Green Card Lottery (DV-2009) - Eligible Countries

Click on your region below to see if your country qualifies this year for the Green Card Lottery:

• South America, Central America, North America and the Caribbean
• Europe
• Oceania
• Africa
• Asia
• Countries that do NOT qualify for DV-2009

Apply for the official Green Card Program (DV-2009)

South America, Central America, North America and 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 THE BAHAMAS TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO URUGUAY VENEZUELA

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Europe

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 ROMANIA SAN MARINO SLOVAKIA SLOVENIA SPAIN SWEDEN SWITZERLAND TAJIKISTAN TURKEY TURKMENISTAN UKRAINE UZBEKISTAN VATICAN CITY YUGOSLAVIA, FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF

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Oceania

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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Africa

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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Asia

AFGHANISTAN BAHRAIN BANGLADESH 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

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The following countries do NOT qualify for the DV-2009 Green Card Lottery:
CANADA
COLOMBIA
DOMINICAN REPUBLIC
EL SALVADOR
HAITI
JAMAICA
MEXICO
GREAT BRITAIN (UK)*
CHINA - [mainland-born ]**
INDIA
PAKISTAN
SOUTH KOREA
PHILIPPINES
POLAND
VIETNAM
RUSSIA***

* 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 listed below in the Países Calificativoslist.
*** While Russia is not eligible, countries from the former Soviet Union (USSR) ARE ELIGIBLE.

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