The electronic Diversity Visa Program restricts certain countries every year from applying for DV 2024 and here is the eligible countries list.
An electronic Diversity Visa is held annually and allows 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.
Check if you can Apply for EDV Lottery 2025 from Nepal, your home country, before applying.
Countries Excluded from the DV 2025 Program in 2023
The official list of the eligible countries is yet to be released. Natives of the following Asia Regions could not qualify for this year’s Diversity Visa program:
- Bangladesh
- Brazil
- Canada
- China
- Colombia
- Dominican Republic
- El Salvador
- Haiti
- Honduras
- India
- Jamaica
- Mexico
- Nigeria
- Pakistan
- Peru
- Philippines
- South Korea
- United Kingdom (except Northern Ireland)
- Vietnam
Apart from these 19 countries, every native from any country worldwide is allowed to be part of the DV Lottery.
You can also check the complete list of countries from worldwide below to see if your country is eligible or not.
Diversity Visa Lottery 2025 eligible countries list
One of the DV lottery 2024 requirements is the eligibility of the country. Only a handful of nations are not eligible for the EDV Program.
The countries below are divided into their respective regions.
The EDV Results are published in May of every year.
DV Lottery eligible countries: Africa Region
- Algeria
- Angola
- Benin
- Botswana
- Burkina Faso
- Burundi
- Cameroon
- Cabo Verde
- The Central African Republic
- Chad
- Comoros
- The Democratic Republic of the Congo
- Cote D’Ivoire (Ivory Coast)
- Djibouti
- Egypt
- Equatorial Guinea
- Eritrea
- Eswatini
- Ethiopia
- Gabon
- The Gambia
- 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
DV Lottery eligible countries: Asia Region
- 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
DV Lottery eligible countries: European Region
- 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
DV Lottery eligible country: North America Region
- The Bahamas
DV Lottery eligible countries: Oceania Region
- Australia (including components and dependent areas overseas)
- Fiji
- Kiribati
- Marshall Islands
- Federated States of Micronesia
- Nauru
- New Zealand (including components and dependent areas overseas)
- Palau
- Papua New Guinea
- Samoa
- Solomon Islands
- Tonga
- Tuvalu
- Vanuatu
DV Lottery eligible countries: 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
Visit the Diversity Visa Instruction page for more information.