≪DV-2017プログラム≫のエントリー受付期間が発表されました。

2015年10月1日（木）正午 〜 2015年11月3日（火）正午まで（いずれも米東部時間）

◆米国務省≪DV-2017プログラム≫の実施要綱発表！

米国務省は、2014年10月1日（木）から2014年11月3日（火）にかけて募集が行われる、2017米国会計年度の抽選による米国永住権取得プログラム≪DV-2017プログラム≫の実施要綱を発表しました。

≪DV-2017プログラム≫の実施要綱は、こちら（英語版）をご覧ください。

米国務省は5月11日付で≪DV-2016プログラム≫の国別当選者数を発表しました。
全世界からの有効エントリー総数は11,391,134で、当選者数は91,563人、その内日本の当選者数は302名でした。

≪DV-2016プログラム≫における永住権の発給数は55,000件と定められており、その内5,000件はNCARAプログラム（*1）に割り当てられています。残る50,000件の発給数に対して約91,563人に当選が通知されましたので、約41,000名の方がいわゆる足切りになる可能性があります。
（*1）NCARAプログラムとは、ニカラグアおよび中央アメリカからの移民に優先的に永住権を発給することを定めたプログラムです。

国別の当選者数は以下のとおりです。

E.  DIVERSITY VISA LOTTERY 2016 (DV-2016) RESULTS

The Kentucky Consular Center in Williamburg, Kentucky has registered and notified the winners of the DV-2016 diversity lottery. The diversity lottery was conducted under the terms of section 203(c) of the Immigration and Nationality Act and makes available *50,000 permanent resident visas annually to persons from countries with low rates of immigration to the United States. Approximately 91,563 applicants have been registered and notified and may now make an application for an immigrant visa. Since it is likely that some of the first *50,000 persons registered will not pursue their cases to visa issuance, this larger figure should insure that all DV-2016 numbers will be used during fiscal year 2016 (October 1, 2015 until September 30, 2016).

Applicants registered for the DV-2016 program were selected at random from 11,391,134 qualified entries (17,573,350 with derivatives) received during the application period that ran from noon, Eastern Daylight Time on Wednesday, October 1, 2014 until noon, Eastern Daylight Time on Monday, November 3, 2014. The visas have been apportioned among six geographic regions with a maximum of seven percent available to persons born in any single country. During the visa interview, principal applicants must provide proof of a high school education or its equivalent, or show two years of work experience in an occupation that requires at least two years of training or experience within the past five years. Those selected will need to act on their immigrant visa applications quickly. Applicants should follow the instructions in their notification letter and must fully complete the information requested. 

Registrants living legally in the United States who wish to apply for adjustment of their status must contact the Bureau of Citizenship and Immigration Services for information on the requirements and procedures. Once the total *50,000 visa numbers have been used, the program for fiscal year 2016 will end. Selected applicants who do not receive visas by September 30, 2016 will derive no further benefit from their DV-2016 registration. Similarly, spouses and children accompanying or following to join DV-2016 principal applicants are only entitled to derivative diversity visa status until September 30, 2016.

Dates for the DV-2017 program registration period will be widely publicized in the coming months. Those interested in entering the DV-2017 program should check the Department of State's Visa web page in the coming months. 

*The Nicaraguan and Central American Relief Act (NACARA) passed by Congress in November 1997 stipulated that up to 5,000 of the 55,000 annually-allocated diversity visas be made available for use under the NACARA program. The reduction of the limit of available visas to 50,000 began with DV-2000.

The following is the statistical breakdown by foreign-state chargeability of those registered for the DV-2016 program: 

