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Modality of completion Number of respondents 

Frequency of 

response 

Average burden per response 

(minutes) 

Total annual 

burden 

(hours) 

SSA–454–BK ................................................................................................... 258,700 1 60 258,700 

SSA–454–ICR .................................................................................................. 300 1 30 150 

EDCS Interview ............................................................................................... 300 1 30 150 

Total .......................................................................................................... 259,300 ........................ ........................ 259,000 

Dated: September 30, 2009. 

Elizabeth A. Davidson, 

Director, Center for Reports Clearance, Social 

Security Administration. 

[FR Doc. E9–24054 Filed 10–5–09; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4191–02–P 

DEPARTMENT OF STATE 

[Public Notice: 6777] 

Bureau of Consular Affairs; 

Registration for the Diversity 

Immigrant (DV–2011) Visa Program 

AGENCY: Department of State. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: This public notice provides 

information on how to apply for the 

DV–2011 Program. This notice is issued 

pursuant to 22 CFR 42.33(b)(3) which 

implements sections 201(a)(3), 201(e), 

203(c) and 204(a)(1)(I) of the 

Immigration and Nationality Act, as 

amended, (8 U.S.C. 1151, 1153, and 

1154(a)(1)(I)). 

Instructions for the 2011 Diversity 

Immigrant Visa Program (DV–2011) 

The congressionally mandated 

Diversity Immigrant Visa Program (DV– 

2011) 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). Section 131 of 

the Immigration Act of 1990 (Pub. L. 

101–649) amended INA 203 and 

provides for a class of immigrants 

known as ‘‘diversity immigrants.’’ 

Section 203(c) of the INA provides a 

maximum of 55,000 Diversity Visas 

(DVs) each fiscal year to be made 

available to persons from countries with 

low rates of immigration to the United 

States. 

The annual DV program makes 

permanent residence visas available to 

persons meeting the simple, but strict, 

eligibility requirements. A computergenerated random lottery drawing 

chooses selectees for DVs. 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 of countries sending more 

than 50,000 immigrants to the United 

States over the period of the past five 

years. Within each region, no single 

country may receive more than seven 

percent of the available DVs in any one 

year. 

For DV–2011, natives of the following 

countries are not eligible to apply 

because the countries sent a total of 

more than 50,000 immigrants to the 

United States in the previous five years: 

Brazil, Canada, China (Mainland-Born), 

Colombia, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El 

Salvador, Guatemala, Haiti, India, Jamaica, 

Mexico, Pakistan, Peru, Philippines, Poland, 

South Korea, United Kingdom (Except 

Northern Ireland) and Its Dependent 

Territories, and Vietnam. 

Persons born in Hong Kong SAR, 

Macau SAR, and Taiwan are eligible. 

For DV–2011, no countries have been 

added or removed from the previous 

year’s list of eligible countries. 

The Department of State implemented 

the electronic registration system 

beginning with DV–2005 in order to 

make the DV process more efficient and 

secure. The Department utilizes special 

technology and other means to identify 

those who commit fraud for the 

purposes of illegal immigration or who 

submit multiple entries. 

DV Registration Period 

Entries for the DV–2011 DV Lottery 

must be submitted electronically 

between noon, Eastern Daylight Time 

(EDT) (GMT–4), Friday, October 2, 2009, 

and noon, Eastern Standard Time (EST) 

(GMT–5) Monday, November 30, 2009. 

Applicants may access the electronic 

Diversity Visa (E–DV) Entry Form at 

http://www.dvlottery.state.gov during 

the registration period. Paper entries 

will not be accepted. Applicants are 

strongly encouraged not to wait until 

the last week of the registration period 

to enter. Heavy demand may result in 

Web site delays. No entries will be 

accepted after noon, EST, on November 

30, 2009. 

Requirements for Entry 

To enter the DV lottery, you must be 

a native of one of the listed countries. 

See ‘‘List of Countries by Region Whose 

Natives Qualify.’’ In most cases, this 

means the country in which you were 

born. However, there are two other ways 

you may be able to qualify. First, if you 

were born in a country whose natives 

are ineligible but your spouse was born 

in a country whose natives are eligible, 

you can claim your spouse’s country of 

birth, provided both you and your 

spouse are on the selected entry, are 

issued visas, and enter the United States 

simultaneously. Second, if you were 

born in a country whose natives are 

ineligible, but neither of your parents 

was born there or resided there at the 

time of your birth, you may claim 

nativity in one of your parents’ country 

of birth, if it is a country whose natives 

qualify for the DV–2011 program. 

To enter the lottery, you must meet 

either the education or work experience 

requirement of the DV program. You 

must have either a high school 

education or its equivalent, defined as 

successful completion of a 12-year 

course of elementary and secondary 

education OR two years of work 

experience within the past five years in 

an occupation requiring at least two 

years of training or experience to 

perform. The U.S. Department of Labor’s 

O*Net OnLine database will be used to 

determine qualifying work experience. 

For more information about qualifying 

work experience, see Frequently Asked 

Question #13. If you cannot meet either 

of these requirements, you should not 

submit an entry to the DV program. 

Procedures for Submitting an Entry to 

DV–2011 

The Department of State will only 

accept completed E–DV Entry Forms 

submitted electronically at http:// 

www.dvlottery.state.gov during the 

registration period between noon, EDT 

(GMT–4), Friday, October 2, 2009 and 

noon, EST (GMT–5) Monday, November 

30, 2009. 

All entries by an individual will be 

disqualified if more than ONE entry for 

that individual is received, regardless of 

who submitted the entry. You may 

prepare and submit your own entry, or 

have someone submit the entry for you. 

A successfully registered entry will 

result in the display of a confirmation 

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unique confirmation number. You may 

print this confirmation screen for your 

records using the print function of your 

web browser. Starting July 1, 2010, you 

will be able to check the status of your 

DV–2011 entry by returning to the Web 

site and entering your unique 

confirmation number and personal 

information. 

Paper entries will not be accepted. 

It is very important that all required 

photographs be submitted. Your entry 

will be disqualified if all required 

photographs are not submitted. Recent 

photographs of the following people 

must be submitted electronically with 

the E–DV Entry Form: You; your spouse; 

each unmarried child under 21 years of 

age at the time of your electronic entry, 

including all natural children as well as 

all legally-adopted children and 

stepchildren, even if a child no longer 

resides with you or you do not intend 

for a child to immigrate under the DV 

program. You do not need to submit a 

photo for a child who is already a U.S. 

citizen or a Legal Permanent Resident. 

