frequency with which our guests visit various parts of our site. Aggregated information (information that does not personally identify you nor allow anyone to identify you individually) may be occasionally shared with our advertisers and business partners.
Cookies: We use cookies to allow you to use our services more easily. Cookies also help us keep track of statistical information which helps us improve our site.
In addition, as we continue to develop our business, we may sell, buy, merge, or partner with other companies or businesses. In such transactions, user information may be among the transferred assets. If we purchase a business, the personally identifiable information received with that business would be treated in accordance with this Privacy Policy, if it is practicable and permissible to do so.
If we sell a business, we will include provisions in the selling contract requiring the purchaser to treat your personally identifiable information in the same manner required by this Privacy Policy including any amendments to this Privacy Policy.
How Do You Protect My Information?
We respect your privacy and do not make personal information available to third parties for promotional purposes. We do not sell, share, give, auction, or rent your e-mail address for promotional purposes.
You should note that E-mails which you send to us are not necessarily secure against interception. Affiliated sites, linked sites, and Dvisa Help.com expect its partners, advertisers, and affiliates to respect the privacy of our users. Be aware that third parties, including our partners, advertisers, and affiliates, and other content providers accessible through our site may have their own privacy policy and data collection policies and practices. Dvisa Help.com is not responsible for the actions or policies of such third parties. You should check the applicable privacy policy of those third parties when providing information on a page operated by a third party.
We will disclose personal information when we believe that such disclosures are required by law. We may also disclose your information in response to a court order and/or to law enforcement authorities whenever we deem it appropriate or necessary.
We will disclose personal information if it will help to enforce our Terms of Use, protect your safety or security, and/or protect the safety and security of our Web site including property that belongs to Dvisa Help.com. We may not provide you with notice prior to disclosure in such cases.
How Will I Know If You Amend This Privacy Policy? We will notify you of changes to this Privacy Policy by sending you an e-mail at the last e-mail address that you provided to us, and/or by prominently posting a notice of the changes to the Privacy Policy on this page.
Saturday, September 10, 2011
Can I improve my chances of winning the Green Card Lottery? – You Can! U.S.A Green Card Lottery program
(Diversity Visa) is an annual opportunity for people around the globe to enter the United States of America to live, work and study. Through this U.S.A Green Card Lottery program, every year, close to 50,000 Diversity Visas (DV) is offered to people who meet the green card lottery program requirements. Winning a green card means the right to legally reside within the United States with a whole lot of benefits almost equivalent to that of an American citizen. And cross the U.S. border freely.
Even if the opportunity to register for Green Card Lottery is right at your doorstep, there are many green card requirements to meet and strict green card rules to get through. Your chances of winning a green card are based on your eligibility and your luck factor.
The very first of the Green Card requirements is asking that you belong to the list of countries that are eligible to participate in the U.S.A Green Card Lottery program (Diversity Visa Program). It should be noted that your country of current residence will not considered, but your country of birth. If you are born in an eligible country, but reside in an ineligible country, you are still allowed to file a Green Card Lottery application. If you are born in an ineligible country, but if your spouse or parents belong to the eligible country, you can still participate in the U.S.A Green Card Lottery program.
If you are married, and you both are from country which is eligible to register for Green Card Lottery program, you can double your chances of winning by registering individual application for each spouse.
The next deciding aspect lies in the accuracy of your Green Card Lottery application form. You should always be aware of the fact that the green card process requires that your application form is free from errors and meets all standards of the U.S. Immigration Department. The green card rules demand that all questions are answered clearly and honestly in order to increase your chances of winning a green card. For those whose first communication language is not English are more prone to committing mistakes in filling out the Green Card Lottery application form.
DVisa Help founder
Guntar V.
Even those who have a good command over the language can commit mistakes, because many tend to overlook something or miss essential information during the green card application process. All these issues might result in your elimination from the U.S.A Green Card Lottery program. Therefore it is always advisable to seek professional guidance from experts like DVisa Help to help you fill up the application form precisely so that you stand a better chance of winning a green card.
