American Green Card Lottery Access Center
Eligible Countries
For this year's Green Card Lottery DV-2011, natives of the following countries are NOT eligible to apply because they sent a total of more than 50,000 immigrants to
the U.S. in the previous five years: BRAZIL, C ANADA, CHINA (mainland-born), COLOMBIA,
DOMINICAN REPUBLIC, ECUADOR, EL SALVADOR, GUATEMALA, HAITI, INDIA, JAMAICA, MEXICO, PAKISTAN, PHILIPPINES,
PERU, POLAND, SOUTH KOREA, UNITED KINGDOM (except Northern Ireland
which IS eligible) and its dependent territories, and VIETNAM.
Persons
born in Hong Kong SAR, Macau SAR and Taiwan ARE eligible.
Persons
born in Northern Ireland ARE eligible.
Following is the list of eligible countries for DV-2011.
DV-2011 QUALIFYING COUNTRIES LISTED BY REGION
- AFRICA
- ASIA
- EUROPE
- NORTH AMERICA
- OCEANIA
- SOUTH AMERICA, CENTRAL AMERICA,
and the CARIBBEAN
The lists below show the countries whose natives are
QUALIFIED within each geographic region for this diversity program. The determination
of countries within each region is based on information provided by the Geographer
of the Department of State. The countries whose natives do not qualify for the
DV-2011 program were identified by the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services
(USCIS) according to the formula in Section 203(c) of the Immigration and Nationality
Act. Dependent areas overseas are included within the region of the governing
country. The countries whose natives do NOT qualify for this diversity program
(because they are the principal source countries of Family-Sponsored and Employment-Based
immigration, or "high admission" countries) are noted in parentheses 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, 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
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-2011 program: CHINA - mainland
born, INDIA, PAKISTAN, PHILIPPINES, SOUTH KOREA and
VIETNAM.)
Persons born in HONG KONG S.A.R. TAIWAN
do qualify and are listed above. MACAU S.A.R. does qualify
and is listed below.
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, NETHERLANDS including
components and dependent areas overseas, NORTHERN IRELAND, NORWAY, PORTUGAL
including components and dependent areas overseas, ROMANIA, RUSSIA, SAN MARINO, SERBIA
AND MONTENEGRO, SLOVAKIA, SLOVENIA, SPAIN, SWEDEN, SWITZERLAND, TAJIKISTAN,
TURKEY, TURKMENISTAN, UKRAINE, , UZBEKISTAN, VATICAN CITY
(European countries not qualified
for the DV-2011 program: GREAT BRITAIN.
GREAT BRITAIN (UNITED KINGDOM) includes the following dependent areas: ANGUILLA,
BERMUDA, BRITISH VIRGIN ISLANDS, CAYMAN ISLANDS, FALKLAND
ISLANDS, GIBRALTAR, MONTSERRAT, PITCAIRN, POLAND, RUSSIA, ST. HELENA, TURKS AND CAICOS
ISLANDS.)
Note that for purposes of the diversity program only, Northern Ireland is treated
separately; NORTHERN IRELAND DOES QUALIFY and is listed among the qualifying
areas.
NORTH AMERICA
THE BAHAMAS
(In North America, CANADA AND MEXICO do not
qualify for the DV-2011 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 DV-2011 diversity program: BRAZIL, COLOMBIA,
DOMINICAN REPUBLIC, ECUADOR, EL SALVADOR, GUATEMALA, HAITI, JAMAICA, PERU.)
As stated in the North American section, MEXICO also does not
qualify.
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