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DV lottery 2025 Eligible Countries List

The list below shows the countries and areas whose natives are eligible for DV-2025, grouped by geographic region. Dependent areas overseas are included within the region of the governing country.

AFRICA

Algeria, Angola, Benin, Botswana, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cameroon, Cabo Verde, Central African Republic, Chad, Comoros, Congo, The Democratic Republic of Congo, Cote D’Ivoire (Ivory Coast), Djibouti, Egypt*, Equatorial Guinea, Eritrea, Eswatini, Ethiopia, Gabon, The Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Kenya, Lesotho, Liberia, Libya, Madagascar, Malawi, Mali, Mauritania, Mauritius, Morocco, Mozambique, Namibia, Niger, Rwanda, Sao Tome and Principe, Senegal, Seychelles, Sierra Leone, Somalia, South Africa, South Sudan, Sudan, Tanzania, Togo, Tunisia, Uganda, Zambia, Zimbabwe.

ASIA

Afghanistan, Bahrain, Bhutan, Brunei, Burma, Cambodia, 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, Timor-Leste, United Arab Emirates, Yemen.

*Persons born in the areas administered prior to June 1967 by Israel, Jordan, Syria, and Egypt are chargeable, respectively, to Israel, Jordan, Syria, and Egypt.  Persons born in the Gaza Strip are chargeable to Egypt; persons born in the West Bank are chargeable to Jordan; persons born in the Golan Heights are chargeable to Syria.

** Macau S.A.R. (Europe region, chargeable to Portugal) and Taiwan (Asia region) do qualify and are listed. For the purposes of the diversity program only, persons born in Macau S.A.R. derive eligibility from Portugal.

***Persons born in the Habomai Islands, Shikotan, Kunashiri, and Etorofu are chargeable to Japan. Persons born in Southern Sakhalin are chargeable to Russia.

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, Kosovo, Kyrgyzstan, Latvia, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Macau Special Administrative Region**, North Macedonia, Malta, Moldova, Monaco, Montenegro, Netherlands (including components and dependent areas overseas),  Northern Ireland***, Norway (including components and   dependent areas overseas), Poland,  Portugal (including components and dependent areas overseas), Romania  Russia****, San Marino, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Tajikistan, Turkey, Turkmenistan, Ukraine, United Kingdom (including dependent areas), Uzbekistan, Vatican City.

** Macau S.A.R. does qualify and is listed above and for the purposes of the diversity program only; persons born in Macau S.A.R. derive eligibility from Portugal.

***For purposes of the diversity program only, Northern Ireland is treated separately. Northern Ireland does qualify and is listed among the qualifying areas.

**** Persons born in the Habomai Islands, Shikotan, Kunashiri, and Etorofu are chargeable to Japan.  Persons born in Southern Sakhalin are chargeable to Russia. Great Britain (United Kingdom) and its dependent areas do qualify for DV-2025.

Great Britain (United Kingdom) includes the following dependent areas: Anguilla, Bermuda, British Virgin Islands, British Indian Ocean Territory, Cayman Islands, Falkland Islands, Gibraltar, Montserrat, Pitcairn, South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands, St. Helena, and Turks and Caicos Islands.

NORTH AMERICA 

The Bahamas

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, Samoa, Solomon Islands, Tonga, Tuvalu, Vanuatu.

SOUTH AMERICA, CENTRAL AMERICA, AND THE CARIBBEAN

Antigua and Barbuda, Argentina, Barbados, Belize, Bolivia, Chile, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominica, Ecuador, Grenada, Guatemala, Guyana, Nicaragua, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Suriname, Trinidad and Tobago, Uruguay.

Those are the DV lottery 2025 eligible countries list.

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When can I apply for DV Lottery 2025?

The U.S Department of State Web site for the 2025 Diversity Visa Program (DV-2025) is open for interested individuals who are eligible are encouraged to apply, including selectees who were unable to obtain a visa during a prior program year. The choice of winners of the U.S diversity visa lottery is completely random. The entry form will only be available for submission during this period and this period only.

Find out DV-2025 photo requirements.

DISCLAIMER: This post and content is designed for general information only and is NOT legal advice. This site is not offering any Diversity Visa and is not the official site for DV Lottery program. The information presented in this post should not be construed to be formal legal advice.

Which countries are not eligible for DV Lottery 2025?

Countries in these regions whose natives are not eligible for this year’s (DV-2025) DV program are listed below. The list shows the countries and areas whose natives are not eligible for DV-2025, grouped by geographic region.

Africa

In Africa, natives of Nigeria are not eligible for this year’s (2025) Diversity Visa program.

Asia

Natives of the following Asia Region countries are not eligible for this year’s Diversity Visa program:

Bangladesh, China (including Hong Kong), India, Pakistan, South Korea, Philippines, and Vietnam.

NORTH AMERICA

In North America, natives of Canada and Mexico are not eligible for this year’s DV program.

SOUTH AMERICA, CENTRAL AMERICA, AND THE CARIBBEAN

Countries in this region whose natives are not eligible for this year’s DV program:

Brazil, Colombia, Dominican Republic, El Salvador, Haiti, Honduras, Jamaica, Mexico, and Venezuela.

LIST OF COUNTRIES/AREAS BY REGION WHOSE NATIVES ARE ELIGIBLE FOR DV-2025

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When can I apply for DV Lottery 2025?

The U.S Department of State Web site for the 2025 Diversity Visa Program (DV-2025) is open for interested individuals who are eligible are encouraged to apply, including selectees who were unable to obtain a visa during a prior program year. The choice of winners of the U.S diversity visa lottery is completely random. The entry form will only be available for submission during this period and this period only.

Some frequently asked questions about Diversity Visa Lottery Eligibility

Question 1: Can I still apply if I was not born in a qualifying country?

Answer: There are two circumstances in which you still might be eligible to apply. First, if your derivative spouse was born in an eligible country, you may claim chargeability to that country.

As your eligibility is based on your spouse, you will only be issued an immigrant visa if your spouse is also eligible for and issued an immigrant visa.  Both of you must enter the United States together, using your DVs.

Similarly, your minor dependent child can be “charged” to a parent’s country of birth.

Second, you can be “charged” to the country of birth of either of your parents as long as neither of your parents was born in or a resident of your country of birth at the time of your birth.  People are not generally considered residents of a country in which they were not born or legally naturalized.

For example, persons simply visiting, studying, or temporarily working in a country are not generally considered residents.

If you claim alternate chargeability through either of the above, you must provide an explanation on the E-DV Entry Form, in question #6.