AFRICA
ALGERIA  1,952	ETHIOPIA  4,000	NIGER  102
ANGOLA  108	GABON  32	RWANDA  412
BENIN  914	GAMBIA, THE  67	SAO TOME AND PRINCIPE  2
BOTSWANA  4	GHANA  3,179	SENEGAL  427
BURKINA FASO  199	GUINEA  1,818	SEYCHELLES  0
BURUNDI  208	GUINEA-BISSAU  4	SIERRA LEONE  2,141
CABO VERDE  6	KENYA  2,729	SOMALIA  272
CAMEROON  3,047	LESOTHO  5	SOUTH AFRICA  535
CENTRAL AFRICAN REP.  23	LIBERIA  4,430	SOUTH SUDAN  17
CHAD  40	LIBYA  240	SUDAN  3,216
COMOROS  3	MADAGASCAR  75	SWAZILAND  7
CONGO  124	MALAWI  17	TANZANIA  93
CONGO, DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF THE  4,475	MALI  114	TOGO  1,241
COTE D’IVOIRE  1,129	MAURITANIA  15	TUNISIA  227
DJIBOUTI  92	MAURITIUS  41	UGANDA  453
EGYPT  4,024	MOROCCO  1,993	ZAMBIA  57
EQUATORIAL GUINEA  0	MOZAMBIQUE  11	ZIMBABWE  152
ERITREA  544	NAMIBIA  18
ASIA
AFGHANISTAN  406	JAPAN  302	QATAR  42
BAHRAIN  13	JORDAN  349	SAUDI ARABIA  267
BHUTAN  22	NORTH KOREA  0	SINGAPORE  39
BRUNEI  1	KUWAIT  143	SRI LANKA  704
BURMA  236	LAOS  1	SYRIA  460
CAMBODIA  1,229	LEBANON  225	TAIWAN  297
HONG KONG SPECIAL ADMIN. REGION  151	MALAYSIA  95	THAILAND  73
INDONESIA  126	MALDIVES  3	TIMOR-LESTE  0
IRAN  4,501	MONGOLIA  185	UNITED ARAB EMIRATES  103
IRAQ  330	NEPAL  3,801	YEMEN  724
ISRAEL  162	OMAN  12
EUROPE
ALBANIA  1,931	GREECE  93	NORWAY  35
ANDORRA  0	HUNGARY  186	POLAND  629
ARMENIA  1,277	ICELAND  3	PORTUGAL  58
AUSTRIA  50	IRELAND  89	Macau  23
AZERBAIJAN  380	ITALY  410	ROMANIA  626
BELARUS  811	KAZAKHSTAN  376	RUSSIA  2,200
BELGIUM  47	KOSOVO  244	SAN MARINO  0
BOSNIA & HERZEGOVINA  92	KYRGYZSTAN  209	SERBIA  283
BULGARIA  865	LATVIA  73	SLOVAKIA  70
CROATIA  67	LIECHTENSTEIN  0	SLOVENIA  33
CYPRUS  28	LITHUANIA  153	SPAIN  193
CZECH REPUBLIC  74	LUXEMBOURG  0	SWEDEN  108
DENMARK  35	MACEDONIA  258	SWITZERLAND  122
ESTONIA  40	MALTA  0	TAJIKISTAN  337
FINLAND  57	MOLDOVA  1,854	TURKEY  1,795
FRANCE  510	MONACO  0	TURKMENISTAN  124
French Polynesia  1	MONTENEGRO  8	UKRAINE  4,507
Saint Martin  1	NETHERLANDS  81	UZBEKISTAN  4,300
Wallis and Futuna  1	Aruba  4	VATICAN CITY  0
GEORGIA  571	Curacao  2
GERMANY  678	NORTHERN IRELAND  9
NORTH AMERICA
BAHAMAS, THE  16
OCEANIA
AUSTRALIA  832	NAURU  12	SAMOA  5
Cocos Islands  1	NEW ZEALAND  208	SOLOMON ISLANDS  0
FIJI  393	Cook Islands  4	TONGA  26
KIRIBATI  4	PALAU  4	TUVALU  0
MARSHALL ISLANDS  0	PAPUA NEW GUINEA  3	VANUATU  5
MICRONESIA, FEDERATED STATES OF  3
SOUTH AMERICA, CENTRAL AMERICA, AND THE CARIBBEAN
ANTIGUA AND BARBUDA  0	DOMINICA  6	SAINT KITTS AND NEVIS  2
ARGENTINA  68	GRENADA  7	SAINT LUCIA  5
BARBADOS  0	GUATEMALA  31	SAINT VINCENT AND THE GRENADINES  7
BELIZE  0	GUYANA  14	SURINAME  3
BOLIVIA  49	HONDURAS  73	TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO  51
CHILE  17	NICARAGUA  58	URUGUAY  21
COSTA RICA  50	PANAMA  5	VENEZUELA  1,038
CUBA  1,488	PARAGUAY  7

Natives of the following countries were not eligible to participate in DV-2016: 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. 

◆≪DV-2016プログラム≫当選者キャンペーン実施中！