DV 2024 Lottery Statistics Published!
(IMPORTANT: This article concerns the statistics of the DV 2024 LOTTERY which was administered from October 5 to November 8, 2022. For statistics about interviews and visa issuances in the ongoing DV 2024 Program, KINDLY VISIT THIS PAGE!)
News
As was mentioned in the article I published earlier today, the Visa Bulletin for the month of September 2023 has been released. And as expected, it contains the DV-2024 Lottery Statistics.
The Stats
Of the so-many million entries submitted during the DV 2024 Entry period which ran from noon, Eastern Daylight Time on Wednesday, October 5, 2022, to noon, Eastern Standard Time on Tuesday, November 8, 2022, 22,185,619 were qualified.
And from that number, 143,000 prospective applicants – including principal applicants and their spouses and children – were selected to apply for the 54,850 Diversity Visas available for Fiscal Year 2024 (October 1, 2023 to September 30, 2024).
It is important to note that selectees as well as their spouses and children who do not receive Diversity visas by September 30, 2024 will have no further claim in spite of their selection in the DV-2024 Lottery.
From the Stats
This year’s total number of selectees is much higher than that of last year, making a DV-2024 second draw impossible. The number of selectees also indicates that at least 88,150 will not receive any of the available visas eventually.
Algeria, Egypt, Sudan, Iran, Uzbekistan and Russia have the highest numbers of selectees for the DV-2024 Program, with each topping 5,000.
Breakdown
The breakdown of the 143,000 DV-2024 selectees by region and by country is as follows:
| AFRICA | ||
| ALGERIA 5,142 | ERITREA 211 | MOZAMBIQUE 7 |
| ANGOLA 582 | ESWATINI 2 | NAMIBIA 10 |
| BENIN 1,002 | ETHIOPIA 3,034 | NIGER 93 |
| BOTSWANA 16 | GABON 86 | RWANDA 1,604 |
| BURKINA FASO 191 | GAMBIA, THE 156 | SENEGAL 504 |
| BURUNDI 876 | GHANA 2,088 | SIERRA LEONE 735 |
| CABO VERDE 15 | GUINEA 1,362 | SOMALIA 2,383 |
| CAMEROON 3,485 | GUINEA-BISSAU 21 | SOUTH AFRICA 199 |
| CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC 30 | KENYA 3,760 | SOUTH SUDAN 59 |
| CHAD 490 | LIBERIA 2,208 | SUDAN 5,435 |
| COMOROS 10 | LIBYA 257 | TANZANIA 348 |
| CONGO, DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF THE 2,580 | MADAGASCAR 25 | TOGO 2,105 |
| CONGO, REPUBLIC OF THE 660 | MALAWI 42 | TUNISIA 221 |
| COTE D’IVOIRE 672 | MALI 119 | UGANDA 1,515 |
| DJIBOUTI 333 | MAURITANIA 274 | ZAMBIA 85 |
| EGYPT 5,509 | MAURITIUS 4 | ZIMBABWE 216 |
| EQUATORIAL GUINEA 19 | MOROCCO 4,250 | |
| ASIA | ||
| AFGHANISTAN 4,536 | JORDAN 1,188 | SAUDI ARABIA 619 |
| BAHRAIN 8 | KUWAIT 162 | SINGAPORE 6 |
| BHUTAN 347 | LAOS 27 | SRI LANKA 2,622 |
| BURMA 1,667 | LEBANON 214 | SYRIA 692 |
| CAMBODIA 340 | MALAYSIA 32 | TAIWAN 279 |
| INDONESIA 104 | MALDIVES 1 | THAILAND 467 |
| IRAN 5,077 | MONGOLIA 300 | UNITED ARAB EMIRATES 211 |
| IRAQ 1,348 | NEPAL 3,863 | YEMEN 3,485 |
| ISRAEL 71 | OMAN 20 | |
| JAPAN 200 | QATAR 74 | |
| EUROPE | ||
| ALBANIA 2,667 | GREECE 66 | NORWAY 9 |
| ANDORRA 2 | HUNGARY 102 | POLAND 497 |
| ARMENIA 3,869 | ICELAND 5 | PORTUGAL 39 |
| AUSTRIA 34 | IRELAND 18 | Macau 4 |
| AZERBAIJAN 2,046 | ITALY 256 | ROMANIA 267 |
| BELARUS 2,418 | KAZAKHSTAN 2,728 | RUSSIA 5,514 |
| BELGIUM 35 | KOSOVO 463 | SERBIA 186 |
| BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA 31 | KYRGYZSTAN 4,464 | SLOVAKIA 33 |
| BULGARIA 142 | LATVIA 97 | SLOVENIA 2 |
| CROATIA 30 | LITHUANIA 106 | SPAIN 137 |
| CYPRUS 25 | MALTA 1 | SWEDEN 31 |
| CZECH REPUBLIC 46 | MOLDOVA 950 | SWITZERLAND 30 |
| DENMARK 16 | MONACO 1 | TAJIKISTAN 3,580 |
| ESTONIA 33 | MONTENEGRO 21 | TURKEY 3,684 |
| FINLAND 29 | NETHERLANDS 39 | TURKMENISTAN 1,313 |
| FRANCE 327 | Aruba 1 | UKRAINE 4,286 |
| French Polynesia 1 | Curacao 1 | UZBEKISTAN 5,555 |
| New Caledonia 4 | Sint Maarten 1 | |
| GEORGIA 3,194 | NORTH MACEDONIA 258 | |
| GERMANY 466 | NORTHERN IRELAND 1 | |
| NORTH AMERICA | ||
| BAHAMAS, THE 15 | ||
| OCEANIA | ||
| AUSTRALIA 795 | NAURU 32 | SOLOMON ISLANDS 22 |