Listing an incorrect country of eligibility or chargeability (i.e., one to which you cannot establish a valid claim) will make you ineligible for a DV.

Question 2: Why do natives of certain countries not qualify for the DV program?

Answer: DVs are intended to provide an immigration opportunity for persons who are not from “high admission” countries. U.S. law defines “high admission countries” as those from which a total of 50,000 persons in the Family-Sponsored and Employment-Based visa categories immigrated to the United States during the previous five years.

Each year, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) counts the family and employment immigrant admission and adjustment of status numbers for the previous five years to identify the countries that are considered “high admission” and whose natives will therefore be ineligible for the annual Diversity Visa program.

Since DHS makes this calculation annually, the list of countries whose natives are eligible or not eligible may change from one year to the next.

Question 3: If I apply for a DV, but don’t qualify to receive one, can I get a refund of the visa fees I paid?

Answer: No. Visa application fees cannot be refunded. You must meet all qualifications for the visa as detailed in these instructions. If a consular officer determines you do not meet requirements for the visa, or you are otherwise ineligible for the DV under U.S. law, the officer cannot issue a visa and you will forfeit all fees paid.

DISCLAIMER: This post and content is designed for general information only and is NOT legal advice. This site is not offering any Diversity Visa and is not the official site for DV Lottery program. The information presented in this post should not be construed to be formal legal advice.

In this post, we will learn the differences between the country of birth and the country of citizenship, when entering the DV Lottery, and also the importance of Country of Birth and Country of Eligibility in DV Lottery.

These two terms are very important and understanding them will help you avoid many mistakes that could emerge during the application of the diversity visa.

• For DV-2025, natives of the following countries and areas are eligible to apply…..view list
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Importance of Country of Birth and Country of Eligibility in DV Lottery

In the application form you will find this page below.

This means that the first item that we are going to cover will be the country of birth. The country of birth is that country in which you are born. To be specific, it is that country that is indicated on your birth certificate, and that is how important you should have your birth certificate during application.

The country indicated on the birth certificate, that is the country of your birth and that is the country that you insert in item number five, in the application, i.e the place where it says country where you are born.

Don’t make any mistake in choosing the country in which you are born. Select the country indicated on the birth certificate, this is regardless of whether you are living in that country or you immigrated to a different country. Even if you took the citizenship of a different country, the birth country remains as it is on the birth certificate.

In most cases, majority of the cases, the country of birth is what country qualifies you for eligibility in the DV Lottery. It is the country of birth that qualifies many people into the DV Lottery.

Also, in this second part country of eligibility. If the country in which you are born is eligible to enter into the DV Lottery for that year, then selecting the correct country of birth will also qualify you in the eligibility category.

Therefore, in that case, you would select the same country of your birth. But remember, you can qualify based on a country of chargeability of either your spouse or your parents. So it’s not a must that the country of your birth be the country of eligibility. That is the importance of the country of birth.

Country of citizenship

From the image below, in item number nine in the DV Lottery application form, and it says mailing address.

The country of citizenship is that country in which you have immigrated and taken citizenship. It might also be the country of your birth if you have not immigrated.

But if you have attained citizenship of a different country from that of your birth, and you are currently living and working in that country of citizenship, which is not your birth country, then it comes in handy when filling in the mailing address.

In the mailing address, you indicate your current address, in whichever country you are in and you are living at the moment.

So the mailing address is not based on the country of birth. It is based on where you are currently residing and this helps KCC to know where to schedule your interview. This is also important to note, that if you are currently living in a certain country, you cannot select the mailing address of a different country in which you are not living in, as at present.

Some people can decide to select some other country because they had their embassies work faster. No, don’t do such mistake. If you do that mistake, then you risk being denied the visa.

The current country in which you are living in at the time you are making your application that is the country that you will use in filling in the mailing address.

Country where you live today section

This can be the country of your citizenship, it can also be the country where you are working, even though you are not a citizen there. It can also be your country of birth if you are still living in the country where you are born in.

So, the country of citizenship may also be important in this area. The country of birth may also be important in this area, only that you are currently living in that place in which you are indicating here.

I hope the information about Importance of Country of Birth and Country of Eligibility in DV Lottery is clear.

Question: What if I did a mistake during the process of typing my place of birth can I correct it before the results comes out and please how?

Answer: You will do it on DS-260, if selected.

DISCLAIMER: This post and content is designed for general information only and is NOT legal advice. This site is not offering any Diversity Visa and is not the official site for DV Lottery program. The information presented in this post should not be construed to be formal legal advice.

Did you know that You Can Win DV Lottery With These Mistakes? In this guide, you will learn those mistakes that will not really affect you in the DV selection. Even if you commit these mistakes, you are likely to get selected but during the visa processing, you will be affected.

The winners of the Diversity Visa lottery are chosen at random by a computer program, with a certain number of visas allocated to each region of the world.

There are mistakes that you might have done in the application, and those mistakes will not affect your chances of getting selected. You may get selected even with those mistakes.

Those mistakes, some of them can be corrected in the DS-260 form. If you get selected and you did some of those mistakes, you can rectify them when filling the DS-260 form.

You Can Win DV Lottery With These Mistakes

1. If you make a mistake when typing your name.

The first mistakes that people did and will never affect the selection chances is having mistakes on your name. Maybe when filling the application in the DV lottery, you omitted some letters in your name, or maybe you changed some letters in your name, that will not affect your selection.

Maybe you omitted a letter or you changed a letter, that one will not affect you at all during the selection process, you can be selected with that mistake.

In any case, they don’t have your name. They don’t know you. They just believe in the name that you’ve given, you provided because that is what they take you as. So even if you are called Jon, that is J-O-N, but on the application you filled J-O-H-N, that is not a factor that will deny your selection. You will get selected with that error, but when filling the DS-260, you need to rectify it, you need to correct it.

Also, you might have exchanged your names. Maybe the surname is not the name that you’re supposed to use, the last name you used it on the surname and the surname on the last name, that is the family name. If you did that, that will not also affect you.

Find out more about Names filling on DV lottery Application and DS-260 Form

2. If you made errors selecting your date of birth, that will not also affect you.

The other one is errors when entering your birth dates. If you were born maybe on 5th of January and by mistake, you selected 10th of January, that will not affect your selection. They don’t know when you’re born. They don’t have a document like a birth certificate to counter-check because you don’t submit any document in the application.

So whatever date you will provide, that will be taken as the correct date of your birth. If you mistakenly selected wrong date of birth, that will not deny you selection chances.

The system does not filter to know in which date you are born, if it is correct or not, wrong birth date will not affect you during the selection. But remember, during checking of your entry status, you will need your birth date, and if you inserted wrong, chances are that you not be able to get through to check whether you were selected.

