Green Card Lottery - Apply for USA Green card

The list of qualifying countries for Green Card Lottery DV-2012 remained unchanged from the previous year.

A new list of qualifying countries for the next Green Card Lottery DV-2013 will be posted here approximately at September 1, 2011 - immediately after that information for the new DV lottery is released by the US Government.

GREEN CARD LOTTERY QUALIFYING COUNTRIES LISTED BY REGION:

AFRICA

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-2012 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-2012 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-2012 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-2012 diversity program: BRAZIL, COLOMBIA, DOMINICAN REPUBLIC, ECUADOR, EL SALVADOR, GUATEMALA, HAITI, JAMAICA, PERU.)