{"id":4236,"date":"2024-04-08T08:17:47","date_gmt":"2024-04-08T08:17:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/green-card-usa.net\/green-card-lottery-asian-countries\/"},"modified":"2024-12-30T09:44:37","modified_gmt":"2024-12-30T09:44:37","slug":"green-card-lottery-asian-countries","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/us-gc.net\/en\/green-card-lottery-asian-countries\/","title":{"rendered":"Green Card lottery for Asian countries"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Asian countries in the U.S. Green Card lottery<\/h1>\n\n

Every year, millions of applicants take part in the American Green Card lottery. We’ve compiled the statistics published by the State Department on travel.state.gov<\/a> to bring you the key figures for Asian citizens’ participation in the Green Card lottery.<\/p>\n\n

How many Asians take part in the lottery?<\/h2>\n\n

Around 15% to 20% of applicants to the Green Card lottery<\/a> were citizens of an Asian country in the last few years for which statistics are available.<\/p>\n\n

Years<\/strong><\/td>2019<\/strong><\/td>2020<\/strong><\/td>2021<\/strong><\/td><\/tr>
Number of Asian registrants<\/td>1 871 824<\/td>1 952 489<\/td>1 281 046<\/td><\/tr>
Total registration files<\/td>14 352 013<\/td>14 722 798<\/td>6 741 128<\/td><\/tr>
Share of Asian registrants<\/strong><\/td>13%<\/strong><\/td>13%<\/strong><\/td>19%<\/strong><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table>
Share of Asians registered for the Green Card lottery<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n

What are the main Asian countries from which candidates come?<\/h2>\n\n

Here is the number of Green Card lottery applications for the top 20 Asian countries. The latest figures released by the State Department cover the years from 2019 to 2021:<\/p>\n\n

Asian countries<\/strong><\/td>2019<\/strong><\/td>2020<\/strong><\/td>2021<\/strong><\/td><\/tr>
Nepal<\/td>684 180<\/td>637 696<\/td>421 765<\/td><\/tr>
Iran<\/td>453 242<\/td>709 469<\/td>404 863<\/td><\/tr>
Afghanistan<\/td>35 939<\/td>58 711<\/td>60 602<\/td><\/tr>
Cambodia<\/td>179 662<\/td>109 881<\/td>46 110<\/td><\/tr>
Sri Lanka<\/td>53 396<\/td>47 705<\/td>41 595<\/td><\/tr>
Yemen<\/td>141 679<\/td>62 389<\/td>41 495<\/td><\/tr>
Jordan<\/td>39 092<\/td>42 116<\/td>36 815<\/td><\/tr>
Iraq<\/td>47 368<\/td>40 852<\/td>31 197<\/td><\/tr>
Saudi Arabia<\/td>40 114<\/td>41 019<\/td>30 844<\/td><\/tr>
Taiwan<\/td>30 603<\/td>31 640<\/td>24 645<\/td><\/tr>
Burma<\/td>20 078<\/td>29 504<\/td>21 555<\/td><\/tr>
Japan<\/td>24 895<\/td>21 674<\/td>17 181<\/td><\/tr>
hong kong<\/td>6 358<\/td>5 451<\/td>15 471<\/td><\/tr>
Thailand<\/td>10 969<\/td>12 354<\/td>14 187<\/td><\/tr>
Syria<\/td>20 124<\/td>14 168<\/td>11 424<\/td><\/tr>
Mongolia<\/td>10 546<\/td>11 242<\/td>9 871<\/td><\/tr>
Israel<\/td>14 234<\/td>12 727<\/td>8 793<\/td><\/tr>
Indonesia<\/td>10 970<\/td>10 691<\/td>8 440<\/td><\/tr>
United Arab Emirates<\/td>10 281<\/td>10 964<\/td>8 030<\/td><\/tr>
Lebanon<\/td>12 868<\/td>11 184<\/td>7 250<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table>
The top Asian countries in terms of number of participants in the U.S. green card lottery<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n

Which lottery winners are from Asian countries?<\/h2>\n\n

The State Department also publishes the number of visas obtained each year through the diversity program. These lottery results<\/a> are published by geographical area and detailed by country.<\/p>\n\n

Here is the number of visas obtained through the Green Card lottery<\/a> for the top 20 Asian countries between 2018 and 2022:<\/p>\n\n

Asian countries<\/strong><\/td>2018<\/strong><\/td>2019<\/strong><\/td>2020<\/strong><\/td>2021<\/strong><\/td>2022<\/strong><\/td><\/tr>
Nepal<\/td>3 307<\/td>2 795<\/td>2 085<\/td>1 372<\/td>3 345<\/td><\/tr>
Iran<\/td>318<\/td>298<\/td>131<\/td>244<\/td>2 024<\/td><\/tr>
Afghanistan<\/td>231<\/td>265<\/td>165<\/td>87<\/td>723<\/td><\/tr>
Jordan<\/td>254<\/td>330<\/td>266<\/td>542<\/td>713<\/td><\/tr>
Iraq<\/td>297<\/td>264<\/td>86<\/td>30<\/td>650<\/td><\/tr>
Yemen<\/td>28<\/td>70<\/td>13<\/td>228<\/td>625<\/td><\/tr>
Sri Lanka<\/td>360<\/td>331<\/td>225<\/td>438<\/td>583<\/td><\/tr>
Saudi Arabia<\/td>218<\/td>262<\/td>143<\/td>117<\/td>450<\/td><\/tr>
Burma<\/td>125<\/td>210<\/td>82<\/td>96<\/td>422<\/td><\/tr>
Japan<\/td>164<\/td>223<\/td>135<\/td>237<\/td>331<\/td><\/tr>
Taiwan<\/td>174<\/td>180<\/td>142<\/td>178<\/td>301<\/td><\/tr>
Syria<\/td>55<\/td>83<\/td>36<\/td>84<\/td>240<\/td><\/tr>
Lebanon<\/td>44<\/td>77<\/td>26<\/td>107<\/td>209<\/td><\/tr>
Mongolia<\/td>160<\/td>143<\/td>114<\/td>197<\/td>196<\/td><\/tr>
Cambodia<\/td>121<\/td>86<\/td>69<\/td>51<\/td>166<\/td><\/tr>
Thailand<\/td>32<\/td>60<\/td>36<\/td>51<\/td>142<\/td><\/tr>
Indonesia<\/td>64<\/td>63<\/td>58<\/td>85<\/td>106<\/td><\/tr>
Kuwait<\/td>81<\/td>51<\/td>37<\/td>52<\/td>106<\/td><\/tr>
United Arab Emirates<\/td>64<\/td>78<\/td>71<\/td>50<\/td>85<\/td><\/tr>
Bhutan<\/td>7<\/td>20<\/td>5<\/td>18<\/td>80<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table>
Number of visas issued by the Diversity Visa Program<\/a> for major Asian countries<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n

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