Group or family photographs will not 

be accepted; there must be a separate 

photograph for each family member. 

Failure to submit the required 

photographs for your spouse and each 

child listed will result in an incomplete 

entry to the E–DV system. The entry 

will not be accepted and must be 

resubmitted. Failure to enter the correct 

photograph of each individual in the 

case into the E–DV system will result in 

disqualification of the principal 

applicant and refusal of all visas in the 

case at the time of the visa interview. 

A digital photograph (image) of you, 

your spouse, and each child must be 

submitted online with the E–DV Entry 

Form. The image file can be produced 

either by taking a new digital 

photograph or by scanning a 

photographic print with a digital 

scanner. 

Entries are subject to disqualification 

and visa refusal for cases in which the 

photographs are not recent or have been 

manipulated or fail to meet the 

specifications explained below. 

Instructions for Submitting a Digital 

Photograph (Image) 

The image file must adhere to the 

following compositional specifications 

and technical specifications and can be 

produced in one of the following ways: 

taking a new digital image or using a 

digital scanner to scan a submitted 

photograph. Entrants may test their 

photos for suitability through the photo 

validator link on the E–DV Web site 

before submitting their entries. The 

photo validator provides additional 

technical advice on photo composition 

along with examples of acceptable and 

unacceptable photos. 

Compositional Specifications 

The submitted digital image must 

conform to the following compositional 

specifications or the entry will be 

disqualified: The person being 

photographed must directly face the 

camera; the head of the person should 

not be tilted up, down, or to the side; 

the head height or facial region size 

(measured from the top of the head, 

including the hair, to the bottom of the 

chin) must be between 50 percent and 

69 percent of the image’s total height. 

The eye height (measured from the 

bottom of the image to the level of the 

eyes) should be between 56 percent and 

69 percent of the image’s height; the 

photograph should be taken with the 

person in front of a neutral, lightcolored background; dark or patterned 

backgrounds are not acceptable; the 

photograph must be in focus; photos in 

which the person being photographed is 

wearing sunglasses or other items that 

detract from the face will not be 

accepted; photographs of applicants 

wearing head coverings or hats are only 

acceptable if the head covering is worn 

because of religious beliefs, and even 

then, the head covering may not obscure 

any portion of the face of the applicant. 

Photographs of applicants with tribal or 

other headgear not specifically religious 

in nature will not be accepted; 

photographs of military, airline, or other 

personnel wearing hats will not be 

accepted. 

Color photographs in 24-bit color 

depth are required. Photographs may be 

downloaded from a camera to a file on 

a computer, or they may be scanned to 

a file in the computer. If you are using 

a scanner, the settings must be for True 

Color or 24-bit color mode. Color 

photographs must be scanned at this 

setting for the requirements of the DV 

program. See the additional scanning 

requirements below. 

Technical Specifications 

The submitted digital photograph 

must conform to the following 

specifications or the system will 

automatically reject the E–DV Entry 

Form and notify the sender. 

When taking a new digital image: the 

image file format must be in the Joint 

Photographic Experts Group (JPEG) 

format; it must have a maximum image 

file size of two hundred forty kilobytes 

(240 KB); the minimum acceptable 

image resolution and dimensions are 

600 pixels (width) x 600 pixels (height). 

Image pixel dimensions must be in a 

square aspect ratio (meaning the height 

must be equal to the width). The image 

color depth must be 24-bit color. [Note: 

Color photographs are required. Black 

and white, monochrome images (2-bit 

color depth), 8-bit color or 8-bit 

grayscale will not be accepted.] 

Before a photographic print is 

scanned, it must meet the compositional 

specifications listed above. If the 

photographic print meets the print color 

and compositional specifications, scan 

the print using the following scanner 

specifications: Scanner resolution must 

be at least 150 dots per inch (dpi); the 

image file in JPEG format; the maximum 

image file size must be two hundred 

forty kilobytes (240 KB); the image 

resolution 600 by 600 pixels; the image 

color depth 24-bit color. [Note that black 

and white, monochrome, or grayscale 

images will not be accepted.] 

Information Required for the Electronic 

Entry 

There is only one way to enter the 

DV–2011 lottery. You must submit the 

DS 5501, the Electronic Diversity Visa 

Entry Form (E–DV Entry Form), which 

is accessible only online at http:// 

www.dvlottery.state.gov. Failure to 

complete the form in its entirety will 

disqualify the entry. 

Note: The Department of State strongly 

encourages applicants to complete the 

application without the assistance of ‘‘Visa 

Consultants,’’ ‘‘Visa Agents,’’ or other 

individuals who offer to submit an 

application on behalf of applicants. In many 

cases, these facilitators substitute their 

address for an applicant’s address and 

thereby receive the selection notification 

instead of it being received by the actual 

applicant. Subsequently, the visa facilitators 

extort money from the selectees in order to 

receive the notification information that 

should have rightly gone directly to the DV 

selectee. 

Those who submit the E–DV Entry 

Form will be asked to include the 

following information: 

1. Full name—Last/family name, first 

name, middle name. 

2. Date of birth—Day, Month, Year. 

3. Gender—Male or Female. 

4. City Where You Were Born. 

5. Country where you were born—The 

name of the country should be that 

which is currently in use for the place 

where you were born. 

6. Country of Eligibility or 

Chargeability for the DV Program—Your 

country of eligibility will normally be 

the same as your country of birth. Your 

country of eligibility is not related to 

where you live. If you were born in a 

country that is not eligible for the DV 

program, please review the instructions 

to see if there is another option for 

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chargeability, please review ‘‘Frequently 

Asked Question #1’’ of these 

instructions. 

7. Entry Photograph(s)—See the 

technical information on photograph 

specifications. Make sure you include 

photographs of your spouse and all your 

children, if applicable. See: Frequently 

Asked Question #3. 

8. Mailing Address—In care of, 

address line 1, address line 2, city/town, 

district/country/province/state, postal 

code/zip code, and country. 

9. Country where you live today. 

10. Phone Number (optional). 

11. E-Mail Address—Provide an email address to which you have direct 

access. You will not receive an official 

selection letter at this address. However, 

if your entry is selected and you 

respond to the official letter you receive 

from the Kentucky Consular Center 

(KCC), you may receive follow-up 

communication from them by e-mail. 