What you’ll have to do is you need to correct it and put the correct birth date when filling the DS-260 form if you get selected. That is not a mistake that should worry you in this selection process.

3. Wrong City of Birth.

The other mistake that will not affect you is by selecting the wrong city of birth. City of birth has brought a lot of confusion to many people, but this issue have been clarified on this guide below.

Importance of Country of Birth and Country of Eligibility In Diversity Visa Program

If by any chance you selected the wrong city of birth and you are worried that you might not get selected, that should not be a worry anymore. Even with the wrong city of birth, you will get selected or you may get selected if you are lucky.

If you typed wrong City of birth, that mistake cannot affect you. You can get selected with that mistake. You need to correct the city of birth when filling the DS-260 form, if you become successful.

4. Country of Eligibility.

If you selected the wrong country of eligibility, that also will not affect you during the selection. But it will affect you later, during the processing and it will end up denying you the visa. It will not affect you during the selection, you can be selected even if you chose the wrong country of eligibility.

For DV-2025, natives of the following countries and areas are eligible to apply…..view list

For DV-2025, natives of the following countries and areas are not eligible to apply…..view list

Which country of eligibility did you choose? If you lied about the country of eligibility, the chargeability country, you will get selected, yes, but you will not succeed in the whole process. You will be denied your visa because you will have committed fraud. Remember, fraud leads to permanent disqualification.

5. Wrong Address.

If you used a wrong address, that will not affect you at all. You can get through the selection process with a wrong address.

If the current address that you filled in the application was not the correct address, that mistake will not deny you chances of getting selected. What you’ll have to do, you might get selected with that error, but on the DS-260 form, you can correct that one.

The current address you can always correct it on the form DS-260. You should not get worried if you used the wrong current address location.

6. Wrong country of Residence.

If you lied when selecting the country of residence, that will not affect you in the selection process. You will get selected even after putting the wrong country of residence.

7. Wrong Email.

You will not be affected by inserting the wrong email. But consequently, later on after selection, remember KCC uses this email to communicate to you and also the embassy will use this to communicate to you in any case.

Also, incase you forgot your Confirmation Number, you’ll need to enter your email address to retrieve your Confirmation Number.

So if you put the wrong email or you mistyped it, it will not affect you in the selection. That is, you can get selected with that mistake, but how will they communicate to you?

8. Level of Education.

If when you are selecting the level of education, you erroneously selected a different one which you didn’t intend, that will not affect you at all. You will get through the selection process well. But after selection, it might affect you grievously. You might or even get denied your visa.

By selecting the wrong level of education during the selection process, you will not be affected only later on the visa interview process.

9. Marital status.

You are married, then you apply a single that will deny you your visa. Yes, you’ll get selected, but it will not go successful, you will be deny visa because you left your family. Omitting your derivative will not affect you getting selected but getting the visa you won’t get it.

If you by mistake choose or selected the wrong marital status, it will also not affect you at all during the selection process.

If you are single and you selected married, you will not be affected. You can be selected with that error. If you are married and you lied about your status and said you are single, you will also not be affected.

10. Lieing about the number of children you have.

You will get through the selection process even if you lied about the number of children that you have. Even if you lied about the number of children, you will not be affected in the selection process only later on it might deny you the visa but during the selection you will not be affected.

If you lied about the number of kids, maybe you have one kid but you decided to put three maybe because you have your nephews and nieces, you want to include them, that will deny you visa out rightly. Yes, you will get selected but your visa will be denied because nieces and nephews are not part of your derivatives.

11. Wrong information about your Spouse and Children.

Providing wrong information about your spouse will not affect you during the selection. Inserting wrong information about your kids will not affect you during selection only will it affect you later during the visa processing but during selection it will not affect you.

• False Information

Another major mistake that will not affect you in the selection process, but later on they will affect you is providing false information. Let’s say for example, you selected the country of birth as country A, and in real sense, you were not born in that country. Let’s say you did that because your country was not eligible.

So you wanted to use some other countries, you wanted to lie about your country of birth so that you can become eligible. With that, you’ll get selected but you will not get through. Lieing about your country of birth that is fraud. You will not get through the process. You will be selected, yes, but through the process, no, you won’t make it.

• Derivative Issue

The other thing is providing wrong information regarding the derivative issue. Let’s say, for example, you are married, but due to some reasons, you decide that you want to go alone to the U.S, and therefore you want to fill as single and leave your spouse out. That is a very grievous mistake.

Those are the mistakes that will not affect you getting selected but getting the visa you will be deny.

Note: Please try as much as possible not to do these mistakes. Never do these mistakes because you’ll get selected but during the visa processing, you will be affected.

Thank you for reading this guide. I hope you find this guide informative.

DISCLAIMER: This post and content is designed for general information only and is NOT legal advice. This site is not offering any Diversity Visa and is not the official site for DV Lottery program. The information presented in this post should not be construed to be formal legal advice.

It’s good you go through this guide, so that you will know those mistakes that you can get selected with but will definitely deny you your Diversity Visa (DV). With these errors you will get selected BUT you will be denied the Green Card Visa.

In other words, you may have been selected or you will be selected or you may be selected with these mistakes, but you getting the diversity visa is a dream that may not come to reality. You will definitely be denied the visa.

Mistakes that will deny you the Diversity Visa even if you get selected

Below are the mistakes that you can do and you may get selected, but you will not be given your visa:

1. By selecting the wrong country of eligibility.

If you lie about your country of eligibility during your application, you may get through the selection process, but you will not be given your visa. You will definitely fail your interview.

2. By selecting the wrong level of education.

Yes, if you select the wrong level of education, you may get through the selection process, but during the diversity visa processing, you will get denied your visa.

Don’t make any mistake when selecting your level of education. If you have a high school diploma, select the high school degree. If you don’t have select, you don’t have, don’t lie about your education level, you will definitely get denied your diversity visa.

3. By selecting the wrong marital status.

Wrong marital status will deny you the visa even though you get through the selection process.

If you are single, why not select single? Why put married? Because you have a girlfriend, she is not your spouse. You have a boyfriend and he is not your spouse. If you are single, you select single.

If you are legally married, select you are married. And if it is to a spouse that is a United States citizen or a green card holder, select married to a U.S Citizen or a legal permanent resident.

If it is not a spouse from the United States, select not from the United States. Don’t lie on your spouse and your marital status.

If you are separated and you have the separation documents, select separated. If you don’t have the legal separation document, you have to select married. If you are divorced with the divorce certificate, then you select divorce. But if you are divorced and you don’t have the legal divorce documents, don’t select divorce. You have to select married.

