The table below displays the total entries received by the State Department during the previous years of the Diversity Visa lottery program. For paper based programs, 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-2012 | Oct 5, 2010 – Nov 3, 2010 | 14.7 million | — | ||
| DV-2011 | Oct 2, 2009 – Nov 30, 2009 | 12.1 million | — | ||
| DV-2010 | Oct 2, 2008 – Dec 1, 2008 | 13.6 million | — | ||
| DV-2009 | Oct 3, 2007 – Dec 2, 2007 | 9.1 million | — | ||
| DV-2008 | Oct 4, 2006 – Dec 3, 2006 | 6.4 million | — | ||
| DV-2007 | Oct 5, 2005 – Dec 4, 2005 | 5.5 Million | 82,447 | ||
| 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% |