DVisa Help is a group of professionals who are well trained in U.S. Immigration expectations and in assessing application forms to sort out mistakes, if any. These professionals will review your application to verify whether all the required information is provided correctly and if there is any missing critical information. The green card rules also specify requirements with respect to the photograph you submit, and DVisa Help professionals will verify whether your photograph meets the green card requirements.
Even if the opportunity to register for Green Card Lottery is right at your doorstep, there are many green card requirements to meet and strict green card rules to get through. Your chances of winning a green card are based on your eligibility and your luck factor.
The very first of the Green Card requirements is asking that you belong to the list of countries that are eligible to participate in the U.S.A Green Card Lottery program (Diversity Visa Program). It should be noted that your country of current residence will not considered, but your country of birth. If you are born in an eligible country, but reside in an ineligible country, you are still allowed to file a Green Card Lottery application. If you are born in an ineligible country, but if your spouse or parents belong to the eligible country, you can still participate in the U.S.A Green Card Lottery program.
If you are married, and you both are from country which is eligible to register for Green Card Lottery program, you can double your chances of winning by registering individual application for each spouse.
The next deciding aspect lies in the accuracy of your Green Card Lottery application form. You should always be aware of the fact that the green card process requires that your application form is free from errors and meets all standards of the U.S. Immigration Department. The green card rules demand that all questions are answered clearly and honestly in order to increase your chances of winning a green card. For those whose first communication language is not English are more prone to committing mistakes in filling out the Green Card Lottery application form.
DVisa Help founder
Guntar V.
Even those who have a good command over the language can commit mistakes, because many tend to overlook something or miss essential information during the green card application process. All these issues might result in your elimination from the U.S.A Green Card Lottery program. Therefore it is always advisable to seek professional guidance from experts like DVisa Help to help you fill up the application form precisely so that you stand a better chance of winning a green card.
DVisa Help is a group of professionals who are well trained in U.S. Immigration expectations and in assessing application forms to sort out mistakes, if any. These professionals will review your application to verify whether all the required information is provided correctly and if there is any missing critical information. The green card rules also specify requirements with respect to the photograph you submit, and DVisa Help professionals will verify whether your photograph meets the green card requirements.