Don’t lie about your marital status. You may get through, but you will not receive your visa.

4. By lying on the number of children that you have.

Remember that the children that are legally allowed to be added as your derivatives include your natural children, your step-children and your legally adopted children, and nor anyone else.

Therefore, indicate the correct number of children that you have and include their details. Don’t lie in it.

Even if you are single and you have a child, include that child.

Therefore, those are the mistakes that you may get selected with but you will definitely be denied your diversity visa. Don’t commit these mistakes.

I hope the information is clear.

DISCLAIMER: This post and content is designed for general information only and is NOT legal advice. This site is not offering any Diversity Visa and is not the official site for DV Lottery program. The information presented in this post should not be construed to be formal legal advice.

If you have any questions about the DV lottery, please contact an immigration professional/officer or a licensed attorney.

Do I need a sponsor for the DV Lottery? Am an applicant, how can I find a sponsor for the DV lottery? Who can sponsor me for the DV lottery? This guide will give you answer to some of these questions DV lottery entrants ask always.

Do I need a sponsor for the DV Lottery?

Diversity Visa (DV) applicants do not need a sponsor, such as an employer or immediate family member in the United States, nor are they required to provide an Affidavit of Support.

No DV winner needs a sponsor. You don’t need a ‘sponsor’ for the DV Lottery. All she/he needs is a rational plan for supporting him/herself from the day of arrival until being independently solvent.

This can include savings, family funds, promises for food and lodging from friends or relatives either in the home country or already in the U.S, or any other plan that shows initiative and sense.

If you were lucky enough to win the draw, you must simply figure out – and be able to explain to the interviewing US consular officer – how you will support yourself and get started in your new life in the US.

If you have savings, relatives or friends who will give or lend you money, a relative or friend in the US who will let you live with him/her while you get going, or any other simple, rational and reasonable plan to not starve in the streets, that’s all you need.

If this plan can be explained to the interviewing consular officer and makes sense, off s/he goes to the U.S.

What happens if I win the DV lottery and I don’t have a sponsor nor enough money?

A sponsor, and a large bank balance, are not mandatory for the DV, but the successful applicant must convince the interviewing consular officer that s/he has a well-thought-out plan to support him/herself and any accompanying family members from the day that they land.

That convincing can take many forms and combinations of forms: a legitimate job offer, a friend or relative willing to house and feed the person until he gets on his feet, etc.

Is it compulsory to bring proof of sufficient funds to the DV lottery interview?

A successful DV applicant will, at the time of the interview, have proof of sufficient funds to support him/herself on arrival in the US, or a reliable source of income and support (family member or friend already in the US, promised employment, etc).

If the applicant has no idea how to be able to afford to live in the US without relying on public assistance, the visa will not be issued.

Just be aware that registration for the DV Lottery will only run till about the first week in November so you still have about 2 weeks to register, the official website for the Lottery is (dvprogram.state.gov) check out the registration requirements on the website alternatively you can find information on the Department of State website.

The entry submission period for DV-2024 is from 12:00PM EDT (GMT -4) on October 5, 2022 to 12:00PM EST (GMT -5) on November 8, 2022. The entry form will only be available for submission during this period and this period only.

Entrants may be disqualified for not completing the entry form correctly or by submitting more than one entry.

I hope you find the information useful.

DISCLAIMER: This post and content is designed for general information only and is NOT legal advice. This site is not offering any Diversity Visa and is not the official site for DV Lottery program. The information presented in this post should not be construed to be formal legal advice.

If you have any questions about the DV lottery, please contact an immigration professional/officer or a licensed attorney.

In this guide, we will learn why you may be denied diversity visa even after you have been selected from the diversity visa lottery online application.

You can get selected from the diversity visa lottery online application but these mistakes can deny you your diversity visa. In other words, you may have been selected or you will be selected or you may be selected with these mistakes, but you getting the visa is a dream. You will definitely be denied the visa.

What are the reasons for someone who is the winner of the DV lottery to be denied the visa during the visa interview?

You have won the DV lottery, you have processed everything, you have reached the stage to be given what is called the second notification letter (2NL) to go to the visa interview, you have done the medical, everything is okay, you go to the visa interview, then you get denied of the diversity visa. Why will you gets denied?

Reasons Why You May be Denied Diversity Visa Even If You Are Selected

There are so many reasons which make a winner be denied the visa. Below are those mistakes that you can do and you may get selected, but you will not be given a visa:

1. By selecting the wrong country of eligibility

If you lie about your country of eligibility during your application, you may get through the selection process, but you will not be given your visa. You will definitely fail your interview.

Some people makes mistake of putting different country of eligibility. For instance, someone from Uganda who lives in Qatar, he is working in Qatar. By mistake, instead of putting the country of eligibility in Uganda, the country of birth is Uganda.

The question was, which country are you born? Are you born in Uganda? Are you claiming that there is the country of birth? The person who didn’t know, then they put no and put the country where they live as Qatar. The person would be denied visa despite winning the lottery.

Putting a country of eligibility, which is not yours, is automatically denial of the visa despite being the winner of the DV lottery.

2. By selecting the wrong level of education

If you select the wrong level of education, you may get through the selection process, but during the diversity visa processing, you will get denied your visa. Don’t make any mistake when selecting your level of education.

If you have a high school diploma, select the high school degree. If you don’t have select, you don’t have. Don’t lie about your education level, you will definitely get denied your diversity visa.

In the application of the DV lottery, you don’t have correct education required, so you are depending on the work experience. The work experience which is required is two years of qualifying work experience out of five years or in the period of five years.

Qualifying meaning not every work experience will qualify. The work experience must meet the Department of Labor Special Vocational Range (SVP), of six and above. If you have a work experience which is below that range, you will be denied the visa. That is another way people are not meeting that particular requirement.

3. By selecting the wrong marital status

Wrong marital status will deny you the visa even though you get through the selection process.

If you are single, why not select single? Why put married? Because you have a girlfriend, she is not your spouse. You have a boyfriend and he is not your spouse.

If you are single, you select single. If you are legally married, select you are married. If it is a spouse that is a United States citizen or a green card holder, select married to a U.S Citizen or a legal permanent resident. If it is not a spouse from the United States, select not from the United States.

Don’t lie on your spouse, on your marital status. If you are separated and you have the separation documents, select separated. If you don’t have the legal separation document, you have to select married.

If you are divorced with the divorced certificate, then you select divorce. But if you are divorced and you don’t have the legal divorce documents, don’t select divorce, you have to select married.

