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We dont know the answer to this. We know that there is a formula, and the more people that apply from a region the higher the percentage that region tends to get.
This year
EU - > 25000
AF - > 50000
AS - > 16000
Appox total -> 90,000
I am not sure of the other regions off hand but the % of these regions of the 90k is:
EU 27%
AF 55%
AS 17%
It changes from year to year, and this is a little rough and ready ;-) but that should give you a basic idea of the distribution of NL’s
No, they don't send all the letters for the same region at the same time.
So do they random select each region say Africa until it meets the percentage then go to another region EU, Asia, and so forth? I am in the US and I havenot seen any letters yet but other people that are in the US start getting the letters
No one knows the exact formula of how they calculate the number of immigrants they draw from DV application. i know they don't go with region (continent) to calculate this number. i know the countries who have low number of Immigrant visa application, get more DV visa numbers. as the name says "Diversity" they are trying to kind of balance the ethnicity balance in US.
for example, if you look at the 2008 DV numbers for Asia, KUWAIT nationals got 46 winners total while BANGLADESH nationals got 5,983 visas allocated to them. this means Kuwaitis have a greater number of regular immigrant petitions (through family, work or investment) than Bangladeshis.
for example, if you look at the 2008 DV numbers for Asia, KUWAIT nationals got 46 winners total while BANGLADESH nationals got 5,983 visas allocated to them. this means Kuwaitis have a greater number of regular immigrant petitions (through family, work or investment) than Bangladeshis.
It is "diversity" that means they select winners base on number of people who join the lottery each year.
For example if 30% of joined people was from AISA then they will choose about 30% of winners from AISA region!(for countries in each region it workes too!)
Did you mentioned sometimes there is only few winner from one country? It means there was only few people from that country joined the lottery in that year.
in this way everyone has an equal chance to win the lottery at all.
For example if 30% of joined people was from AISA then they will choose about 30% of winners from AISA region!(for countries in each region it workes too!)
Did you mentioned sometimes there is only few winner from one country? It means there was only few people from that country joined the lottery in that year.
in this way everyone has an equal chance to win the lottery at all.
This section of the Immigration and Nationality Act describes the formula used to determine the number of DV slots assigned to each region.
In addition to the calculation described there, an estimate about the proportion of winners who would actually be interested in immigrating and succeed at CP/AOS is also used to determine the number of DV lottery winners. If it is likely that a large proportion of lottery winners from a given region will not be interested in immigrating or will be unsuccessful at CP/AOS, then
a large number of winners will be chosen to ensure that all the DV slots for that region will get used up.
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Did you mentioned sometimes there is only few winner from one country? It means there was only few people from that country joined the lottery in that year.
in this way everyone has an equal chance to win the lottery at all.
If there was a prize for the right answer you would get it! ;-) you have hit the nail on the head with your post. The more that enter the more that win from that country. But beware those countries that have more then 3500 winners, there can only be 3500 visa’s issued.
Nope
Nope the number of DV slots assigned to a region has nothing to do with the number of lottery applicants from that region. It is determined using a complicated formula contained in the Immigration and Nationalist Act
It is "diversity" that means they select winners base on number of people who join the lottery each year.
For example if 30% of joined people was from AISA then they will choose about 30% of winners from AISA region!(for countries in each region it workes too!)
Did you mentioned sometimes there is only few winner from one country? It means there was only few people from that country joined the lottery in that year.
in this way everyone has an equal chance to win the lottery at all.
Nope the number of DV slots assigned to a region has nothing to do with the number of lottery applicants from that region. It is determined using a complicated formula contained in the Immigration and Nationalist Act
How DV slots for regions are calculated
It is simpler than it seems. The following is the gist of it:
All the regions are divided into "high admission" regions and "low admission" regions based on how many immigrants they sent over the previous 5 years. This depends on whether the number of immigrants that came from a region is less than or greater than one sixth (1/6) of the total number of immigrants from all over the world. Under present trends, invariably Africa, Europe, North America and Oceania get classified as "low admission" regions while Asia and South America get classified as "high admission" regions.
The percentage of DV slots that are alloted to all the "low admsion" regions collectively is made equal to the percentage of immigrants that came collectively from the "high admission" regions over the previous 5 years. The rest of the DV immigrant slots are alloted to "high admission" regions.
Just to illustrate this point assume that over the previous 5 years the number of immigrants that came from Asia and South America is 70%. Then 70% of the DV slots are alloted to Africa, Europe, North America and Oceania. The other 30% is alloted to Asia and South America.
It's clear from this how the regions that sent lots of immigrants over the previous 5 years are disadvantaged in in the DV program. Their collective percentage of DV slots are are determined by inverting the percentage of immigrants that they sent.
The visas that are alloted to "low admission" regions are divided up among those regions in proportion to their populations. The same is the case for "high admission" regions.
This is just the basic idea. The page I linked to specifies the exact way the calculation is done. For example, those that came through the DV program itself or as asylum applicants are not included when making certain calculations. Also the population of countries that sent more than 50,000 immigrants are not considered in the calculations involving the populations of regions.
It does sound complicated
It is simpler than it seems. The following is the gist of it:
All the regions are divided into "high admission" regions and "low admission" regions based on how many immigrants they sent over the previous 5 years. This depends on whether the number of immigrants that came from a region is less than or greater than one sixth (1/6) of the total number of immigrants from all over the world. Under present trends, invariably Africa, Europe, North America and Oceania get classified as "low admission" regions while Asia and South America get classified as "high admission" regions.
The percentage of DV slots that are alloted to all the "low admsion" regions collectively is made equal to the percentage of immigrants that came collectively from the "high admission" regions over the previous 5 years. The rest of the DV immigrant slots are alloted to "high admission" regions.
Just to illustrate this point assume that over the previous 5 years the number of immigrants that came from Asia and South America is 70%. Then 70% of the DV slots are alloted to Africa, Europe, North America and Oceania. The other 30% is alloted to Asia and South America.
It's clear from this how the regions that sent lots of immigrants over the previous 5 years are disadvantaged in in the DV program. Their collective percentage of DV slots are are determined by inverting the percentage of immigrants that they sent.
The visas that are alloted to "low admission" regions are divided up among those regions in proportion to their populations. The same is the case for "high admission" regions.
This is just the basic idea. The page I linked to specifies the exact way the calculation is done. For example, those that came through the DV program itself or as asylum applicants are not included when making certain calculations. Also the population of countries that sent more than 50,000 immigrants are not considered in the calculations involving the populations of regions.