Highest winners in the latest Green Card lottery of the US

The US has released the breakdown by countries of winners of the latest Green Card lottery (DV-2020 Diversity Visa). 14,722,798 applicants for the DV-2020 lottery out of which 83,884 won. The winners can now apply for the US Green Card. The top 5 countries with the most number of winners are:

• Egypt with 5,568 winners
• Russia with 5,118 winners
• The Democratic Republic of Congo with 4,743 winners
• Iran with 4,101 winners
• Sudan with 3,691 winners

Other countries which had a high number of winners were Algeria with 2,745 winners and Turkey with 2,709 winners. Cuba and Morocco had 2,703 and 2,202 winners respectively, as per Mwakilishi. People born in the below countries were not allowed to participate in the DV-2020 lottery:

• India
• UK (Except for Northern Ireland)
• Vietnam
• Canada
• Bangladesh
• Colombia
• Dominican Republic
• Jamaica
• Haiti
• Peru
• Philippines
• South Korea
• Pakistan
• Mexico
• Bangladesh
• China (mainland)
• Brazil
• Nigeria

The Diversity Visa program has a quota of 50,000 Green Cards for countries which have a low immigration rate to the US. Winners of the latest Green Card lottery participated in the registration period that was open from 3^rd October 2018 to 6^th November 2018. Winners of the Green Card lottery now have to submit a DS-260 (Immigrant Visa & Alien Registration Application) to the USCIS. They would also need to appear for an interview at the US embassy or the US consulates in their home countries.

 

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