Don’t lie about your marital status. You may get through selection process, but you will not receive your visa.

Those are instruction number 14 and instruction number 15 of the DV lottery applications.

4. By lying on the number of children that you have

Remember, the children that are legally allowed to be added as your derivatives include your natural children, your stepchildren and your legally adopted children, and not anyone else.

Therefore, indicate the correct number of children that you have and include their details and don’t lie in it. Even if you are single and you have a child, include that child.

When you ask about children, the question is number of children. The children has to be biological or step-children, or legally adopted children who are under the age of 21 and unmarried.

For you, you put a child of your brother who is not your child. Or you put your child, you think that you have adopted a child, but you didn’t do by the legal way just because someone’s relative died and you have been living with that child since maybe the age of one doesn’t make you as a parent. You are just someone helping.

So for that particular case, putting a child who is not your child or lying that you don’t have a child while you have children, will lead you to be denied the visa.

5. Criminal record

That’s why they need a police clearance. Police clearance will be able to determine whether to be denied or not to be denied the visa. Even if it’s not a typical criminal record, in the DV lottery or in any visa you are supposed to fill at the U.S Embassy, you will be required to put the list of all social media you have in the past five years or the phone number you have used in the past five years.

The U.S government will be going to look into your social media. Let’s say by mistake you have been a very big supporter of a terrorist. Obviously, it might bring a problem. You have liked and commented in support of illegal group. They know you are affiliated with or you have bad intention to the U.S government or to the US as a country.

What you comment on social media, what you like on social media might come to bite you in big way in this type of situation.

6. Another thing is a medical

In most cases, they’re not going to check HIV, they’re not going to check hepatitis, they’re not going to look into that. But if you are addicted with a drug to the higher level, you’ll not be given the visa.

If you have a certain type of mental health, mental health is not a problem. But the mental health, which has been proven that it has caused or you have proven like you have done a mass shooting, you have taken a knife going to stab some people, maybe at the school. Those type of behavior will lead to you being denied because they see you are a threat. If you go to America, you might cause a very big problem to life of people in America.

READ: Get Tested And Treated Of These Diseases As Early As Possible Before DV Medical Examination

During the passport requirement, if you lied or you put your wrong passport number was a reason for that. But now there is that big controversy and there’s a lawsuit that the passport is no longer required. People were in the case and the U.S government hasn’t filed the appeal yet, so that will not be a reason for you to be denied the visa.

They’re not going to look about the photo used on that particular case. They are looking now you are the winner. They are looking into those are some of the things which will be able to cause you for you being the winner and be denied the visa.

For that reason, that’s why they are going to select so many people as winners, as a backup because they know the majority of people will not be able to meet those requirements and might not be able to be given the visas.

Those are the mistakes that you may get selected with but you will definitely be denied your diversity visa. Don’t commit these mistakes.

I hope you find the information useful.

DISCLAIMER: This post and content is designed for general information only and is NOT legal advice. This site is not offering any Diversity Visa and is not the official site for DV Lottery program. The information presented in this post should not be construed to be formal legal advice.

This brief guide will give you the answer to the question, which marital status is BEST to use to Apply and Win Green Card (DV) Lottery 2024? Also, DV lottery family application process will be explained too.

This years (2022) DV Lottery Program is called the DV2024 (the year successful applicants may enter the United States) and is scheduled to be closed for applications on November 8, 2022.

Note: Marital status is one of the information you have to declare when doing the DV (Green Card) lottery application.

Marital Status and Children in filling DV-2024 Lottery Application

If you are officially married and with a marriage certificate, the best marital status for you to use is married, and then let both of you apply each one independently and add the other partner as a dependent, it will increase your chances of winning.

If you are customary married and without the legal document marriage certificates, then the best marital status for you to use is single, each one of you should apply as a single person.

If you are not married, then ensure you apply as a single person.

Be truthful in filling information about you, because there is no one marital status that is preferred from the other. They do not prefer married over singles or singles over married.

You just have to indicate the truthful information which you can prove if selected and invited for the interview.

Can husband and wife apply separately for DV lottery?

Yes, if otherwise qualified, a husband and a wife may submit one Green Card (DV) Lottery application each. If you receive a Green Card through the lottery, your spouse and unmarried children under 21 will simultaneously get Green Cards.

Number of children

List the name, date of birth, gender, city/town of birth, and country of birth for all living, unmarried children under 21 years of age, regardless of whether they are living with you or intend to accompany or follow to join you, should you immigrate to the United States. Submit individual photographs of each of your children using the same technical specifications as your own photograph.

Be sure to include:

• all living natural children;
• all living children legally adopted by you; and,
• all living stepchildren who are unmarried and under the age of 21 on the date of your electronic entry, even if you are no longer legally married to the child’s parent, and even if the child does not currently reside with you and/or will not immigrate with you.

Married children and children who are already aged 21 or older when you submit your entry are not eligible for the DV program. However, the Child Status Protection Act protects children from “aging out” in certain circumstances: if you submit your DV entry before your unmarried child turns 21, and the child turns 21 before visa issuance, it is possible that he or she may be treated as though he or she were under 21 for visa processing purposes.

A child who is already a U.S. citizen or LPR when you submit your DV entry will not require or be issued a Diversity Visa; you will not be penalized for either including or omitting such family members from your entry.

Failure to list all children who are eligible or listing someone who is not your child will make you ineligible for a DV, and your spouse and children will also be ineligible as Diversity Visa derivative applicants.

What family members must I include on my DV entry?

If you are married, you must list your spouse and if you have children, you must include all unmarried children under the age of 21. If you are separated, you must still list your spouse. You do not need to list your former spouse if you are legally divorced.

Must I upload a photo for each family member?

Yes, please reference the photo requirements on the DV Lottery Photo Requirements for specific details.

See the Frequently Asked Questions and answers for more information about completing your Electronic Entry for the DV-2024 Program.

DISCLAIMER: This post and content is designed for general information only and is NOT legal advice. This site is not offering any Diversity Visa and is not the official site for DV Lottery program. The information presented in this post should not be construed to be formal legal advice.

If you have any questions about the DV lottery, please contact an immigration professional/officer or a licensed attorney.

DV 2024 Updates: In this guide you will learn the top 15 DV-2024 Lottery frequently asked questions and answers.

TOP 15 DV-2024 Lottery Frequently Asked Questions & Answers

Question 1: What is the DV lottery program?

Answer: The Diversity Visa (DV) lottery program is administered by the United States Department of State. The DV lottery immigration program grants up to 50,000 permanent resident cards annually to individuals worldwide that entered the DV Lottery.

