The Department of State has notified the winners of the 2005 Diversity Visa lottery (also known as the "green card lottery"). Those who have not received notification were not selected. The diversity lottery makes available 50,000 permanent resident visas annually to persons from countries with low rates of immigration to the United States. Like the airlines, the Department of State "overbooks" due to an approximately 50% "no-show" rate. Consequently, some 100,000 applicants have been selected and notified, and may soon submit an application for an immigrant visa abroad or for adjustment to permanent residence in the U.S. Spouses and minor children of lottery winners are also entitled to derivative diversity visa status. Once the total 50,000 visa numbers have been used, the program for fiscal year 2005 will end. All qualifying applicants must receive their visas by September 30, 2005. Submit your application for permanent residence at the earliest possible opportunity.f During the immigrant visa interview, principal applicants must provide proof of a high school education or its equivalent, or show two years of work experience in an occupation that requires at least two years of training or experience within the past five years. Applicants registered for the DV-2005 program were selected at random from more than 9.5 million qualified entries received during the 60-day application period that ran from November 1, 2003 until December 30, 2003.