Diversity VISA's issued in 2015 - Selected Entrants by Country

United States State Department ^ | November 1, 2017 | US State Department

[Oldeconomybuyer]

The following is the statistical breakdown by foreign-state chargeability of those registered for the Diversity Visa-2015 program:

AFRICA

ALGERIA

3,076

ETHIOPIA

4,988

NIGER

334

ANGOLA

173

GABON

81

RWANDA

690

BENIN

1,758

GAMBIA, THE

110

SAO TOME AND PRINCIPE

0

BOTSWANA

12

GHANA

3,381

SENEGAL

620

BURKINA FASO

390

GUINEA

2,314

SEYCHELLES

9

BURUNDI

188

GUINEA-BISSAU

7

SIERRA LEONE

2,182

CABO VERDE

20

KENYA

3,534

SOMALIA

275

CAMEROON

5,000

LESOTHO

3

SOUTH AFRICA

924

CENTRAL AFRICAN REP.

33

LIBERIA

5,000

SOUTH SUDAN

21

CHAD

99

LIBYA

263

SUDAN

3,484

COMOROS

6

MADAGASCAR

62

SWAZILAND

5

CONGO

243

MALAWI

27

TANZANIA

231

CONGO, DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF THE

4,943

MALI

123

TOGO

1,824

COTE D’IVOIRE

1,487

MAURITANIA

29

TUNISIA

221

DJIBOUTI

77

MAURITIUS

55

UGANDA

642

EGYPT

4,988

MOROCCO

2,844

ZAMBIA

116

EQUATORIAL GUINEA

14

MOZAMBIQUE

11

ZIMBABWE

249

ERITREA

815

NAMIBIA

19

ASIA

AFGHANISTAN

305

JAPAN

636

QATAR

51

BAHRAIN

12

JORDAN

374

SAUDI ARABIA

517

BHUTAN

45

NORTH KOREA

0

SINGAPORE

47

BRUNEI

0

KUWAIT

241

SRI LANKA

1,303

BURMA

453

LAOS

1

SYRIA

598

CAMBODIA

2,079

LEBANON

408

TAIWAN

498

HONG KONG SPECIAL ADMIN. REGION

160

MALAYSIA

129

THAILAND

81

INDONESIA

288

MALDIVES

2

TIMOR-LESTE

0

IRAN

4,992

MONGOLIA

186

UNITED ARAB EMIRATES

195

IRAQ

289

NEPAL

4,991

YEMEN

875

ISRAEL

231

OMAN

15

EUROPE

ALBANIA

2,946

GREECE

147

NORTHERN IRELAND

41

ANDORRA

2

HUNGARY

329

NORWAY

49

ARMENIA

2,049

ICELAND

42

POLAND

961

AUSTRIA

134

IRELAND

157

PORTUGAL

82

AZERBAIJAN

454

ITALY

779

- Macau

29

BELARUS

1,466

KAZAKHSTAN

772

ROMANIA

1,068

BELGIUM

107

KOSOVO

227

RUSSIA

4,103

BOSNIA & HERZEGOVINA

171

KYRGYZSTAN

403

SAN MARINO

0

BULGARIA

1,418

LATVIA

92

SERBIA

399

CROATIA

87

LIECHTENSTEIN

3

SLOVAKIA

110

CYPRUS

32

LITHUANIA

287

SLOVENIA

11

CZECH REPUBLIC

125

LUXEMBOURG

0

SPAIN

393

DENMARK

65

MACEDONIA

436

SWEDEN

217

ESTONIA

71

MALTA

16

SWITZERLAND

194

FINLAND

88

MOLDOVA

2,809

TAJIKISTAN

528

FRANCE

816

MONACO

1

TURKEY

3,688

- French Polynesia

11

MONTENEGRO

16

TURKMENISTAN

191

- Saint Martin

1

NETHERLANDS

151

UKRAINE

4,679

- St. Pierre & Miquelon 2 - Aruba 5 UZBEKISTAN 4,368 GEORGIA

804

- Curacao

13

VATICAN CITY

0

GERMANY

1,354

- Sint Maarten

1

NORTH AMERICA

BAHAMAS, THE

14

OCEANIA

AUSTRALIA

1,798

MICRONESIA, FEDERATED STATUS OF

6

SAMOA

32

- Christmas Island

1

NAURU

19

SOLOMON ISLANDS

3

- Cocos Islands

1

NEW ZEALAND

589

TONGA

123

- Norfolk Island

12

- Cook Islands

14

TUVALU

1

FIJI

857

- Nine

3

VANUATU

7

KIRIBATI

6

PALAU

6

MARSHALL ISLANDS

1

PAPUA NEW GUINEA

20

SOUTH AMERICA, CENTRAL AMERICA, AND THE CARIBBEAN

ANTIGUA AND BARBUDA

6

DOMINICA

5

SAINT KITTS AND NEVIS

7

ARGENTINA

109