Diversity Visa Lottery 2010 (Green Card Lottery DV-2010) Results
Africa
Algeria - 1,957 Angola - 46 Benin - 369 Botswana - 23
Burkina Faso - 184 Burundi - 83 Cameroon - 3,719 Cape Verde - 6
Central African Rep. - 20 Chad - 83 Comoros - 9 Congo - 92
Congo Democratic Republic Of The - 1,817 Cote D’ivoire - 658 Djibouti - 33 Egypt - 4,201
Equatorial Guinea - 15 Eritrea - 799 Ethiopia - 5,200 Gabon - 19
Gambia The - 108 Ghana - 8,752 Guinea - 737 Guinea-Bissau - 8
Kenya - 4,619 Lesotho - 2 Liberia - 2,172 Libya - 152
Madagascar - 31 Malawi - 50 Mali - 129 Mauritania - 20
Mauritius - 78 Morocco - 3,124 Mozambique - 8 Namibia - 16
Niger - 56 Nigeria - 6,006 Rwanda - 178 Sao Tome And Principe - 0
Senegal - 520 Seychelles - 4 Sierra Leone - 3,898 Somalia - 229
South Africa - 863 Sudan - 1,084 Swaziland - 11 Tanzania - 221
Togo - 827 Tunisia - 164 Uganda - 396 Western Sahara - 0
Zambia - 93 Zimbabwe - 170
Asia
Afghanistan - 345 Bahrain - 15 Bangladesh - 6,001 Bhutan - 2
Brunei - 0 Burma - 473 Cambodia - 359 Hong Kong Special Admin. Region - 49
Indonesia - 277 Iran - 2,773 Iraq - 742 Israel - 99
Japan - 302 Jordan - 143 Kuwait - 70 Laos - 3
Lebanon - 181 Malaysia - 60 Maldives - 0 Mongolia - 144
Nepal - 2,132 North Korea - - Oman - 2 Qatar - 13
Saudi Arabia - 104 Singapore - 37 Sri Lanka - 650 Syria - 98
Taiwan - 368 Thailand - 54 Timor-Leste - 0 United Arab Emirates - 30
Yemen - 72
Europe
Albania - 2,311 Andorra - 6 Armenia - 1,332 Aruba - 16
Austria - 181 Azerbaijan - 324 Belarus - 1,178 Belgium - 117
Bosnia & Herzegovina - 72 Bulgaria - 842 Croatia - 74 Cyprus - 23
Czech Republic - 116 Denmark - 75 Estonia - 66 Finland - 83
France - 703 French Guiana - 4 French Polynesia - 8 French Southern & Antarctic Lands - 0
Georgia - 648 Germany - 2,188 Greece - 48 Greenland - 2
Guadeloupe - 13 Hungary - 192 Iceland - 36 Ireland - 167
Italy - 470 Kazakhstan - 343 Kyrgyzstan - 205 Latvia - 90
Liechtenstein - 0 Lithuania - 195 Luxembourg - 2 Macau Special Admin Region - 17
Macedonia - 272 Malta - 7 Martinique - 4 Moldova - 724
Monaco - 0 Montenegro - 13 Netherlands - 200 Netherlands Antilles - 22
New Caledonia - 0 Northern Ireland - 31 Norway - 60 Portugal - 51
Reunion - 5 Romania - 674 Russia - 1,912 San Marino - 0
Serbia - 367 Slovakia - 108 Slovenia - 19 Spain - 169
St. Pierre & Miquelon - 0 Sweden - 163 Switzerland - 185 Tajikistan - 178
Turkey - 2,2826 Turkmenistan - 108 Ukraine - 5,499 Uzbekistan - 4,059
Vatican City - 0
North America
Bahamas - 18
Oceania
Australia - 705 Christmas Islands - 2 Coco Island - 0 Cook Islands - 0
Fiji - 674 Kiribati - 1 Marshall Islands - 0 Micronesia, Federated States Of - 0
Nauru - 0000 New Zealand - 258 Niue - 16 Palau - 12
Papua New Guinea - 15 Samoa - 0 Solomon Islands - 3 Tonga - 80
Tuvalu - 1 Vanuatu - 7 Western Samoa - 26
South America, Central America and The Caribbean
Antigua And Barbuda - 9 Argentina - 188 Barbados - 29 Belize - 10
Bolivia - 142 Chile - 53 Costa Rica - 74 Cuba - 298
Dominica - 18 Grenada - 9 Guyana - 41 Honduras - 82
Nicaragua - 50 Panama - 39 Paraguay - 29 Saint Kitts And Nevis - 6
Saint Lucia - 19 Saint Vincent And The Grenadines - 9 Suriname - 10 Trinidad And Tobago - 226
Uruguay - 17 Venezuela - 624