12. What is the highest level of 

education you have achieved, as of 

today? You must indicate which one of 

the following represents your own 

highest level of educational 

achievement: (1) Primary school only, 

(2) High school, no degree, (3) High 

school degree, (4) Vocational school, (5) 

Some university courses, (6) University 

degree, (7) Some graduate level courses, 

(8) Master degree, (9) Some doctorate 

level courses, and (10) Doctorate degree. 

13. Marital Status—Unmarried, 

married, divorced, widowed, legally 

separated. 

14. Number of Children—Entries must 

include the name, date, and place of 

birth of your spouse and all natural 

children, as well as all legally adopted 

children and stepchildren who are 

unmarried and under the age of 21 on 

the date of your electronic entry (do not 

include children who are already U.S. 

citizens or Legal Permanent Residents), 

even if you are no longer legally married 

to the child’s parent, and even if the 

spouse or child does not currently 

reside with you and/or will not 

immigrate with you. Note that married 

children and children 21 years or older 

are not eligible for the DV; however, 

U.S. law protects children from ‘‘aging 

out’’ in certain circumstances. If your E– 

DV entry is made before your unmarried 

child turns 21, and the child turns 21 

before visa issuance, he/she may be 

protected from aging out by the Child 

Status Protection Act and be treated as 

though he/she were under 21 for visaprocessing purposes. Failure to list all 

children who are eligible will result in 

disqualification of the principal 

applicant and refusal of all visas in the 

case at the time of the visa interview. 

See: Frequently Asked Question #11. 

15. Spouse Information—Name, date 

of birth, gender, city/town of birth, 

country of birth, and photograph. 

Failure to list your spouse will result in 

disqualification of the principal 

applicant and refusal of all visas in the 

case at the time of the visa interview. 

16. Children Information—Name, date 

of birth, gender, city/town of birth, 

country of birth, and photograph: 

Include all children declared in 

question #14 above. 

Selection of Applicants 

The computer will randomly select 

individuals from among all qualified 

entries. The selected individuals will be 

notified by mail between May and July 

2010; the notification letters will 

provide further instructions, including 

information on fees connected with 

immigration to the United States. Those 

selected in the random drawing are not 

notified by e-mail. Those individuals 

not selected will not receive any 

notification. U.S. embassies and 

consulates will not be able to provide a 

list of successful entrants. Successful 

entrants’ spouses and unmarried 

children under age 21 may also apply 

for visas to accompany or follow-to-join 

the principal applicant. DV–2011 visas 

will be issued between October 1, 2010 

and September 30, 2011. 

Processing of entries and issuance of 

DVs to successful individuals and their 

eligible family members MUST occur by 

midnight on September 30, 2011. Under 

no circumstances can DVs be issued or 

adjustments approved after this date, 

nor can family members obtain DVs to 

follow-to-join the principal applicant in 

their case in the United States after this 

date. 

In order to receive a DV to immigrate 

to the United States, those chosen in the 

random drawing must meet ALL 

eligibility requirements under U.S. law. 

These requirements may significantly 

increase the level of scrutiny required 

and time necessary for processing for 

natives of some countries listed in this 

notice, including, but not limited to, 

countries identified as state sponsors of 

terrorism. 

Important Notice 

No fee is charged for the electronic 

lottery entry in the annual DV program. 

The U.S. Government employs no 

outside consultants or private services 

to operate the DV program. Any 

intermediaries or others who offer 

assistance to prepare DV entries do so 

without the authority or consent of the 

U.S. Government. Use of any outside 

intermediary or assistance to prepare a 

DV entry is entirely at the entrant’s 

discretion. 

A qualified electronic entry submitted 

directly by an applicant has an equal 

chance of being randomly selected by 

the computer at the KCC as does a 

qualified electronic entry received from 

an outside intermediary on behalf of the 

applicant. However, receipt of more 

than one entry per person will 

disqualify the person from registration, 

regardless of the source of the entry. 

Frequently Asked Questions About E– 

DV Registration 

1. What Do the Terms ‘‘Eligibility,’’ 

‘‘Native,’’ and ‘‘Chargeability’’ Mean? 

Are There Any Situations in Which 

Persons Who Were Not Born in a 

Qualifying Country May Apply? 

Your country of eligibility will 

normally be the same as your country of 

birth. Your country of eligibility is not 

related to where you live. ‘‘Native’’ 

ordinarily means someone born in a 

particular country, regardless of the 

individual’s current country of 

residence or nationality. For 

immigration purposes, ‘‘native’’ can also 

mean someone who is entitled to be 

‘‘charged’’ to a country other than the 

one in which he/she was born under the 

provisions of Section 202(b) of the INA. 

For example, if you were born in a 

country that is not eligible for this year’s 

DV program, you may claim 

chargeability to the country where your 

derivative spouse was born, but you will 

not be issued a DV–1 unless your 

spouse is also eligible for and issued a 

DV–2, and both of you must enter the 

United States together with the DVs. In 

a similar manner, a minor dependent 

child can be ‘‘charged’’ to a parent’s 

country of birth. 

Finally, if you were born in a country 

not eligible to participate in this year’s 

DV program, you can be ‘‘charged’’ to 

the country of birth of either of your 

parents as long as neither parent was a 

resident of the ineligible country at the 

time of the your birth. In general, people 

are not considered residents of a 

country in which they were not born or 

legally naturalized if they are only 

visiting the country, studying in the 

country temporarily, or stationed 

temporarily in the country for business 

or professional reasons on behalf of a 

company or government from a country 

other than the country in which the 

applicant was born. If you claim 

alternate chargeability, you must 

indicate such information on the E–DV 

Entry Form in question #6. Please be 

aware that listing an incorrect country 

of eligibility or chargeability (i.e., one to 

which you cannot establish a valid 

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2. Are There Any Changes or New 

Requirements in the Application 

Procedures for This DV Registration? 

Yes, you must provide an e-mail 

address this year as part of your entry, 

it is no longer optional. If you are 

selected, you will still receive an official 

letter from the KCC by regular mail, but 

KCC may send other communication to 

you by e-mail. Please provide a personal 

e-mail address that you can access, 

rather than using someone else’s 

address or a standard company address. 

All other requirements for DV–2011 

remain the same as for the previous 

year. The Entry Status Check will be 

available for DV–2011 beginning July 1, 

2010. If you applied for the DV–2010 

program, you may check the status of 

your entry until the end of June 2010. 

3. Are Signatures and Photographs 

Required for Each Family Member, or 

Only for the Principal Entrant? 

