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September 2023 Visa Bulletin

Sm1smom

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C. THE DIVERSITY (DV) IMMIGRANT CATEGORY RANK CUT-OFFS WHICH WILL APPLY IN OCTOBER
RegionAll DV Chargeability Areas Except
Those Listed Separately
AFRICA10,000Except: Algeria 7,500
Egypt 5,500
Morocco 5,600
ASIA2,000Except: Iran 1,750
Nepal 1,300
EUROPE4,500Except: Russia 4,400
Uzbekistan 1,250
NORTH AMERICA (BAHAMAS)2
OCEANIA225
SOUTH AMERICA,
and the CARIBBEAN
375

August 2023 VB (September Cut-Off Numbers) for Comparison

RegionAll DV Chargeability Areas Except
Those Listed Separately
AFRICACurrentExcept: Algeria 45,000
Egypt 43,200
Morocco 63,400
ASIA21,000Except: Iran 16,000
Nepal 21,000
EUROPE32,000Except: Russia 32,000
Uzbekistan 17,000
NORTH AMERICA (BAHAMAS)Current
OCEANIA2,500
SOUTH AMERICA,
and the CARIBBEAN
3,150
 
Approximately 143,000 prospective applicants (i.e., selectees and their spouses and children) have been registered, can confirm their selection, and may be eligible to make an application for an immigrant visa. Since selection is random and blind to the number of family members who might immigrate with the selectee, and it is likely that some of the selectees will not complete their cases or will be found ineligible for a visa, this larger figure should ensure that all DV-2024 numbers can be used during fiscal year 2024 (FY24: October 1, 2023, until September 30, 2024).

Entrants registered for the DV-2024 program were selected at random from 22,185,619 qualified entries received during the 35-day application period that ran from noon, Eastern Daylight Time on Wednesday, October 5, 2022, until noon, Eastern Standard Time on Tuesday, November 8, 2022.

Statistical breakdown by foreign state of chargeability of those registered for the DV-2024 program

