PROXIMAS APLICACIONES OCTUBRE diversity visa lottery

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

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.  DHS identified the countries whose natives are not eligible for the DV-2025 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. 

AFRICA

Algeria

Angola

Benin

Botswana

Burkina Faso

Burundi

Cameroon

Cabo Verde

Central African Republic

Chad 

Comoros 

Congo 

Congo, Democratic Republic of the 

Cote D’Ivoire (Ivory Coast) 

Djibouti 

Egypt* 

Equatorial Guinea 

Eritrea 

Eswatini

Ethiopia 

Gabon 

Gambia, The 

Ghana 

Guinea 

Guinea-Bissau 

Kenya 

Lesotho 

Liberia 

Libya 

Madagascar 

Malawi 

Mali 

Mauritania 

Mauritius 

Morocco

Mozambique

Namibia

Niger

RwandaSao 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

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  

Bahamas, The 

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 

Micronesia, Federated States of 

Nauru 

New Zealand (including components and  

dependent areas overseas) 

Palau 

Papua New Guinea 

Samoa

Solomon Islands

Tonga

TuvaluVanuatu

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.