Signatures are not required on the E– 

DV Entry Form. Recent and individual 

photographs of you, your spouse, and 

all children under 21 years of age are 

required. Family or group photographs 

are not accepted. Refer to information 

on the photograph requirements located 

in this notice. 

4. Why Do Natives of Certain Countries 

Not Qualify for the DV Program? 

DVs are intended to provide an 

immigration opportunity for persons 

from countries other than the countries 

that send large numbers of immigrants 

to the United States. The law states that 

no DVs shall be provided for natives of 

‘‘high admission’’ countries. The law 

defines this to mean countries from 

which a total of 50,000 persons in the 

Family-Sponsored and EmploymentBased visa categories immigrated to the 

United States during the period of the 

previous five years. Each year, the U.S. 

Citizenship and Immigration Services 

(USCIS) adds the family and 

employment immigrant admission 

figures for the previous five years in 

order to identify the countries whose 

natives will be ineligible for the annual 

diversity lottery. Because there is a 

separate determination made before 

each annual E–DV entry period, the list 

of countries whose natives are not 

eligible may change from one year to the 

next. 

5. What Is the Numerical Limit for DV– 

2011? 

By law, the U.S. DV program makes 

available a maximum of 55,000 

permanent residence visas each year to 

eligible persons. However, the 

Nicaraguan Adjustment and Central 

American Relief Act (NACARA) passed 

by Congress in November 1997 

stipulates that beginning as early as DV– 

1999, and for as long as necessary, up 

to 5,000 of the 55,000 annually allocated 

DVs will be made available for use 

under the NACARA program. The actual 

reduction of the limit by up to 5,000 

DVs began with DV–2000 and is likely 

to remain in effect through the DV–2011 

program. 

6. What Are the Regional DV Limits for 

DV–2011? 

USCIS determines the DV regional 

limits for each year according to a 

formula specified in Section 203(c) of 

the INA. Once the USCIS has completed 

the calculations, the regional visa limits 

will be announced. 

7. When Will Entries for the DV–2011 

Program Be Accepted? 

The DV–2011 entry period will run 

through the registration period listed 

above. Each year, millions of people 

apply for the program during the 

registration period. The massive volume 

of entries creates an enormous amount 

of work in selecting and processing 

successful individuals. Holding the 

entry period during October, November, 

and December will ensure that selectees 

are notified in a timely manner, and 

gives both the visa applicants and our 

embassies and consulates time to 

prepare and complete cases for visa 

issuance. You are strongly encouraged 

to enter early in the registration period. 

Excessive demand at end of the 

registration period may slow the system 

down. No entries whatsoever will be 

accepted after noon EST Monday, 

November 30, 2009. 

8. May Persons Who Are in the United 

States Apply for the Program? 

Yes, an applicant may be in the 

United States or in another country, and 

the entry may be submitted from the 

United States or from abroad. 

9. Is Each Applicant Limited to Only 

One Entry During the Annual E–DV 

Registration Period? 

Yes, the law allows only one entry by 

or for each person during each 

registration period. Individuals for 

whom more than one entry is submitted 

will be disqualified. The Department of 

State will employ sophisticated 

technology and other means to identify 

individuals who submit multiple entries 

during the registration period. People 

submitting more than one entry will be 

disqualified and an electronic record 

will be permanently maintained by the 

Department of State. Individuals may 

apply for the program each year during 

the regular registration period. 

10. May a Husband and a Wife Each 

Submit a Separate Entry? 

Yes, a husband and a wife may each 

submit one entry if each meets the 

eligibility requirements. If either is 

selected, the other is entitled to 

derivative status. 

11. What Family Members Must I 

Include on My E–DV Entry? 

On your entry you must list your 

spouse (husband or wife), and all 

unmarried children under 21 years of 

age, with the exception of children who 

are already U.S. citizens or Legal 

Permanent Residents. You must list 

your spouse even if you are currently 

separated from him/her, unless you are 

legally separated (i.e., there is a written 

agreement recognized by a court or a 

court order). If you are legally separated 

or divorced, you do not need to list your 

former spouse. You must list all your 

children who are unmarried and under 

21 years of age at the time of your initial 

E–DV entry, whether they are your 

natural children, your spouse’s 

children, or children you have formally 

adopted in accordance with the laws of 

your country, unless such child is 

already a U.S. citizen or Legal 

Permanent Resident. List all children 

under 21 years of age at the time of your 

E–DV entry even if they no longer reside 

with you or you do not intend for them 

to immigrate under the DV program. 

The fact that you have listed family 

members on your entry does not mean 

that they later must travel with you. 

They may choose to remain behind. 

However, if you include an eligible 

dependent on your visa application 

forms that you failed to include on your 

original entry, your case will be 

disqualified. This only applies to those 

who were family members at the time 

the original application was submitted, 

not those acquired at a later date. Your 

spouse may still submit a separate entry, 

even though he or she is listed on your 

entry, as long as both entries include 

details on all dependents in your family. 

See question #10 above. 

12. Must I Submit My Own Entry, or 

May Someone Act on My Behalf? 

You may prepare and submit your 

own entry, or have someone submit the 

entry for you. Regardless of whether an 

entry is submitted by the individual 

directly, or assistance is provided by an 

attorney, friend, relative, etc., only one 

entry may be submitted in the name of 

each person and the entrant remains 

responsible for insuring that 

information in the entry is correct and 

complete. If the entry is selected, the 

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the mailing address provided on the 

entry. All entrants, including those not 

selected, will be able to check the status 

of their entry through the official DV 

Web site. Entrants should keep their 

own confirmation page information so 

they may independently check the 

status of their entry. 

13. What Are the Requirements for 

Education or Work Experience? 

The law and regulations require that 

every entrant must have at least a high 

school education or its equivalent or 

have, within the past five years, two 

years of work experience in an 

occupation requiring at least two years 

training or experience. A ‘‘high school 

education or equivalent’’ is defined as 

successful completion of a 12-year 

course of elementary and secondary 

education in the United States or 

successful completion in another 

country of a formal course of elementary 

and secondary education comparable to 

a high school education in the United 

States. Only formal courses of study 

meet this requirement; correspondence 

programs or equivalency certificates 

(such as the G.E.D.) are not acceptable. 

Documentary proof of education or 

work experience must be presented to 

the consular officer at the time of the 

visa interview. 

