DV-2013 - Eligible Countries
Diversity Visa 2013, also known as DV-2013 is the official name for the upcoming green card lottery which will be drawn during March/April of 2012.
The final date for submitting your green card application for DV-2013 is the end of October 2011.
After that date, the USCIS office commences the processing of the applications that were submitted, and eliminates any double entries,
or applications that do not meet the legal requirements for entry, or have been submitted incorrectly.
The successfuly applicants of DV-2013 will be notified of winning the green card submission around July 2012,
following which they will be invited for an interview at the nearest US embassy to their residence.
Click on your region below to see if your country qualifies for the DV-2013 Green Card Lottery:
- South America, Central America, North America and the Caribbean
- Europe
- Oceania
- Africa
- Asia
- Countries that do NOT qualify for DV-2013
South America, Central America, North America and the Caribbean
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ANTIGUA AND BARBUDA ARGENTINA BARBADOS BELIZE BOLIVIA CHILE COSTA RICA CUBA DOMINICA GRENADA GUYANA |
HONDURAS NICARAGUA PANAMA PARAGUAY SAINT KITTS AND NEVIS SAINT LUCIA SAINT VINCENT AND THE GRENADINES SURINAME THE BAHAMAS TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO URUGUAY VENEZUELA |
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ALBANIA ANDORRA ARMENIA AUSTRIA AZERBAIJAN BELARUS BELGIUM BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA BULGARIA CROATIA CYPRUS CZECH REPUBLIC DENMARK ESTONIA FINLAND FRANCE 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 PORTUGAL POLAND ROMANIA RUSSIA SAN MARINO SLOVAKIA SLOVENIA SPAIN SWEDEN SWITZERLAND TAJIKISTAN TURKEY TURKMENISTAN UKRAINE UZBEKISTAN VATICAN CITY YUGOSLAVIA, FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF |
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AUSTRALIA FIJI KIRIBATI MARSHALL ISLANDS MICRONESIA, FEDERATED STATES OF NAURU NEW ZEALAND PALAU PAPUA NEW GUINEA SOLOMON ISLANDS TONGA TUVALU VANUATU SAMOA |
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ALGERIA ANGOLA BENIN BOTSWANA BURKINA FASO BURUNDI CAMEROON CAPE VERDE CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC CHAD COMOROS CONGO CONGO, DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF THE DJIBOUTI EGYPT EQUATORIAL GUINEA ERITREA ETHIOPIA GABON GAMBIA, THE GHANA GUINEA GUINEA-BISSAU IVORY COAST 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 |
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AFGHANISTAN BAHRAIN BHUTAN BRUNEI BURMA CAMBODIA HONG KONG SPECIAL ADMINISTRATIVE REGION INDONESIA IRAN IRAQ ISRAEL JAPAN JORDAN KUWAIT LAOS |
LEBANON MACAU SPECIAL ADMINISTRATIVE REGION MALAYSIA MALDIVES MONGOLIA NEPAL NORTH KOREA OMAN QATAR SAUDI ARABIA SINGAPORE SRI LANKA SYRIA TAIWAN THAILAND UNITED ARAB EMIRATES YEMEN |
The following countries do NOT qualify for the DV-2013 Green Card Lottery:
BANGLADESH,
BRAZIL
CANADA
CHINA - [mainland-born ]**
COLOMBIA
DOMINICAN REPUBLIC
ECUADOR
EL SALVADOR
GUATEMALA
HAITI
INDIA
JAMAICA
MEXICO
PAKISATAN
PERU
PHILIPPINES
SOUTH KOREA
GREAT BRITAIN / UNITED KINGDOM (UK) (EXCEPT NORTHERN IRELAND)*
VIETNAM
* UK includes the following dependent areas: ANGUILLA, BERMUDA, BRITISH VIRGIN ISLANDS, CAYMAN ISLANDS, FALKLAND ISLANDS, GIBRALTAR, MONTSERRAT, PITCAIRN, ST. HELENA, TURKS AND CAICOS ISLANDS. Note that for purposes of the diversity program only, Northern Ireland is treated separately and does qualify; Northern Ireland does qualify and is listed among the qualifying areas.)
** The HONG KONG S.A.R., MACAU S.A.R. and TAIWAN do qualify and are eligible.
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