DV 2024 High and Low Case Numbers
Intro
Knowing whether one’s case number is a high or low one has become a tradition in Diversity Visa circles. According to how the Diversity Visa Program was designed, a low case number should have advantage over higher ones from the same region.
However, that doesn’t apply in many cases nowadays. In spite of that reality, the issue of high and low case numbers still has much importance to DV applicants.
Past and Present
Some time ago, I wrote this article – as I indicated at the time – to provide “a kind of estimate of what could be considered low, medium or high case number” in each region.
However, the numbering system used for most regions in the DV 2024 Program has been observed to be ‘out of the norm’ that had existed for many years. As such – and as I indicated at the beginning of the above-mentioned article – “the contents of that article do not apply in the case of the DV 2024 Program”.
I therefore thought it wise to write a similar article – this one – with the same objective but for the DV 2024 Program having carefully considered case numbers reported by applicants since the publication of the DV 2024 results last May.
Case Numbers and Classifications
So for DV 2024, we can consider the classifications in the tables below as providing answers to the question of high and low case numbers.
AFRICA
| CASE NUMBER | CLASSIFICATION |
| Below 20 000 | Low |
| 20 000 – Below 40 000 | Relatively Low |
| 40 000 – Below 80 000 | Average |
| 80000 – Below 100 000 | Relatively High |
| 100 000 and Above | High |
ASIA
| CASE NUMBER | CLASSIFICATION |
| Below 8 000 | Low |
| 8 000 – Below 15 000 | Relatively Low |
| 15 000 – Below 30 000 | Average |
| 30 000 – Below 40 000 | Relatively High |
| 40 000 and Above | High |
EUROPE
| CASE NUMBER | CLASSIFICATION |
| Below 10 000 | Low |
| 10 000 – Below 20 000 | Relatively Low |
| 20 000 – Below 45 000 | Average |
| 45 000 – Below 60 000 | Relatively High |
| 60 000 and Above | High |
OCEANIA AND SOUTH AMERICA
| CASE NUMBER | CLASSIFICATION |
| Below 800 | Low |
| 800 – Below 1 500 | Relatively Low |
| 1 500 – Below 3 000 | Average |
| 3 000 – Below 4 000 | Relatively High |
| 4 000 and Above | High |
Remarks and Conclusion
- The North America region is not included in these tables due to the very small number of applicants selected from that region, which makes case number classification there not an issue of concern.
- The case numbers considered in establishing these classifications were obtained from the different regions and not from individual countries, making exception countries not to be included here as well.
In view of the above classifications, DV 2024 applicants can now identify what a low case number is, what an average case number is, and what a high case number is in the DV 2024 Program.
Good Day
The CEAC data for 2024 isn’t out yet, based on what data you have made those predictions?
These are not predictions; they are reality based on applicants’ accounts.
So do you mean that my CN EU342** has some good chanced to be interviewed?
Normally, yes. But what happens eventually will depend on how things are at/with your embassy.