Previous years entries statistics

The table below displays the total entries (Green Card Lottery applicant forms or electronic submission) received by the Stare Dep. during the previous years of the lottery program. For paper based program, the high number of "Disqualified Forms" is due to missing information, wrong format, wrong addressing and other misinterpretation of the requirements. For electronic based program, the high number of "Eliminated" entries is due to exact duplicates and elimination through facial recognition technology.

Program	Period	Qualified	Eliminated
DV-2006	Nov 5, 2004 - Jan 7, 2005	6.3 Million	36,555
DV-2005	Nov 1, 2003 - Dec 30, 2003	5.9 Million	--
		Entries Received	Qualified	Disqualified
DV-2004	Oct 7, 2002 - Nov 6, 2002	10.2 Million	7.3 Million	2.9 Million	28%
DV-2003	Oct 1, 2001 - Oct 31, 2001	8.7 Million	6.2 Million	2.5 Million	29%
DV-2002	Oct 2, 2000 - Nov 1, 2000	13 Million	10 Million	3 Million	23%
DV-2001	Oct 4, 1999 - Nov 3, 1999	13 Million	11 Million	2 Million	15%
DV-2000	Oct 1, 1998 - Oct 31, 1998	10.5 Million	8 Million	2.5 Million	24%
DV-99	Octo 24, 1997 - Nov 24, 1997	5.8 Million	3.4 Million	2.4 Million	41%
DV-98	Feb 3, 1997 - May 5, 1997	6 Million	4.7 Million	1.3 Million	22%