What Occupations qualify for the 

Diversity Visa Program? To determine 

eligibility based on work experience, 

definitions from the Department of 

Labor’s (DOL) O*Net Online Database 

will be used. The O*Net Online 

Database groups job experience into five 

‘‘job zones.’’ While many occupations 

are listed on the DOL Web site, only 

certain specified occupations qualify for 

the DV Program. To qualify for a DV on 

the basis of your work experience, you 

must have, within the past five years, 

two years of experience in an 

occupation that is designated as Job 

Zone 4 or 5, classified in a Specific 

Vocational Preparation (SVP) range of 

7.0 or higher. 

How Do I Find the Qualifying 

Occupations on the DOL Web site? 

Qualifying DV Occupations are shown 

on the DOL O*Net Online Database. 

Follow these steps to find out if your 

occupation qualifies: Select ‘‘Find 

Occupations’’ and then select a specific 

‘‘Job Family.’’ For example, select 

Architecture and Engineering and click 

‘‘GO.’’ Then click on the link for the 

specific Occupation. Following the 

same example, click Aerospace 

Engineers. After selecting a specific 

Occupation link, select the tab ‘‘Job 

Zone’’ to find out the designated Job 

Zone number and SVP rating range. 

14. How Will Successful Entrants Be 

Selected? 

At the KCC, all entries received from 

each region will be individually 

numbered. After the end of the 

registration period, a computer will 

randomly select entries from among all 

the entries received for each geographic 

region. Within each region, the first 

entry randomly selected will be the first 

case registered; the second entry 

selected the second registration, etc. All 

entries received during the registration 

period will have an equal chance of 

being selected within each region. When 

an entry has been selected, the entrant 

will be sent a notification letter by the 

KCC, which will provide visa 

application instructions. The KCC will 

continue to process the case until those 

selected to be visa applicants are 

instructed to appear for visa interviews 

at a U.S. consular office or until those 

qualifying to change status in the United 

States apply at a domestic USCIS office. 

Important Note: Notifications to those 

selected in the random lottery are not sent by 

e-mail. Should you receive an e-mail 

notification about your E–DV selection, be 

aware that the message is not legitimate. If 

you are selected, you will receive an official 

letter from the KCC by postal mail. After you 

reply and begin processing your case, you 

may receive additional communication by email from the KCC. The KCC will not ask you 

to send money to them by mail or by services 

such as Western Union. 

15. May Selectees Adjust Their Status 

With USCIS? 

Yes, provided they are otherwise 

eligible to adjust status under the terms 

of Section 245 of the INA, selected 

individuals who are physically present 

in the United States may apply to the 

USCIS for adjustment of status to 

permanent resident. Applicants must 

ensure that USCIS can complete action 

on their cases, including processing of 

any overseas derivatives, before 

September 30, 2011, since on that date 

registrations for the DV–2011 program 

expire. No visa numbers for the DV– 

2011 program will be available after 

midnight on September 30, 2011, under 

any circumstances. 

16. Will Entrants Who Are Not Selected 

Be Informed? 

All entrants, including those not 

selected, may check the status of their 

entry through the E–DV Web site and 

find out if their entry was or was not 

selected. Entrants should keep their 

own confirmation page information 

from the time of their entry until they 

may check the status of their entry 

online. Status information for DV–2011 

will be available online from July 1, 

2010, until June 30, 2011. (Status 

information for the previous DV lottery, 

DV–2010, is available online from July 

1, 2009, until June 30, 2010.) All official 

notification letters are sent to the 

address indicated on the entry within 

five to seven months from the end of the 

application period. 

17. How Many Individuals Will Be 

Selected? 

There are 50,000 DV visas available 

for DV–2011, but more than that number 

of individuals will be selected. Because 

it is likely that some of the first 50,000 

persons who are selected will not 

qualify for visas or pursue their cases to 

visa issuance, more than 50,000 entries 

will be selected by the KCC to ensure 

that all of the available DVs are issued. 

However, this also means that there will 

not be a sufficient number of visas for 

all those who are initially selected. All 

applicants who are selected will be 

informed promptly of their place on the 

list. Interviews for the DV–2011 

program will begin in October 2010. The 

KCC will send appointment letters to 

selected applicants four to six weeks 

before the scheduled interviews with 

U.S. consular officers at overseas posts. 

Each month, visas will be issued to 

those applicants who are ready for 

issuance during that month, visa 

number availability permitting. Once all 

of the 50,000 DVs have been issued, the 

program for the year will end. In 

principle, visa numbers could be 

finished before September 2011. 

Selected applicants who wish to receive 

visas must be prepared to act promptly 

on their cases. Random selection by the 

KCC computer as a selectee does not 

automatically guarantee that you will 

receive a visa. You must qualify for the 

visa as well. 

18. Is There a Minimum Age for 

Applicants To Apply for the E–DV 

Program? 

There is no minimum age to apply for 

the program, but the requirement of a 

high school education or work 

experience for each principal applicant 

at the time of application will 

effectively disqualify most persons who 

are under age 18. 

19. Are There Any Fees for The DV 

Program? 

There is no fee for submitting an 

electronic lottery entry. DV applicants 

must pay all required visa fees at the 

time of visa application directly to the 

consular cashier at the embassy or 

consulate. Details of required DV and 

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by the KCC to applicants who are 

selected. 

20. Do DV Applicants Receive Waivers 

of Any Grounds of Visa Ineligibility or 

Receive Special Processing for a Waiver 

Application? 

Applicants are subject to all grounds 

of ineligibility for IVs specified in the 

INA. There are no special provisions for 

the waiver of any ground of visa 

ineligibility aside from those ordinarily 

provided in the Act, nor is there special 

processing for waiver requests. Some 

general waiver provisions for people 

with close relatives who are U.S. 

Citizens of Lawful Permanent Resident 

aliens may be available to DV applicants 

as well, but the time constraints in the 

DV program will make it difficult for 

applicants to benefit from such 

provisions. 

21. May Persons Who Are Already 

Registered for an IV in Another Category 

Apply for the DV Program? 

Yes, such persons may apply for the 

DV program. 

22. How Long Do Applicants Who Are 

Selected Remain Entitled To Apply for 

Visas in the DV Category? 

Persons selected in the DV–2011 

lottery are entitled to apply for visa 

issuance only during fiscal year 2011, 

from October 1, 2010, through 

September 30, 2011. Applicants must 

obtain the DV or adjust status by the end 

of the fiscal year. There is no carry-over 

of DV benefits into the next year for 

persons who are selected but who do 

not obtain visas by September 30, 2011 

(the end of the fiscal year). Also, 

spouses and children who derive status 

from a DV–2011 registration can only 

obtain visas in the DV category between 

October 2010 and September 2011. 