Algeria - 1,957 Angola - 46 Benin - 369 Botswana - 23
Burkina Faso - 184 Burundi - 83 Cameroon - 3,719 Cape Verde - 6
Central African Rep. - 20 Chad - 83 Comoros - 9 Congo - 92
Congo Democratic Republic Of The - 1,817 Cote D’ivoire - 658 Djibouti - 33 Egypt - 4,201
Equatorial Guinea - 15 Eritrea - 799 Ethiopia - 5,200 Gabon - 19
Gambia The - 108 Ghana - 8,752 Guinea - 737 Guinea-Bissau - 8
Kenya - 4,619 Lesotho - 2 Liberia - 2,172 Libya - 152
Madagascar - 31 Malawi - 50 Mali - 129 Mauritania - 20
Mauritius - 78 Morocco - 3,124 Mozambique - 8 Namibia - 16
Niger - 56 Nigeria - 6,006 Rwanda - 178 Sao Tome And Principe - 0
Senegal - 520 Seychelles - 4 Sierra Leone - 3,898 Somalia - 229
South Africa - 863 Sudan - 1,084 Swaziland - 11 Tanzania - 221
Togo - 827 Tunisia - 164 Uganda - 396 Western Sahara - 0
Zambia - 93 Zimbabwe - 170
Asia
Afghanistan - 345 Bahrain - 15 Bangladesh - 6,001 Bhutan - 2
Brunei - 0 Burma - 473 Cambodia - 359 Hong Kong Special Admin. Region - 49
Indonesia - 277 Iran - 2,773 Iraq - 742 Israel - 99
Japan - 302 Jordan - 143 Kuwait - 70 Laos - 3
Lebanon - 181 Malaysia - 60 Maldives - 0 Mongolia - 144
Nepal - 2,132 North Korea - - Oman - 2 Qatar - 13
Saudi Arabia - 104 Singapore - 37 Sri Lanka - 650 Syria - 98
Taiwan - 368 Thailand - 54 Timor-Leste - 0 United Arab Emirates - 30
Yemen - 72
Europe
Albania - 2,311 Andorra - 6 Armenia - 1,332 Aruba - 16
Austria - 181 Azerbaijan - 324 Belarus - 1,178 Belgium - 117
Bosnia & Herzegovina - 72 Bulgaria - 842 Croatia - 74 Cyprus - 23
Czech Republic - 116 Denmark - 75 Estonia - 66 Finland - 83
France - 703 French Guiana - 4 French Polynesia - 8 French Southern & Antarctic Lands - 0
Georgia - 648 Germany - 2,188 Greece - 48 Greenland - 2
Guadeloupe - 13 Hungary - 192 Iceland - 36 Ireland - 167
Italy - 470 Kazakhstan - 343 Kyrgyzstan - 205 Latvia - 90
Liechtenstein - 0 Lithuania - 195 Luxembourg - 2 Macau Special Admin Region - 17
Macedonia - 272 Malta - 7 Martinique - 4 Moldova - 724
Monaco - 0 Montenegro - 13 Netherlands - 200 Netherlands Antilles - 22
New Caledonia - 0 Northern Ireland - 31 Norway - 60 Portugal - 51
Reunion - 5 Romania - 674 Russia - 1,912 San Marino - 0
Serbia - 367 Slovakia - 108 Slovenia - 19 Spain - 169
St. Pierre & Miquelon - 0 Sweden - 163 Switzerland - 185 Tajikistan - 178
Turkey - 2,2826 Turkmenistan - 108 Ukraine - 5,499 Uzbekistan - 4,059
Vatican City - 0
North America
Bahamas - 18
Oceania
Australia - 705 Christmas Islands - 2 Coco Island - 0 Cook Islands - 0
Fiji - 674 Kiribati - 1 Marshall Islands - 0 Micronesia, Federated States Of - 0
Nauru - 0000 New Zealand - 258 Niue - 16 Palau - 12
Papua New Guinea - 15 Samoa - 0 Solomon Islands - 3 Tonga - 80
Tuvalu - 1 Vanuatu - 7 Western Samoa - 26
South America, Central America and The Caribbean
Antigua And Barbuda - 9 Argentina - 188 Barbados - 29 Belize - 10
Bolivia - 142 Chile - 53 Costa Rica - 74 Cuba - 298
Dominica - 18 Grenada - 9 Guyana - 41 Honduras - 82
Nicaragua - 50 Panama - 39 Paraguay - 29 Saint Kitts And Nevis - 6
Saint Lucia - 19 Saint Vincent And The Grenadines - 9 Suriname - 10 Trinidad And Tobago - 226
Uruguay - 17 Venezuela - 624
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