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

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.  Dependentareas overseas are included within the region of the governing country.  USCIS 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 
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 

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 
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.