Winners of the DV Lottery immigration program are chosen randomly by a computer drawing conducted, by the United States Department of State.

Question 2: Can I participate in the DV lottery?

Answer: Yes. If you are born in a qualifying country and meet either the education or job training requirement, then you can participate.

Question 3: Can I include my spouse and children?

Answer: Yes, you can include your spouse and any children 20 years or younger on your DV Lottery application. If your application is selected, your spouse and unmarried children 20 years and younger will also receive a permanent resident card.

Question 4: Is there a minimum age to apply?

Answer: No, there is no minimum age to apply.

The requirement of a high school degree or work experience for each principal applicant at the time of application effectively disqualify most people under 18 years old.

Question 5: Five are there requirements for education or work experience?

Answer: Yes, the educational requirement is that you must have at least a high school diploma or it’s equivalent or if you do not meet the educational requirement, then within the past five years you must have had two years of work experience in an occupation that requires at least two years of training or experience.

Question 6: I was born in a country that is not qualified, what can I do?

Answer: People born in countries that are not eligible to participate in this year DV Lottery may claim chargeability to the country where their spouse was born, and you can be charged to the country of birth of either of your parents, and neither parent was a resident of the ineligible country at the time of your birth.

If you were born in AB, a country that is not qualified and your spouse is born in DC, then you can claim DC as your country of birth, and you then qualify to enter the DV Lottery. You also include your spouse on your application.

Question 7: How many DV Lottery applicants will be selected?

Answer: Annually, the United States Department of State select up to 50,000 winners that will be granted a permanent resident card.

Question 8: Can I submit more than one entry?

Answer: No. The law governing the DV Lottery Immigration Program only allows one entry for each person during each DV Lottery year. Individuals that submit more than one entry are disqualified from the DV Lottery.

Question 9: Can I increase my chance of being selected for the DV Lottery?

Answer: No. A computer system will randomly select up to 50,000 winners, giving all applicants an equal chance of being selected. Married couples that have submitted a husband and wife application will double their chances of being selected, as they actually have two valid applications in the DV lottery draw.

Question 10: Can I participate in the DV lottery if I live in the U.S

Answer: Yes. DV lottery applicants that live in the United States or in another country can enter the DV lottery, and you are born in a qualifying country, it does not matter what country you live in today.

Question 11: Can I download and save the E-DV entry form into a word processing program and finish it later? 

Answer: No, you will not be able to save the form into another program for completion and submission later. The E-DV Entry Form is a web-form only. You must fill in the information and submit it while online.

Question 12: Can I save the form online and finish it later? 

Answer: No. The E-DV Entry Form is designed to be completed and submitted at one time. You will have 60 minutes, starting from when you download the form, to complete and submit your entry through the EDV website.

If you exceed the 60-minute limit and have not submitted your complete entry electronically, the system discards any information already entered. The system deletes any partial entries so that they are not accidentally identified as duplicates of a later, complete entry. Read the DV instructions completely before you start to complete the form online so that you know exactly what information you will need.

Question 13: How soon after I submit my entry will I receive the electronic confirmation notice? 

Answer: You should receive the confirmation notice immediately, including a confirmation number that you must record and keep.  However, the unpredictable nature of the Internet can result in delays.  You can hit the “Submit” button as many times as is necessary until a complete application is sent and you receive the confirm

Question 14: I hit the “Submit” button but did not receive a confirmation number.  If I submit another entry, will I be disqualified?

If you did not receive a confirmation number, your entry was not recorded. You must submit another entry.  It will not be counted as a duplicate.  Once you receive a confirmation number, do not resubmit your information.

Question 15: May my spouse and I each submit a separate entry?

Yes, each spouse may each submit one entry if each meets the eligibility requirements. If either spouse is selected, the other is entitled to apply as a derivative dependent.

So there’s top 15 DV-2024 Lottery Frequently Asked Questions & Answers.

DISCLAIMER: This post and content is designed for general information only and is NOT legal advice. This site is not offering any Diversity Visa and is not the official site for DV Lottery program. The information presented in this post should not be construed to be formal legal advice.

If you have any questions about the DV lottery, please contact an immigration professional/officer or a licensed attorney.

In this guide, you will learn those Documents which are required if you are the winner of the DV lottery application.

When you go to the visa interview, you need to have the following documents so that you can have a way of getting the visa to go to the United States of America.

Documents Required After Winning DV Lottery

The following is the list of those documents which you need to have:

(i) Your birthday certificate.

READ ALSO: DV Birth Certificate and Alternatives | Birth Certificate Is Important In Green Card Lottery

(ii) You need to have the passport and remember the names of the birth certificate must be matching the names of your passport.

(iii) You need to have your education documentation (Primary, High School, Bachelor, Masters), wherever you have, you need to have the certificates to prove your level of educational.

(iv) If you don’t have high school education, you need to have the documentation to prove that you have work experience. For example, contract, job description, letter from your manager or the CEO, the owner of the organization, all those things you need to have so that they can prove that you are working somewhere.

The work you put there must have full information and even the phone number if they want to call, just to follow up.

(v) If you are married, you need to have the marriage certificate, but if you are widowed, you could have the death certificate.

(vi) If you are just divorced, just go with your divorce document just in case.

(vii) If you have been to prison, you need to have the court and the prison documentation and obviously you need to have the police clearance form.

(viii) If you have been in the military activity, you have served in the country as a soldier in your country, you will need to have a military record. The reason being in some of the crimes you might commit will not be brought to the normal civilian court, they must be in court marshall in the military.

Having the military record will also help them to get some of the criminal background and conduct while you are in the military.

READ ALSO: Original And Notarized Documents For DV Lottery Interview

As long as you show those documentation, you are there. So those are some of the documents which you need to have on the day of the interview.

The same documentation will be applicable if you are married and if you have children. Though, if your child is under the age of 16, will not be required to have those ones.

Note: You need to go with the original documentation. If there is any document which is not in English, it must be translated.

READ THIS: DV Documents, Translations and Submission Before DV Lottery Interview Date

In addition, if in any case there are names which are not matching, maybe school certificate, visas, the birth certificate or passport, or if you are married and you have changed the name officially to your spouse name, have the documentation to prove those kind of things.

You’ll be making your case so much easier, the interview will be less than five minutes and you’ll be able to be given the visa and you’ll be able to be welcomed to the United States of America.

DISCLAIMER: This post and content is designed for general information only and is NOT legal advice. This site is not offering any Diversity Visa and is not the official site for DV Lottery program. The information presented in this post should not be construed to be formal legal advice.