GRENADA

8

SAINT LUCIA

18

BARBADOS

15

GUATEMALA

86

SAINT VINCENT AND THE GRENADINES

7

BELIZE

3

GUYANA

53

SURINAME

11

BOLIVIA

69

HONDURAS

165

TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO

193

CHILE

37

NICARAGUA

54

URUGUAY

20

COSTA RICA

72

PANAMA

19

VENEZUELA

1,556

CUBA

1,480

PARAGUAY

6

Natives of the following countries were not eligible to participate in DV-2015: Bangladesh, Brazil, Canada, China (mainland-born, excluding Hong Kong S.A.R., Macau S.A.R., and Taiwan), Colombia, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, Haiti, India, Jamaica, Mexico, Nigeria, Pakistan, Peru, the Philippines, South Korea, United Kingdom (except Northern Ireland) and its dependent territories, and Vietnam.

[Buckeye McFrog]

WHY in the F*** did we give 5000 GREEN CARDS to people from IRAN????

We don’t even have diplomatic relations with them.
WHY and HOW does this happen??

[vooch]

Trump is correct we should return to the pre-1965 system

[Eddie01]

A lot of unvetted US enemies on that list.

[caligatrux]

4,368 from Uzbekistan. We should definitely take another look at all of those.

[GnuThere]

Absolutely insane.

[ZULU]

Glad we kept those DANGEROUS Englishmen out!

I need to go back and prepare a spread sheet linking the percentage of Muslims in the specific countries listed along with the total percentage of the lottery each one received.

[Dagnabitt]

The Department of State operates psuedo embassies for Iranians in the region. I think one operates out of our mission in Dubai. So the Iranians just fly over to Dubai, process their visas, go back to Iran, sell the house and car, and then move to the USA. And we reap the rewards of sweet sweet diversity!

And I bet the 5000 lottery green cards for Iranians is outpaced by how many regular family chain-migration green cards they get.

[easternsky]

OHHH MY WORD we are so in deep stuff. Dear Lord please give our President wisdom quickly, only going to get worse if He is unable to stop and maybe reverse some of this Horrendous stuff.

[RushIsMyTeddyBear]

Hi, Leland. Know you’re reading this. LOVE your show!

[Hawthorn]

Only two people from Andorra? And zero from San Marino?

Wow! Something is SERIOUSLY wrong with this program!

[bushpilot2]

Pre 1865.

[bushpilot2]

This is naturalization.

[Veto!]

And none from England

[bushpilot2]

The first UnNaturalization Act.

[bushpilot2]

The first UnNaturalization Act.

[goodnesswins]

Yes, I was just looking at the Certificate of Naturalization (1886) from my Great, Great, Great + Grandfather who was required to "entirely renounce and abjure all allegiance and fidelity to every Foreign Prince, Potentate, State and Soverignty whatsoever, and particularly to THE GRAND DUKE OF BADEN."

Bet that doesn't happen anymore.

[Wuli]

Yes, Iran, that was also my big target in the numbers.

Were they Christians seeking asylum it would be different.

[Freedom56v2]

Thank dear old Valerie Jarrett ;(

[Lurkinanloomin]

If given a choice, we would not do this to ourselves.

That’s why we have been given no choice.

Thank God for Trump.