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Results of Diversity Lottery for immigration declared
JULY 29 — The Diversity Lottery, for which citizens of several South Asian countries can apply, declared results of the random drawing of some 100,000 out of some 5.9 million applicants from countries that have not filled the quotas allowed for immigration into the United States. Since India and Pakistan more than fill the quota of people immigrating here, they are not among the South Asian countries on this list. The list includes Afghanistan, Bhutan, Bangladesh, Nepal, Sri Lanka, Burma, and The Maldives. The visas have been apportioned among six geographic regions, with a maximum of 7 percent available to persons born in any single country. The breakdown for Asia provided by the State Department is as follows:
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