USA DV Lottery qualifing countries
The list of qualifying countries for Green Card Lottery DV-2016 remained unchanged from the previous year.
GREEN CARD LOTTERY QUALIFYING COUNTRIES LISTED BY REGION:
AFRICA
ASIA
EUROPE
NORTH AMERICA
OCEANIA
SOUTH AMERICA, CENTRAL AMERICA, and the CARIBBEAN
The below list shows the countries which are eligible for the Green card lottery. The countries that are not eligible for USA visa application are shown in the end of each region.
AFRICA
ALGERIA, ANGOLA, BENIN, BOTSWANA, BURKINA FASO, BURUNDI, CAMEROON, CAPE VERDE, CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC, CHAD, COMOROS, CONGO, CONGO- DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF, COTE D’IVIORE (IVORY COAST), DJIBOUTI, EGYPT, EQUATORIAL GUINEA, ERITREA, ETHIOPIA, GABON, GAMBIA-THE, GHANA, GUINEA, GUINEA-BISSAU, 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.
ASIA
AFGHANISTAN, BAHRAIN, BANGLADESH, BHUTAN, BRUNEI, BURMA, CAMBODIA, 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
(Asia countries which do not qualify for DV-2016 program: CHINA – mainland born, INDIA, PAKISTAN, PHILIPPINES, SOUTH KOREA and VIETNAM) Persons born in the areas administered prior to June 1967 by Israel, Jordan, and Syria are chargeable, respectively, to Israel, Jordan, and Syria
EUROPE
ALBANIA, ANDORRA,ARMENIA, AUSTRIA, AZERBAIJAN, BELARUS, BELGUIM, BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA, BULGARIA, CROATIA, CYPRUS, CZECH REPUBLIC, DENMARK including components and dependent areas overseas, ESTONIA, FINLAND, FRANCE including components and dependent areas oversees, GEORGIA, GERMANY, GREECE, HUNGARY, ICELAND, IRELAND (only Northern Ireland) , ITALY, KAZAKSTAN, KOSOVO, KYRGYZSTAN, LATVIA, LICHTENSTEIN, LITHUANIA, LUXEMBOURG, MACAU S.A.R., MACEDONIA the former Yugoslav Republic, MALTA, MOLDOVA, MONACO, MONTENEGRO, NETHERLANDS including components and dependent areas 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
European countries not qualified for the DV-2016 program: GREAT BRITAIN. GREAT BRITAIN (UNITED KINGDOM) includes the following dependent areas: ANGUILLA, BERMUDA, BRITISH VIRGIN ISLANDS, CAYMAN ISLANDS, FALKLAND ISLANDS, GIBRALTAR, MONTSERRAT, PITCAIRN, ST. HELENA, TURKS AND CAICOS ISLANDS.
NORTH AMERICA
THE BAHAMAS
(In North America, CANADA AND MEXICO do not qualify for the DV-2016 diversity 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, SOLOMON ISLANDS, TONGA, TUVALU, VANUATU and SAMOA
SOUTH AMERICA, CENTRAL AMERICA, and the CARIBBEAN
ANTIGUA AND BARBUDA, ARGENTINA, BARBADOS, BELIZE, BOLIVIA, BRAZIL, CHILE, COSTA RICA, CUBA, DOMINICA, GRENADA, GUYANA, HONDURAS, NICARAGUA, PANAMA, PARAGUAY, PERU, SAINT KITTS AND NEVIS, SAINT LUCIA, SAINT VINCENT AND THE GRENADINES, SURINAME, TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO, URUGUAY, VENEZUELA
(Countries in this region which do not qualify for Diversity Visa Lottery -2016 program: BRAZIL, COLOMBIA, DOMINICAN REPUBLIC, ECUADOR, EL SALVADOR, GUATEMALA, HAITI, JAMAICA, PERU.)
