Over 1 thousand Armenian citizens got green cards

The US State Department has made public the returns of the
Green Card lottery (official name DV-2005) for 2004. 5.9 million
applications for the right of permanent residence and work in the US are
recognized as meeting the established criteria. Online applications were
filled in during November 1 -December 30, 2003. 55 thousand persons are
recognized winners, specifically a bit more than 1 thousand citizens of
Armenia, 235 Azerbaijanis, 375 Georgians, 5.36 thousand Ukrainians, 925
Belarus citizens, 383 citizens of Moldova, 1.55 thousand Uzbeks, 296
Kazakhs, 206 Kyrzyzstan citizens, 83 Tajiks, 78 Turkmenians, 1.1 thousand
Lithuanians, 158 Latvians, 64 Estonians, 384 Frenchmen, 1.27 thousand
Germans, 1.8 thousand Turks, 6.6 thousand Ethiopians, 22 – Afghans, 373
citizens of Japan, 116 Israelis, 820 Iranians, 1 citizen of North Korea.
Citizens of Russia, China, UK, Canada, India, Mexico, South Korea and other
eight states did not have the right to take part in the lottery.