Applicants who apply overseas will 

receive an appointment letter from the 

KCC four to six weeks before the 

scheduled appointment. 

23. If an E–DV Selectee Dies, What 

Happens to The DV Case? 

The death of an individual selected in 

the lottery results in automatic 

revocation of the DV case. Any eligible 

spouse and/or children are no longer 

entitled to the DV, for that entry. 

24. When Will The E–DV Entry Form Be 

Available? 

Online entry will be available during 

the registration period beginning at 

noon EDT (GMT–4) on October 2, 2009, 

and ending at noon EST (GMT–5) on 

November 30, 2009. 

25. Will I Be Able To Download and 

Save The E–DV Entry Form to a 

Microsoft Word Program (or Other 

Suitable Program) and Then Fill It Out? 

No, you will not be able to save the 

form into another program for 

completion and submission later. The 

E–DV Entry Form is a Web form only. 

This makes it more ‘‘universal’’ than a 

proprietary word processor format. 

Additionally, it does require that the 

information be filled in and submitted 

while online. 

26. If I Don’t Have Access to a Scanner, 

Can I Send Photographs to My Relative 

in the United States To Scan the 

Photographs, Save the Photographs to a 

Diskette, and Then Mail the Diskette 

Back to Me To Apply? 

Yes, this can be done as long as the 

photograph meets the photograph 

requirements in the instructions and the 

photograph is electronically submitted 

with, and at the same time as, the E–DV 

Entry Form is submitted. The applicants 

must already have the scanned 

photograph file when they submit the 

entry online. The photograph cannot be 

submitted separately from the online 

application. Only one online entry can 

be submitted for each person. Multiple 

submissions will disqualify the entry for 

that person for DV–2011. The entire 

entry (photograph and application 

together) can be submitted 

electronically from the United States or 

from overseas. 

27. Can I Save the Form Online So That 

I Can Fill Out Part and Then Come Back 

Later and Complete the Remainder? 

No, this cannot be done. The E–DV 

Entry Form is designed to be completed 

and submitted at one time. However, 

because the form is in two parts, and 

because of possible network 

interruptions and delays, the E–DV 

system is designed to permit up to sixty 

(60) minutes between when the forms 

are downloaded and when the entry is 

received by the E–DV Web site. If more 

than 60 minutes elapse and the entry 

has not been electronically received, the 

information already received is 

discarded. This is done so that there is 

no possibility that a full entry could 

accidentally be interpreted as a 

duplicate of a previous partial entry. 

The DV–2011 instructions explain 

clearly and completely what 

information is required to fill in the 

form. Thus you can be fully prepared, 

making sure you have all of the 

information needed before you start to 

complete the form online. 

28. If the Submitted Digital Images Do 

Not Conform to the Specifications, the 

Procedures State That the System Will 

Automatically Reject the E–DV Entry 

Form and Notify the Sender. Does This 

Mean I Will Be Able To Resubmit My 

Entry? 

Yes, the entry can be resubmitted. 

Since the entry was automatically 

rejected, it was not actually considered 

as submitted to the E–DV Web site. It 

does not count as a submitted E–DV 

entry, and no confirmation notice of 

receipt is sent. If there are problems 

with the digital photograph sent, 

because it does not conform to the 

requirements, it is automatically 

rejected by the E–DV Web site. 

However, the amount of time it takes the 

rejection message to reach the sender is 

unpredictable given the nature of the 

Internet. If the problem can be fixed by 

the applicant, and the Form Part One or 

Two is resent within 60 minutes, there 

is no problem. Otherwise, the applicant 

will have to restart the submission 

process. An applicant can try to submit 

an application as many times as is 

necessary until a complete application 

is received and the confirmation notice 

sent. 

29. Will the Electronic Confirmation 

Notice That the Completed E–DV Entry 

Form Has Been Received Through the 

Online System Be Sent Immediately 

After Submission? 

The response from the E–DV Web site 

which contains confirmation of the 

receipt of an acceptable E–DV Entry 

Form is sent by the E–DV Web site 

immediately. However, how long it 

takes the response to reach the sender 

is unpredictable due to the nature of the 

Internet. If many minutes have elapsed 

since pressing the ‘Submit’ button, there 

is no harm in pressing the ‘Submit’ 

button a second time. The E–DV system 

will not be confused by a situation 

where the ‘Submit’ button is hit a 

second time because no confirmation 

response has been received. An 

applicant can try to submit an 

application as many times as is 

necessary until a complete application 

is received and the confirmation notice 

sent. However, once you receive a 

confirmation notice, do not resubmit 

your information. 

30. How Will I Know If The Notification 

of Selection That I Have Received Is 

Authentic? How Can I Confirm That I 

Have in Fact Been Chosen in the 

Random DV Lottery? 

Keep your confirmation page. You 

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after the electronic lottery is conducted 

(usually March). If you lose your 

confirmation information, you will not 

be able to check your DV entry status by 

yourself and we will not resend the 

confirmation page to you. If selected, 

you will also receive a letter from the 

KCC by mail sometime between May 

and July 2010 at the addresses listed on 

your E–DV entry. Only the randomly 

selected individuals will be notified by 

mail. Persons not selected may check 

their entry using their confirmation 

information through the official DV Web 

site, but will not receive additional 

official notification by e-mail or by mail. 

We will not resend confirmation page 

information to you. If you lose your 

confirmation page information, you will 

only find out if you were selected if you 

receive an official letter by mail. U.S. 

embassies and consulates will not be 

able to provide a list of those selected 

to continue the visa process. 

The KCC will send the letters 

notifying those selected. These letters 

will contain instructions for the visa 

application process. The instructions 

say the selected applicants will pay all 

DV and IV fees in person only at the 

U.S. embassy or consulate at the time of 

the visa application. The consular 

cashier or consular officer immediately 

gives the visa applicant a U.S. 

Government receipt for payment. You 

should never send money for DV fees 

through the mail, through Western 

Union, or any other delivery service. 

The E–DV lottery entries are made on 

the Internet, on the official U.S. 

Government E–DV Web site at 

www.dvlottery.state.gov. KCC sends 

letters only to the selected applicants. 

KCC, consular offices, or the U.S. 

