The lists
below show the countries whose natives are eligible for DV-2009 within each
geographic region for this diversity program. The countries whose natives
are not eligible for the DV-2009 program were identified by the U.S.
Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) according to the formula in
Section 203(c) of the Immigration and Nationality Act. Dependent areas
overseas are included within the region of the governing country. The
countries whose natives are NOT eligible for this diversity 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.
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Algeria |
Libya |
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Angola |
Madagascar |
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Benin |
Malawi |
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Botswana |
Mali |
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Burkina Faso |
Mauritania |
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Burundi |
Mauritius |
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Cameroon |
Morocco |
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Cape Verde |
Mozambique |
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Central African Republic |
Namibia |
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Chad |
Niger |
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Comoros |
Nigeria |
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Congo |
Rwanda |
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Congo, Democratic Republic of the |
Sao Tome and Principe |
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Cote D'Ivoire (Ivory Coast) |
Senegal |
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Djibouti |
Seychelles |
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Egypt |
Sierra Leone |
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Equatorial Guinea |
Somalia |
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Eritrea |
South Africa |
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Ethiopia |
Sudan |
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Gabon |
Swaziland |
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Gambia, The |
Tanzania |
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Ghana |
Togo |
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Guinea |
Tunisia |
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Guinea-Bissau |
Uganda |
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Kenya |
Zambia |
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Lesotho |
Zimbabwe |
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Liberia |
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Afghanistan
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Lebanon |
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Bahrain |
Malaysia |
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Bangladesh
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Maldives |
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Bhutan |
Mongolia |
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Brunei |
Nepal |
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Burma |
North Korea
|
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Cambodia |
Oman |
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East Timor
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Qatar |
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Hong Kong Special
Administrative Region |
Saudi Arabia
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Indonesia |
Singapore |
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Iran |
Sri Lanka |
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Iraq |
Syria |
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Israel |
Taiwan |
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Japan |
Thailand |
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Jordan |
United Arab Emirates
|
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Kuwait |
Yemen |
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Laos |
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Albania |
Lithuania |
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Andorra |
Luxembourg
|
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Armenia |
Macau Special Administrative
Region |
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Austria |
Macedonia, the Former
Yugoslav Republic |
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Azerbaijan
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Malta |
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Belarus |
Moldova |
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Belgium |
Monaco |
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Bosnia and Herzegovina
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Montenegro |
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Bulgaria |
Netherlands (including
components and dependent areas overseas)
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Croatia |
Northern Ireland
|
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Cyprus |
Norway |
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Czech Republic |
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Denmark (including components
and dependent areas overseas) |
Portugal (including
components and dependent areas overseas)
|
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Estonia |
Romania |
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Finland |
San Marino
|
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France (including components
and dependent areas overseas) |
Serbia |
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Georgia |
Slovakia |
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Germany |
Slovenia |
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Greece |
Spain |
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Hungary |
Sweden |
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Iceland |
Switzerland
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Ireland |
Tajikistan
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Italy |
Turkey |
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Kazakhstan
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Turkmenistan
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Kyrgyzstan
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Ukraine |
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Latvia
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Uzbekistan
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Liechtenstein
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Vatican City
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Australia (including
components and dependent areas overseas)
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Palau |
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Fiji |
Papua New Guinea
|
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Kiribati |
Solomon Islands
|
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Marshall Islands
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Tonga |
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Micronesia, Federated States
of |
Tuvalu |
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Nauru |
Vanuatu |
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New Zealand (including
components and dependent areas overseas)
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Samoa |
|
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SOUTH AMERICA, CENTRAL AMERICA, AND THE CARIBBEAN |
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Antigua and Barbuda
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Guyana |
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Argentina |
Honduras |
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Barbados |
Nicaragua |
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Belize |
Panama |
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Bolivia |
Paraguay |
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Chile |
Saint Kitts and Nevis
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Costa Rica
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Saint Lucia
|
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Cuba |
Saint Vincent and the
Grenadines |
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Dominica |
Suriname |
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Grenada |
Trinidad and Tobago
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Guatemala |
Uruguay |
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Venezuela |
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List
of Countries whose natives do not qualify for DV2009
For DV-2009,
natives of the following countries1
are not eligible to apply
because they sent a total of more than 50,000 immigrants to the U.S. over
the period of the previous five years:
BRAZIL,
CANADA, CHINA (mainland-born), COLOMBIA, DOMINICAN REPUBLIC, ECUADOR, EL
SALVADOR, GUATEMALA, HAITI, INDIA, JAMAICA, MEXICO, PAKISTAN, PHILIPPINES,
PERU, POLAND, RUSSIA, SOUTH KOREA, UNITED KINGDOM (except Northern Ireland)
and its dependent territories, and VIETNAM.
Persons
born in Hong Kong SAR, Macau SAR and Taiwan are eligible.