AFRICA
ALGERIA 5,142ERITREA 211MOZAMBIQUE 7
ANGOLA 582ESWATINI 2NAMIBIA 10
BENIN 1,002ETHIOPIA 3,034NIGER 93
BOTSWANA 16GABON 86RWANDA 1,604
BURKINA FASO 191GAMBIA, THE 156SENEGAL 504
BURUNDI 876GHANA 2,088SIERRA LEONE 735
CABO VERDE 15GUINEA 1,362SOMALIA 2,383
CAMEROON 3,485GUINEA-BISSAU 21SOUTH AFRICA 199
CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC 30KENYA 3,760SOUTH SUDAN 59
CHAD 490LIBERIA 2,208SUDAN 5,435
COMOROS 10LIBYA 257TANZANIA 348
CONGO, DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF THE 2,580MADAGASCAR 25TOGO 2,105
CONGO, REPUBLIC OF THE 660MALAWI 42TUNISIA 221
COTE D’IVOIRE 672MALI 119UGANDA 1,515
DJIBOUTI 333MAURITANIA 274ZAMBIA 85
EGYPT 5,509MAURITIUS 4ZIMBABWE 216
EQUATORIAL GUINEA 19MOROCCO 4,250
ASIA
AFGHANISTAN 4,536JORDAN 1,188SAUDI ARABIA 619
BAHRAIN 8KUWAIT 162SINGAPORE 6
BHUTAN 347LAOS 27SRI LANKA 2,622
BURMA 1,667LEBANON 214SYRIA 692
CAMBODIA 340MALAYSIA 32TAIWAN 279
INDONESIA 104MALDIVES 1THAILAND 467
IRAN 5,077MONGOLIA 300UNITED ARAB EMIRATES 211
IRAQ 1,348NEPAL 3,863YEMEN 3,485
ISRAEL 71OMAN 20
JAPAN 200QATAR 74
EUROPE
ALBANIA 2,667GREECE 66NORWAY 9
ANDORRA 2HUNGARY 102POLAND 497
ARMENIA 3,869ICELAND 5PORTUGAL 39
AUSTRIA 34IRELAND 18 Macau 4
AZERBAIJAN 2,046ITALY 256ROMANIA 267
BELARUS 2,418KAZAKHSTAN 2,728RUSSIA 5,514
BELGIUM 35KOSOVO 463SERBIA 186
BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA 31KYRGYZSTAN 4,464SLOVAKIA 33
BULGARIA 142LATVIA 97SLOVENIA 2
CROATIA 30LITHUANIA 106SPAIN 137
CYPRUS 25MALTA 1SWEDEN 31
CZECH REPUBLIC 46MOLDOVA 950SWITZERLAND 30
DENMARK 16MONACO 1TAJIKISTAN 3,580
ESTONIA 33MONTENEGRO 21TURKEY 3,684
FINLAND 29NETHERLANDS 39TURKMENISTAN 1,313
FRANCE 327 Aruba 1UKRAINE 4,286
French Polynesia 1 Curacao 1UZBEKISTAN 5,555
New Caledonia 4 Sint Maarten 1
GEORGIA 3,194NORTH MACEDONIA 258
GERMANY 466NORTHERN IRELAND 1
NORTH AMERICA
BAHAMAS, THE 15
OCEANIA
AUSTRALIA 795NAURU 32SOLOMON ISLANDS 22
Christmas Island 1NEW ZEALAND 256TONGA 246
Cocos Keeling Islands 3 Cook Islands 69TUVALU 11
FEDERATED STATES OF MICRONESIA 1PAPUA NEW GUINEA 15VANUATU 29
FIJI 2,936REPUBLIC OF PALAU 4
KIRABATI 21SAMOA 9
SOUTH AMERICA
ANTIGUA AND BARBUDA 1CUBA 3,081PARAGUAY 9
ARGENTINA 127DOMINICA 6PERU 742
BARBADOS 4ECUADOR 814SAINT LUCIA 3
BELIZE 5GUATEMALA 146SAINT VINCENT AND THE GRENADINES 2
BOLIVIA 85GUYANA 9TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO 37
CHILE 51NICARAGUA 117URUGUAY 7
COSTA RICA 68PANAMA 17
 
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So what does this mean in regards to high cases numbers this year? Will a case number of OC15XX have a chance?
 

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Sooo.... the government screwed OC region by increasing selectees by 77% - far more than any other region (AF12%, AS 15%, EU 25% and SA 55%)

This makes no sense at all, and will CERTAINLY lead to cutoffs before high case numbers are reached. We don't know for sure what the "highest" case numbers are, but it seems to be just under 5000. I would be concerned with a number of half that.
 
If I total the below would that show the total amount of OC case numbers? I’m stressing at CN 151X
 

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Sooo.... the government screwed OC region by increasing selectees by 77% - far more than any other region (AF12%, AS 15%, EU 25% and SA 55%)

This makes no sense at all, and will CERTAINLY lead to cutoffs before high case numbers are reached. We don't know for sure what the "highest" case numbers are, but it seems to be just under 5000. I would be concerned with a number of half that.
I think even less than half possibly would be a concern due to Fiji having highest concentration % selectees and based on 2023 they MUCH higher derivatives rate, right?
 
I think even less than half possibly would be a concern due to Fiji having highest concentration % selectees and based on 2023 they MUCH higher derivatives rate, right?
The ratio of actual number of people per case in OC is no different compared to other regions (anywhere from 1.9 people per case (Africa) to 2.45 people per case (Europe)). OC is within this range.
 
If I total the below would that show the total amount of OC case numbers? I’m stressing at CN 151X

No that would be the total number of selected OC cases, not the total number of OC cases which would be higher than that.

We also have an OC15XX case number. Not the most concerning but not totally safe either. It’s hard to tell at this stage. Hoping to get an indication in a few months time based on how they’re progressing.
 
@lavpattel sorry correction on the above, it’s the total number of OC selectees and their derivatives, so selected cases would be roughly half of that.
 
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