US DV Lottery 2026 Eligible Countries List for 2024

If you’re interested in applying for the U.S. Diversity Visa (DV) Lottery in 2026, knowing if your country is eligible is important. Each year, the U.S. Department of State releases a list of countries eligible to apply based on recent immigration trends.

An electronic Diversity Visa is held annually, allowing immigrants to move to the United States of America. However, this opportunity is not for everyone, as the US wants to diversify the people in their country. So, they will select countries with the least number of people.

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Diversity Visa Lottery 2026 eligible countries list for 2024

Your country must be eligible if you wish to enter America’s EDV Lottery Program 2026.

Check the updated list for DV 2026 to see if your country qualifies. The countries below are divided into their respective regions.

EDV Lottery eligible countries: Africa Region

The list of 52 African countries that can apply for DV are:

1. Algeria 
2. Angola 
3. Benin
4. Botswana
5. Burkina Faso
6. Burundi
7. Cameroon
8. Cabo Verde
9. The Central African Republic
10. Chad
11. Comoros
12. The Democratic Republic of the Congo
13. Cote D’Ivoire (Ivory Coast) 
14. Djibouti
15. Egypt
16. Equatorial Guinea
17. Eritrea
18. Eswatini
19. Ethiopia
20. Gabon
21. The Gambia
22. Ghana
23. Guinea
24. Guinea-Bissau
25. Kenya
26. Lesotho
27. Liberia
28. Libya
29. Madagascar
30. Malawi
31. Mali
32. Mauritania
33. Mauritius
34. Morocco
35. Mozambique
36. Namibia
37. Niger
38. Rwanda
39. Sao Tome and Principe
40. Senegal
41. Seychelles
42. Sierra Leone
43. Somalia
44. South Africa
45. South Sudan
46. Sudan
47. Tanzania
48. Togo
49. Tunisia
50. Uganda
51. Zambia
52. Zimbabwe

Diversity Visa Lottery eligible countries: Asia Region

Below is the list of 32 Asian nation who can apply for the EDV lottery.

1. Afghanistan 
2. Bahrain 
3. Bhutan 
4. Brunei
5. Burma 
6. Cambodia 
7. Indonesia 
8. Iran
9. Iraq
10. Israel
11. Japan
12. Jordan
13. Kuwait
14. Laos
15. Lebanon
16. Malaysia
17. Maldives
18. Mongolia
19. Nepal
20. North Korea
21. Oman
22. Qatar
23. Saudi Arabia
24. Singapore
25. Sri Lanka
26. Syria
27. Taiwan
28. Thailand
29. Timor-Leste
30. United Arab Emirates
31. Yemen

Green Card eligible countries: European Region

1. Albania
2. Andorra
3. Armenia
4. Austria
5. Azerbaijan
6. Belarus
7. Belgium
8. Bosnia and Herzegovina 
9. Bulgaria
10. Croatia
11. Cyprus
12. Czech Republic
13. Denmark (including components and dependent areas overseas) 
14. Estonia
15. Finland
16. France (including components and dependent areas overseas)
17. Georgia
18. Germany
19. Greece
20. Hungary
21. Iceland
22. Ireland
23. Italy
24. Kazakhstan
25. Kosovo
26. Kyrgyzstan
27. Latvia
28. Liechtenstein
29. Lithuania
30. Luxembourg
31. Macau Special Administrative Region 
32. North Macedonia
33. Malta
34. Moldova
35. Monaco
36. Montenegro
37. Netherlands (including components and dependent areas overseas) 
38. Northern Ireland
39. Norway (including components and dependent areas overseas)
40. Poland
41. Portugal (including components and dependent areas overseas) 
42. Romania
43. Russia
44. San Marino 
45. Serbia 
46. Slovakia 
47. Slovenia 
48. Spain 
49. Sweden 
50. Switzerland 
51. Tajikistan 
52. Turkey 
53. Turkmenistan 
54. Ukraine
55. Uzbekistan 
56. Vatican City

 US DV Lottery eligible countries: Oceania Region

1. Australia (including components and dependent areas overseas)
2. Fiji
3. Kiribati
4. Marshall Islands
5. Federated States of Micronesia
6. Nauru
7. New Zealand (including components and dependent areas overseas)
8. Palau
9. Papua New Guinea
10. Samoa
11. Solomon Islands
12. Tonga
13. Tuvalu
14. Vanuatu

DV Lottery eligible countries: South America, Central America, And The Caribbean

1. Antigua and Barbuda Argentina
2. Barbados
3. Belize
4. Bolivia 
5. Chile 
6. Costa 
7. Rica 
8. Cuba 
9. Dominica 
10. Ecuador 
11. Grenada 
12. Guatemala 
13. Guyana 
14. Nicaragua 
15. Panama 
16. Paraguay 
17. Peru
18. Saint Kitts and Nevis
19. Saint Lucia
20. Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 
21. Suriname
22. Trinidad and Tobago
23. Uruguay

DV Lottery eligible country: North America Region

• The Bahamas

Countries not eligible to apply for the DV Lottery 2026 Program in 2024

The official list of eligible countries has yet to be released. Natives of the following Asia Regions could not qualify for this year’s Diversity Visa program:

1. Bangladesh
2. Brazil
3. Canada
4. The People’s Republic of China (including mainland and Hong Kong born)
5. Colombia
6. Cuba
7. Dominican Republic
8. El Salvador
9. Haiti
10. Honduras
11. India
12. Jamaica
13. Mexico
14. Nigeria
15. Pakistan
16. Philippines
17. Republic of Korea (South Korea)
18. Venezuela
19. Vietnam

Apart from these 19 countries, every native from any country worldwide is allowed to be part of the DV Lottery.

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