Government has never sent e-mails to 

notify selected individuals, and there 

are no plans to use e-mail for this 

purpose for the DV–2011 program. 

The Department of State’s Bureau of 

Consular Affairs advises the public that 

only Internet sites including the ‘‘.gov’’ 

indicator are official government Web 

sites. Many other non-governmental 

Web sites (e.g., using the suffixes 

‘‘.com’’ or ‘‘.org’’ or ‘‘.net’’) provide 

immigration and visa-related 

information and services. Regardless of 

the content of non-governmental Web 

sites, the Department of State does not 

endorse, recommend, or sponsor any 

information or material shown at these 

other Web sites. 

Some Web sites may try to mislead 

customers and members of the public 

into thinking they are official Web sites 

and may contact you by e-mail to lure 

you to their offers. These Web sites may 

attempt to require you to pay for 

services such as forms and information 

about immigration procedures, which 

are otherwise free on the Department of 

State Visa Services Web site or overseas 

through the U.S. embassy consular 

sections’ Web sites. Additionally, these 

other Web sites may require you to pay 

for services you will not receive (such 

as fees for DV applications and visas) in 

an effort to steal your money. If you 

send in money to one of these scams, 

you will never see it again. Also, you 

should be wary of sending any personal 

information to these Web sites that 

might be used for identity fraud/theft. 

31. How Do I Report Internet Fraud or 

Unsolicited E–Mail? 

If you wish to file a complaint about 

Internet fraud, please see the 

econsumer.gov Web site, hosted by the 

Federal Trade Commission, in 

cooperation with consumer protection 

agencies from 17 nations (http:// 

www.econsumer.gov/english/). You may 

also report fraud to the Federal Bureau 

of Investigation (FBI) Internet Crime 

Complaint Center. To file a complaint 

about unsolicited e-mail, contact the 

Department of Justice Contact Us page. 

32. If I Am Successful In Obtaining A 

Visa Through The DV Program, Will 

The U.S. Government Assist With My 

Airfare to the United States, Provide 

Assistance To Locate Housing and 

Employment, Provide Healthcare, or 

Provide Any Subsidies Until I Am Fully 

Settled? 

No, applicants who obtain a DV are 

not provided any type of assistance such 

as airfare, housing assistance, or 

subsidies. If you are selected to apply 

for a DV, before you can be issued a 

visa, you will be required to provide 

evidence that you will not become a 

public charge in the United States. This 

evidence may be in the form of a 

combination of your personal assets, an 

Affidavit of Support (Form I–134) from 

a relative or friend residing in the 

United States, and/or an offer of 

employment from an employer in the 

United States. 

List of Countries by Region Whose 

Natives Are Eligible for DV–2011 

The lists below show the countries 

whose natives are eligible for DV–2011, 

grouped by geographic region. 

Dependent areas overseas are included 

within the region of the governing 

country. The countries whose natives 

are not eligible for the DV–2011 

program were identified by the USCIS 

according to the formula in Section 

203(c) of the INA. The countries whose 

natives are not eligible for the DV 

program (because they are the principal 

source countries of Family-Sponsored 

and Employment-Based immigration or 

‘‘high admission’’ countries) are noted 

after the respective regional lists. 

Africa 

Algeria; Angola; Benin; Botswana; 

Burkina Faso; Burundi; Cameroon; Cape 

Verde; Central African Republic; Chad; 

Comoros; Congo; Congo, Democratic 

Republic of the; Cote D’Ivoire (Ivory 

Coast); Djibouti; Egypt; Equatorial 

Guinea; Eritrea; Ethiopia; Gabon; 

Gambia, The; Ghana; Guinea; GuineaBissau; Kenya; Lesotho; Liberia; Libya; 

Madagascar; Malawi; Mali; Mauritania; 

Mauritius; Morocco; Mozambique; 

Namibia; Niger; Nigeria; Rwanda; Sao 

Tome and Principe; Senegal; Seychelles; 

Sierra Leone; Somalia; South Africa; 

Sudan; Swaziland; Tanzania; Togo; 

Tunisia; Uganda; Zambia; Zimbabwe. 

Persons born in the Gaza Strip are 

chargeable to Egypt. 

List of Countries by Region Whose 

Natives Are Eligible for DV–2011 

Asia 

Afghanistan; Bahrain; Bangladesh; 

Bhutan; Brunei; Burma; Cambodia; East 

Timor; Hong Kong Special 

Administrative Region; Indonesia; Iran; 

Iraq; Israel; Japan; Jordan; Kuwait; Laos; 

Lebanon; Malaysia; Maldives; Mongolia; 

Nepal; North Korea; Oman; Qatar; Saudi 

Arabia; Singapore; Sri Lanka; Syria; 

Taiwan; Thailand; United Arab 

Emirates; Yemen. 

Natives of the following Asian 

countries are not eligible for this year’s 

DV program: China [mainland-born], 

India, Pakistan, South Korea, 

Philippines, and Vietnam. Hong Kong 

S.A.R., and Taiwan do qualify and are 

listed above. Macau S.A.R. also qualifies 

and is listed below. Persons born in the 

areas administered prior to June 1967 by 

Israel, Jordan and Syria are chargeable, 

respectively, to Israel, Jordan and Syria. 

List of Countries by Region Whose 

Natives Are Eligible for DV–2011 

Europe 

Albania; Andorra; Armenia; Austria; 

Azerbaijan; Belarus; Belgium; Bosnia 

and Herzegovina; Bulgaria; Croatia; 

Cyprus; Czech Republic; Denmark 

(including components and dependent 

areas overseas); Estonia; Finland; France 

(including components and dependent 

areas overseas); Georgia; Germany; 

Greece; Hungary; Iceland; Ireland; Italy; 

Kazakhstan; Kosovo; Kyrgyzstan; Latvia; 

Liechtenstein; Lithuania; Luxembourg; 

Macedonia, the Former Yugoslav 

Republic; Macau Special Administrative 

Region; Malta; Moldova; Monaco; 

Montenegro; Netherlands (including 

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overseas); Northern Ireland; Norway; 

Portugal (including components and 

dependent areas overseas); Romania; 

Russia; San Marino; Serbia; Slovakia; 

Slovenia; Spain; Sweden; Switzerland; 

Tajikistan; Turkey; Turkmenistan; 

Ukraine; Uzbekistan; Vatican City. 

Natives of the following European 

countries are not eligible for this year’s 

DV program: Great Britain and Poland. 