| Christmas Island 1 | NEW ZEALAND 256 | TONGA 246 |
| Cocos Keeling Islands 3 | Cook Islands 69 | TUVALU 11 |
| FEDERATED STATES OF MICRONESIA 1 | PAPUA NEW GUINEA 15 | VANUATU 29 |
| FIJI 2,936 | REPUBLIC OF PALAU 4 | |
| KIRABATI 21 | SAMOA 9 | |
| SOUTH AMERICA | ||
| ANTIGUA AND BARBUDA 1 | CUBA 3,081 | PARAGUAY 9 |
| ARGENTINA 127 | DOMINICA 6 | PERU 742 |
| BARBADOS 4 | ECUADOR 814 | SAINT LUCIA 3 |
| BELIZE 5 | GUATEMALA 146 | SAINT VINCENT AND THE GRENADINES 2 |
| BOLIVIA 85 | GUYANA 9 | TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO 37 |
| CHILE 51 | NICARAGUA 117 | URUGUAY 7 |
| COSTA RICA 68 | PANAMA 17 | |
Not-Eligible Countries
Countries whose natives were not eligible to participate in the DV-2024 Lottery include Bangladesh, Brazil, Canada, China (including Hong Kong SAR), Colombia, Dominican Republic, El Salvador, Haiti, Honduras, India, Jamaica, Mexico, Nigeria, Pakistan, Philippines, South Korea, United Kingdom (except Northern Ireland) and its dependent territories, Venezuela, and Vietnam.
Best of success to all who were selected!
NOTE: FOR STATISTICS RELATING TO INTERVIEWS AND VISA ISSUANCES IN THE DV 2024 PROGRAM, KINDLY VISIT THIS PAGE!
what is the difference between selectees and prospective applicants?
They are the same. “Prospective applicants” is only used to indicate that the concerned are going to apply for the available visas.
Is AF40k plus have a good chance of selection
Good chance of selection or interview?
Hello I am from EUROPE my case number is 31000. Do i have chances??
Yes, you do. All the best!
Hi will a case number above 36k from Asia have a chance of getting an interview for DV2024?
Possible, but not likely.
Good morning
If my confirmation number starts with 20257Z. Does that mean my application is for 2025?
And how will I know that i have won or not?
Kind Regards
From South Africa
Hi Cathinah:
1. It’s for U.S. Fiscal Year (or DV) 2025.
2. Here: https://mydvprogram.com/how-to-check-dv-lottery-result
Hi
Is there a possibility to know, as of now, in what case number reached for invitation for interview?
the other on time filling and responding, say have a chance regardless of your case number. is this work? , my case number is high(40K) but filled on time?
1. Yes.
2. No, it doesn’t.
3. Your case number is not high. See this: https://mydvprogram.com/dv-2024-high-and-low-case-numbers
Hello! Thank you for this and other amazing articles. What do you think my chances are for number 66135 from EU region?
They are low – honestly.
Hi. Thank you for your insightful information. Any chance for AF34K Ethiopia?
Chances do not seem high as Addis embassy hasn’t been performing well in recent time.
Hi Trodvies
Thank you for your response. Is there anything I can do to improve my chances of appearing in the interview, like changing the interview place?
Yes, that’s a possibility. However, you can ONLY REQUEST the change of embassy. It’s left with the new embassy to accept or refuse it.
Hi Trodvies,
As you said, the US embassy in Addis is very slow as far as DV cases are concerned. It doesn’t even go beyond 2k although it was expected to reach at least 11K by the end of November 2023. I don’t wanna miss this opportunity and hence, what is your advice for me (34K) so that I could appear in the Interview before the end of September 2024?
Hi Ashenafi:
Thanks for your comment.
I wish to inform you that questions requesting guidance are only addressed as part of our Diversity Visa Guidance Program. You are welcome to take advantage of the Program: https://diversityvisaguidance.com/
Kind regards.
Hi
My case number 32300 from Asia
From Bhutan
Any chance
Yes, you have a chance.
I AM FROM GHANA AND MY CASE NUMBER IS 33XXX PLEASE! DO I HAVE THE CHANCE FOR AN INTERVIEW?
Yes, you do.
hi
my case no,is around 28000 for dv 2024 from Asia country Bhutan. any chance
thank you
Yes, you have chance.
Hello, sorry I wonder what chances have this number? 46674 From Europe country. Thanks in advance
Good chances!
My case number is AF111XXX in DV 2024. Any luck
It doesn’t seem so.