“A computer-generated, random drawing chooses selectees for Diversity Visas,” it added, stating that

WASHINGTON, Sept.23, CMC The United States says Haitians and Jamaicans are among nationals not eligible to apply for the 2014 Diversity Visa (DV) Programme The US Department of State said those nationals are ineligible because their countries "sent more than 50,000 immigrants to the United States in the previous five years."
Other countries ineligible are: Bangladesh, Brazil, Canada, China (mainland-born), Colombia, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, India, Mexico, Pakistan, Peru, Philippines, South Korea, United Kingdom (except Northern Ireland) and its dependent territories, and Vietnam.
The congressionally-mandated Diversity Immigrant Visa Programme is administered on an annual basis by the Department of State and conducted under the terms of Section 203(c) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (INA).
It said 55, 000 immigrant visas are set aside for DV immigrants. wyndham hotels However, wyndham hotels  since DV-1999, the U.S. Congress has reserved 5,000 visas from this annual allocation to be made available for use under the Nicaraguan and Central American Relief Act (NACARA).
"A computer-generated, random drawing chooses selectees for Diversity Visas," it added, stating that the visas are distributed among six geographic regions, with a greater number of visas going to regions with lower rates of immigration, and with no visas going to nationals wyndham hotels of countries sending more than 50,000 immigrants to the United States over the period of the past five years.
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