DV Diversity Lottery
Green Card Lottery
Eligible Countries by Zone
The lists below show the countries QUALIFIED within each geographic region for this diversity program.
- Africa
- Asia
- Europe
- North America and the Bahamas
- Oceania
- South Amerca, Central America and the Caribbean
Quick Facts
- The determination of countries within each region is based on information provided by the Department of State.
- The countries that do not qualify for the DV-2003 program were identified by the US immigration and Naturalization Service according to the formula in Section 203(c) of the US immigration and Nationality Act.
AFRICA
- ALGERIA
- ANGOLA
- BENIN
- BOTSWANA
- BURKINA FASO
- BURUNDI
- CAMEROON
- CAPE VERDE
- CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC
- CHAD
- COMOROS
- CONGO
- DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF THE COTE D'IVOIRE
- 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 & PRINCIPE SENEGAL
- SEYCHELLES
- SIERRA LEONE
- SOMALIA
- SOUTH AFRICA
- SUDAN
- SWAZILAND
- TANZANIA
- TOGO
- TUNISIA
- UGANDA
- ZAMBIA
- ZIMBABWE
ASIA
- BAHRAIN
- BANGLADESH
- BHUTAN
- BRUNEI
- BURMA
- CAMBODIA
- HONG KONG (SPECIAL ADMINISTRATIVE REGION)
- INDONESIA
- IRAN
- IRAQ
- ISRAEL
- JAPAN
- JORDAN
- KUWAIT
- LAOS
- LEBANON
- MACAO (SPECIAL ADMINISTRATIVE REGION)
- MALAYSIA
- MALDIVES
- MONGOLIA
- NEPAL
- NORTH KOREA
- OMAN
- QATAR
- SAUDI ARABIA
- SINGAPORE
- SRI LANKA
- SYRIA
- TAIWAN
- THAILAND
- UNITED ARAB EMIRATES
- YEMEN
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
- KYRGYZSTAN
- LATVIA
- LIECHTENSTEIN
- LITHUANIA
- LUXEMBOURG
- MACEDONIA
- THE FORMER YUGOSLAV REPUBLIC OF MALTA
- MOLDOVA
- MONACO
- NETHERLANDS (including components and dependent areas overseas)
- NORTHERN IRELAND
- NORWAY
- POLAND
- PORTUGAL
- ROMANIA
- RUSSIA
- SAN MARINO
- SLOVAKIA
- SLOVENIA
- SPAIN
- SWEDEN
- SWITZERLAND
- TAJIKISTAN
- TURKEY
- TURKMENISTAN
- UKRAINE
- UZBEKISTAN
- VATICAN CITY
- YUGOSLAVIA
NORTH AMERICA & THE BAHAMAS
- There are no eligible countries for this year's Lottery in this region.
OCEANIA
- AUSTRALIA (including components and dependent areas overseas)
- FIJI
- KIRIBATI
- MARSHALL ISLANDS
- MICRONESIA
- FEDERATED STATES OF NAURU
- NEW ZEALAND
- PALAU PAPUA
- NEW GUINEA
- SOLOMON ISLANDS
- TONGA
- TUVALU
- VANUATU
- SAMOA
SOUTH AMERICA, CENTRAL AMERICA & THE CARIBBEAN
- ANTIGUA AND BARBUDA
- ARGENTINA
- BARBADOS
- BELIZE
- BOLIVIA
- BRAZIL
- CHILE
- COSTA RICA
- CUBA
- DOMINICA
- ECUADOR
- GRENADA
- GUATEMALA
- GUYANA
- HONDURAS
- NICARAGUA
- PANAMA
- PARAGUAY
- PERU
- SAINT KITTS AND NEVIS
- SAINT LUCIA
- SAINT VINCENT AND THE GRENADINES
- SURINAME
- TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO
- URUGUAY
- VENEZUELA