DV case numbers comes about during the selection process. When you apply for electronic diversity visa lottery program and successfully complete the application process, you will receive the confirmation number. You will use the confirmation number to check the results (i.e the status of your entry through DV website).

When you check the results and you find out that you are among the winners of the DV lottery, one of the most important numbers that will be given to you is called the Case Number.

The case number starts with the fiscal year, the geographical location or origin, and then other number. For instance, let say you applied for 2023 Diversity Visa Lottery program and when you check the status of your entry through DV website.

Your case number will be like this, 2023AF00007506, where 2024 is the fiscal visa year; AF is abbreviation for the region where you are from e.g Africa region; then the ‘intervening’ zeros; and 7506 is the selectee’s actual case number.

The number will be able to be used to determine when you are going to process the visa or to be called for the interview.

Importance of Case Number in DV Lottery

The importance of the case number is as follows:

The case number determines when you will be able to go for the interview. Remember, the interview for the diversity visa lottery winners are going to be scheduled based on the numbers and those numbers are also going to be displayed in what is called the visa bulletin.

Once your case number is current in the Visa Bulletin, you can check your status via DV lottery official webpage.

In each middle of the month they give the visa bulletin, where they post the visa cutoff number to be process.

Those cut off number is the case number which will be there. For example, they may say that the case number 1000 to 2000, your interview is in October, and if it is that way, you know your own interview date or period.

The case number is going to determine when you are likely to be able to contact with the interview.

After knowing that, the case number will be using along with the confirmation number to fill the visa form the DS-260.

You will need to enter your DV case number into the online DS-260 form to access and update the information about yourself and your family that you included in your DV entry.

So your case number determines how and when you will be able to go for the interview and be able to process for the visa to come to the United States of America.

How do I get my DV confirmation number?

READ: What to do with Confirmation Number

DISCLAIMER: This post and content is designed for general information only and is NOT legal advice. This site is not offering any Diversity Visa and is not the official site for DV Lottery program.

The information presented in this post should not be construed to be formal legal advice. If you have any questions about the DV lottery, please contact an immigration professional/officer or a licensed attorney.

The 2024 Electronic Diversity Visa Lottery Program application is now open for eligible applicants. It will interest you to know that the United State Department Web site for the 2024 Diversity Visa Program (DV-2024) is now accepting online registrations for the Fiscal Year (FY) 2024 Diversity Visa (DV) lottery (started October 5, 2022 at noon EDT).

The State Department chooses lottery winners by random computer selection. Results will be published starting May 6, 2023 through September 30, 2024, on the official DV lottery entry status website.

Foreign nationals can learn whether they were selected only by visiting the official DV website and entering their confirmation number. The State Department does not notify entrants by letter, e-mail, fax or telephone. The official website is the only legitimate source of lottery results.

2024 Electronic Diversity Visa Program Application

Things that will be covered in this guide

• DV-2024 Lottery opening date
• DV-2024 Lottery eligible countries list
• Two requirements that must be met before you can enter the DV-2024 Lottery
• Passport Not Required for DV-2024
• DV-2024 Lottery Photo Requirements
• Diversity visa lottery selection process | How do they select the winners?
• Documents Required After Winning DV (Green Card) Lottery

DV Lottery 2024 opening date

The entry submission period for DV-2024 is from 12:00PM EDT (GMT -4) on October 5, 2022 to 12:00PM EST (GMT -5) on November 8, 2022. The entry form will only be available for submission during this period and this period only. Entries will NOT be accepted through the U.S. Postal Service.

Make sure you read the DV-2024 Entry Instructions carefully. Entrants may be disqualified for not completing the entry form correctly or by submitting more than one entry. Read more about the instructions.

Entrants must submit an online form and a digital photo through the official DV lottery website.

DV Lottery 2024 eligible countries list

Individuals from countries with high rates of U.S. immigration are not eligible to register.

This year, those born in the following countries are ineligible: Bangladesh, Brazil, Canada, China (including Hong Kong SAR), Colombia, Dominican Republic, El Salvador, Haiti, India, Jamaica, Mexico, Nigeria, Pakistan, Philippines, South Korea, United Kingdom (except Northern Ireland) and its dependent territories, and Vietnam.

Individuals born in Macau SAR and Taiwan can participate.

Those who cannot register because their country of birth is excluded may be able to qualify through a spouse who was born in an eligible country or, in certain circumstances, through a parent’s country of birth.

Find out if your country is eligible for DV 2024 HERE

DV Lottery 2024 requirements

There are two requirements that must be met before you can enter the DV2024 Lottery:

• Requirement 1: Natives of countries with historically low rates of immigration to the United States may be eligible to enter.

If you are not a native of a country with historically low rates of immigration to the United States, there are two other ways you might be able to qualify.

(i) Is your spouse a native of a country with historically low rates of immigration to the United States? If yes, you can claim your spouse’s country of birth – provided that you and your spouse are named on the selected entry, are found eligible and issued diversity visas, and enter the United States at the same time.

(ii) Are you a native of a country that does not have historically low rates of immigration to the United States, but in which neither of your parents was born or legally resident at the time of your birth? If yes, you may claim the country of birth of one of your parents if it is a country whose natives are eligible for the DV-2024 program.

• Requirement 2: Each DV applicant must meet the education/work experience requirement of the DV program by having either:

(i) at least a high school education or its equivalent, defined as successful completion of a 12-year course of formal elementary and secondary education;

OR

(ii) two years of work experience within the past five years in an occupation that requires at least two years of training or experience to perform. The Department of State will use the U.S. Department of Labor’s O*Net Online database to determine qualifying work experience.

Note: You should not submit an entry to the DV program unless you meet both of these requirements.

Passport Not Required for DV-2024

The requirement to have a valid passport for the DV Lottery will not apply for participation of 2024 Diversity Visa (DV) lottery program. You don’t need a passport or passport number to apply for this years DV Lottery.

Find out more about passport not needed for DV-2024 lottery HERE

If you don’t have a passport, don’t worry, you’re still good to go, you can enter your application, no need for passport this year. Everybody has a chance to apply for DV Lottery 2024.

DV-2024 Lottery Photo Requirements

Photo is very important because the photo requirements is based on the passport photo of the United States of America. It’s based on the visa photo requirement of the United States of America and not requirements in your country.

DV 2024 lottery applicants must upload a recent photo of themselves and all co-applicants. You must upload an electronic file containing your digital photograph after you register for the DV 2024 lottery.