Great Britain (United Kingdom) 

includes the following dependent areas: 

Anguilla, Bermuda, British Virgin 

Islands, Cayman Islands, Falkland 

Islands, Gibraltar, Montserrat, Pitcairn, 

St. Helena, and Turks and Caicos 

Islands. Note that for purposes of the DV 

program only, Northern Ireland is 

treated separately; Northern Ireland 

does qualify and is listed among the 

qualifying areas. 

List of Countries by Region Whose 

Natives Are Eligible for DV–2011 

North America 

The Bahamas. 

In North America, natives of Canada 

and Mexico are not eligible for this 

year’s DV program. 

Oceania 

Australia (including components and 

dependent areas overseas); Fiji; Kiribati; 

Marshall Islands; Micronesia, Federated 

States of; Nauru; New Zealand 

(including components and dependent 

areas overseas); Palau; Papua New 

Guinea; Samoa; Solomon Islands; 

Tonga; Tuvalu; Vanuatu. 

South America, Central America, and 

the Caribbean 

Antigua and Barbuda; Argentina; 

Barbados; Belize; Bolivia; Chile; Costa 

Rica; Cuba; Dominica; Grenada; Guyana; 

Honduras; Nicaragua; Panama; 

Paraguay; Saint Kitts and Nevis; Saint 

Lucia; Saint Vincent and the 

Grenadines; Suriname; Trinidad and 

Tobago; Uruguay; Venezuela. 

Countries in this region whose natives 

are not eligible for this year’s DV 

program: 

Brazil, Colombia, Dominican 

Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, 

Guatemala, Haiti, Jamaica, Mexico, and 

Peru. 

Dated: September 30, 2009. 

Janice L. Jacobs, 

Assistant Secretary for Consular Affairs, 

Department of State. 

[FR Doc. E9–24077 Filed 10–5–09; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4710–06–P 

DEPARTMENT OF STATE 

[Public Notice 6775] 

Javits Report 2010 

SUMMARY: In accordance with Section 25 

of the Arms Export Control Act (AECA), 

as amended, 22 U.S.C. 2765, the State 

Department prepares an annual report to 

Congress (the ‘‘Javits’’ Report) regarding 

an arms sales proposal covering all 

Foreign Military Sales (FMS) and Direct 

Commercial Sales (DCS) of major 

weapons or weapons-related defense 

equipment worth $7,000,000 or more, 

and of any other weapons or weaponsrelated defense equipment worth 

$25,000,000 or more, which are 

considered eligible for approval during 

the relevant calendar year. 

DATES: All DCS Javits Report 2010 

submissions must be received by 

October 23, 2009. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION: Members of 

the public who need additional 

information regarding the DCS portion 

of the Javits Report should contact Allie 

Frantz, PM/DDTC, SA–1, 12th Floor, 

Directorate of Defense Trade Controls, 

Bureau of Political-Military Affairs, U.S. 

Department of State, Washington, DC 

20522–0112; telephone (202) 736–9220; 

or e-mail FrantzA@state.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

The Javits Report 2010 is an Arms 

Sales Proposal, to Congress, which 

covers all sales and licensed commercial 

exports under the Arms Export Control 

Act of major weapons or weaponsrelated defense equipment worth 

$7,000,000 or more, and of any other 

weapons or weapons-related defense 

equipment worth $25,000,000 or more, 

which are considered eligible for 

approval during calendar year 2010, 

together with an indication of which 

sales and licensed commercial exports 

are deemed most likely to result in a 

letter of offer or the issuance of an 

export license during 2010. 

Javits Report entries for proposed 

Direct Commercial Sales should be 

submitted on the DS–4048 form to 

javitsreport@state.gov, no later than 

October 23, 2009. The DS–4048 form 

and instructions are located on the 

DDTC’s Web site at http:// 

www.pmddtc.state. gov/reports/ 

javits_report.html. Submissions should 

be limited to those activities for which 

a prior marketing license or other 

approval from DDTC has been 

authorized and ongoing contract 

negotiations will result in either a 

procurement date in 2010 or the likely 

award of the contract to the reporting 

company during 2010. To complete the 

DS–4048 form, the following 

information is required: Country to 

which sale or export is proposed; 

Category of proposed sale or export 

(aircraft, missile, ships, satellite, etc.); 

Type of activity (direct commercial sale 

or foreign military sale); Value of 

proposed sale or export and quantity of 

items anticipated. Include a concise 

description of the article to be sold or 

exported, including any details of what 

is expected to be included in the 

contract (maintenance, upgrade, etc.). 

Dated: September 29, 2009. 

Robert S. Kovac, 

Managing Director, Directorate of Defense 

Trade Controls, Department of State. 

[FR Doc. E9–24093 Filed 10–5–09; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4710–25–P 

OFFICE OF THE UNITED STATES 

TRADE REPRESENTATIVE 

Fiscal Year 2010 Tariff-Rate Quota 

Allocations for Raw Cane Sugar, 

Refined and Specialty Sugar, and 

Sugar-Containing Products 

AGENCY: Office of the United States 

Trade Representative. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: The Office of the United 

States Trade Representative (USTR) is 

providing notice of country-by-country 

allocations of the Fiscal Year (FY) 2010 

in-quota quantity of the tariff-rate quotas 

for imported raw cane sugar, refined 

and specialty sugar, and sugarcontaining products. 

DATES: Effective Date: October 6, 2009. 

ADDRESSES: Inquiries may be mailed or 

delivered to Leslie O’Connor, Director of 

Agricultural Affairs, Office of 

Agricultural Affairs, Office of the United 

States Trade Representative, 600 17th 

Street, NW., Washington, DC 20508. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Leslie O’Connor, Office of Agricultural 

Affairs, telephone: 202–395–6127 or 

facsimile: 202–395–4579. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Pursuant 

to Additional U.S. Note 5 to Chapter 17 

of the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of 

the United States (HTS), the United 

States maintains tariff-rate quotas 

(TRQs) for imports of raw cane sugar 

and refined sugar. Pursuant to 

Additional U.S. Note 8 to Chapter 17 of 

the HTS, the United States maintains a 

TRQ for imports of sugar-containing 

products. 

Section 404(d)(3) of the Uruguay 

Round Agreements Act (19 U.S.C. 

3601(d)(3)) authorizes the President to 

allocate the in-quota quantity of a TRQ 

for any agricultural product among 

supplying countries or customs areas. 


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