If you are entering the Diversity Visa (DV) Program online application, you must upload your digital image as part of your entry. Your digital image must be:

• In JPEG (.jpg) file format
• Equal to or less than 240 kB (kilobytes) in file size
• In a square aspect ratio (height must equal width)
• 600×600 pixels in dimension

In addition to the digital image requirements, if you want to scan an existing photo, your existing photo must be:

• 2 x 2 inches (51 x 51 mm)
• Scanned at a resolution of 300 pixels per inch (12 pixels per millimeter)

Before beginning the entry process, verify that your picture and pictures for any dependents fully comply with DV entry photo requirements included in the DV-2024 instructions. Your case will be disqualified if you submit a non-compliant photo.

READ: DV 2024 Lottery Photo Requirements | DV Lottery Photo Checker

Entrants must submit an online form and a digital photo through the official DV lottery website. For examples of acceptable photos, read this instruction.

DISCLAIMER: This post and content is designed for general information only and is NOT legal advice. This site is not offering any Diversity Visa and is not the official site for DV Lottery program. The information presented in this post should not be construed to be formal legal advice.

If you have any questions about the DV lottery, please contact an immigration professional/officer or a licensed attorney.

The DV Lottery 2024 Opens October 5 to November 8, 2022. The list below shows the countries and areas whose natives are eligible for DV-2024 program, grouped by geographic region. Find out if your country is eligible for DV 2024.

Dependent areas overseas are included within the region of the governing country.  USCIS identified the countries whose natives are not eligible for the DV-2024 program according to the formula in Section 203(c) of the INA.

The countries whose natives are not eligible for the DV program (because they are the principal source countries of Family-Sponsored and Employment-Based immigration or “high-admission” countries) are noted after the respective regional lists.

List of Countries Eligible for DV-2024 Lottery Program

• AFRICA

Algeria

Angola

Benin

Botswana

Burkina Faso

Burundi

Cameroon

Cape Verde

Central African Republic

Chad

Comoros

Democratic Republic of the Congo

Cote D’Ivoire (Ivory Coast)

Djibouti

Egypt*

Equatorial Guinea

Eritrea

Eswatini

Ethiopia

Gabon

The Gambia

Ghana

Guinea

Guinea-Bissau

Kenya

Lesotho

Liberia

Libya

Madagascar

Malawi

Mali

Mauritania

Mauritius

Morocco

Mozambique

Namibia

Niger

Rwanda

Sao Tome and Principe

Senegal

Seychelles

Sierra Leone

Somalia

South Africa

South Sudan

Sudan

Tanzania

Togo

Tunisia

Uganda

Zambia

Zimbabwe

In Africa, natives of Nigeria are not eligible for this year’s Diversity Visa program.

• ASIA

Afghanistan

Bahrain

Bhutan

Brunei

Burma

Cambodia

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

Timor-Leste

United Arab Emirates

Yemen

*Persons born in the areas administered prior to June 1967 by Israel, Jordan, Syria, and Egypt are chargeable, respectively, to Israel, Jordan, Syria, and Egypt.  Persons born in the Gaza Strip are chargeable to Egypt; persons born in the West Bank are chargeable to Jordan; persons born in the Golan Heights are chargeable to Syria.

** Macau S.A.R. (Europe region, chargeable to Portugal) and Taiwan (Asia region) do qualify and are listed.

For the purposes of the diversity program only, persons born in Macau S.A.R. derive eligibility from Portugal.

***Persons born in the Habomai Islands, Shikotan, Kunashiri, and Etorofu are chargeable to Japan.  Persons born in Southern Sakhalin are chargeable to Russia.

Natives of the following Asia Region countries are not eligible for this year’s Diversity Visa program:

Bangladesh, China (including Hong Kong), India, Pakistan, South Korea, Philippines, and Vietnam.

• 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

Kosovo

Kyrgyzstan

Latvia

Liechtenstein

Lithuania

Luxembourg

Macau Special Administrative Region**

North Macedonia

Malta

Moldova

Monaco

Montenegro

Netherlands (including components and dependent areas overseas)

Northern Ireland***

Norway (including components and dependent areas overseas)

Poland

Portugal (including components and dependent areas overseas)

Romania

Russia****

San Marino

Serbia

Slovakia

Slovenia

Spain

Sweden

Switzerland

Tajikistan

Turkey

Turkmenistan

Ukraine

Uzbekistan

Vatican City

** Macau S.A.R. does qualify and is listed above and for the purposes of the diversity program only; persons born in Macau S.A.R. derive eligibility from Portugal.

***For purposes of the diversity program only, Northern Ireland is treated separately.  Northern Ireland does qualify and is listed among the qualifying areas.

**** Persons born in the Habomai Islands, Shikotan, Kunashiri, and Etorofu are chargeable to Japan.

Persons born in Southern Sakhalin are chargeable to Russia.

Natives of the following European countries are not eligible for this year’s DV program:  Great Britain (United Kingdom).  Great Britain (United Kingdom) includes the following dependent areas:  Anguilla, Bermuda, British Virgin Islands, British Indian Ocean Territory, Cayman Islands, Falkland Islands, Gibraltar, Montserrat, Pitcairn, South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands, St. Helena, and Turks and Caicos Islands.

• NORTH AMERICA  

The Bahamas

In North America, natives of Canada and Mexico are not eligible for this year’s DV program.

• OCEANIA  

Australia (including components and dependent areas overseas)

Fiji

Kiribati

Marshall Islands

The Federated States of Micronesia

Nauru

New Zealand (including components and dependent areas overseas)

Palau

Papua New Guinea

Samoa

Solomon Islands

Tonga

Tuvalu

Vanuatu

• SOUTH AMERICA, CENTRAL AMERICA, AND THE CARIBBEAN

Antigua and Barbuda

Argentina

Barbados

Belize

Bolivia

Chile

Costa Rica

Cuba

Dominica

Ecuador

Grenada

Guatemala

Guyana

Nicaragua

Panama

Paraguay

Peru

Saint Kitts and Nevis

Saint Lucia

Saint Vincent and the Grenadines

Suriname

Trinidad and Tobago

Uruguay

Countries in this region whose natives are not eligible for this year’s DV program:

Brazil, Colombia, Dominican Republic, El Salvador, Haiti, Honduras, Jamaica, Mexico, and Venezuela.

Other Requirements to Apply and Win DV Lottery

• DV-2024 Lottery eligible countries list
• Two requirements that must be met before you can enter the DV-2024 Lottery
• Passport Not Required for DV-2024
• DV-2024 Lottery Photo Requirements
• Diversity visa lottery selection process | How do they select the winners?
• Documents Required After Winning DV (Green Card) Lottery

Source: Travel.State

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