2008 Diversity Visa Lottery Program (DV-2008)
For DV-2008, natives of the following countries 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, EL SALVADOR, 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.
Entries for the DV 2008 program must be submitted electronically between Wednesday, October 4, 2006 and Sunday, December 3, 2006. Applicants may access the electronic application form at www.dvlottery.state.gov only during this registration period. Applicants are encouraged not to wait until the last week of the registration period in order to apply as the very high request rate may lead to delays. No entry will be accepted after noon, Eastern Standard Time on December 3, 2006. There is no fee for submitting an electronic entry.
The winners will be randomly selected by a computer, from all qualified entries. Random selection does not guarantee an applicant will receive a visa. Applicants must still meet all the requirements for participation in the program. The selected applicants will be announced by mail between May and July 2007 and will receive further instructions. The applicants that have not been selected WILL NOT RECEIVE any notification.
Should you receive an e-mail announcing you have been selected, please note that the message is not legitimate.
Please be aware that the DV winners are notified BY MAIL (at the address they provided on the electronic registration form). The notification is NEVER made by e-mail.
THE ENTRY
There is only one way to enter the DV-2008 lottery. You must submit an Electronic Diversity Visa Entry Form (E-DV Entry Form), which is accessible only at www.dvlottery.state.gov. Failure to complete the form in its entirety will disqualify the entry.LIST OF COUNTRIES BY REGION WHOSE NATIVES ARE ELIGIBLE FOR DV-2008
The lists below show the countries whose natives are eligible for DV-2008 within each geographic region for this diversity program. The determination of countries within each region is based on information provided by the Geographer of the Department of State. The countries whose natives are not eligible for the DV-2008 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.
AFRICA
| Algeria | Angola |
| Benin | Botswana |
| Burkina Faso | Burundi |
| Cameroon | Cape Verde |
| Central African Republic | Chad |
| Comoros | Congo |
| Congo, Democratic Republic of the | Cote D’Ivoire (Ivory Coast) |
| Djibouti | Egypt |
| Equatorial Guinea | Eritrea |
| Ethiopia | Gabon |
| Gambia, The | Ghana |
| Guinea | Guinea-Bissau |
| Kenya | Lesotho |
| Liberia | Libya |
| Madagascar | Malawi |
| Mali | Mauritania |
| Mauritius | Morocco |
| Mozambique | Namibia |
| Niger | Nigeria |
| Rwanda | Sao Tome and Principe |
| Senegal | Seychelles |
| Sierra Leone | Somalia |
| South Africa | Sudan |
| Swaziland | Tanzania |
| Togo | Tunisia |
| Uganda | Zambia |
| Zimbabwe |
LIST OF COUNTRIES BY REGION WHOSE NATIVES ARE ELIGIBLE FOR DV-2008
ASIA
| Afghanistan | Bahrain |
| Bangladesh | Bhutan |
| Brunei | Burma |
| Cambodia | East Timor |
| Hong Kong, Special Administrative Region | 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 | United Arab Emirates |
| Yemen |
Natives of the following Asian countries are not eligible for this year's diversity program:
China [mainland-born], India, Pakistan, South Korea, Philippines, and Vietnam. The Hong Kong S.A.R and Taiwan do qualify and are listed above. Macau S.A.R. also qualifies and is listed below.
LIST OF COUNTRIES BY REGION WHOSE NATIVES ARE ELIGIBLE FOR DV-2008
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 |
| Kyrgyzstan | Latvia |
| Liechtenstein | Lithuania |
| Luxembourg | Macau Special Administrative Region |
| Macedonia, the Former Yugoslav Republic | Malta |
| Moldova | Monaco |
| Montenegro | |
| Netherlands (including components and dependent areas overseas) | |
| Northern Ireland | Norway |
| Portugal (including components and dependent areas overseas) | Romania |
| San Marino | Serbia |
| Slovakia | Slovenia |
| Spain | Sweden |
| Switzerland | Tajikistan |
| Turkey | Turkmenistan |
| Ukraine | Uzbekistan |
| Vatican City |
Natives of the following European countries are not eligible for this year's diversity program: Great Britain, Poland and Russia. Great Britain (United Kingdom) includes the following dependent areas: Anguilla, Bermuda, British Virgin Islands, Cayman Islands, Falkland Islands, Gibraltar, Montserrat, Pitcairn, St. Helena, Turks and Caicos Islands. Note that for purposes of the diversity program only, Northern Ireland is treated separately; Northern Ireland does qualify and is listed among the qualifying areas.
LIST OF COUNTRIES BY REGION WHOSE NATIVES ARE ELIGIBLE FOR DV-2008
NORTH AMERICA
The Bahamas
In North America, natives of Canada and Mexico are not eligible for this year's diversity program.
OCEANIA
| Australia | Palau |
| Fiji | Papua New Guinea |
| Kiribati | Solomon Islands |
| Marshall Islands | Tonga |
| Micronesia, Federated States of | Tuvalu |
| Nauru | Vanuatu |
| New Zealand (including components and dependent areas overseas) | Samoa |
SOUTH AMERICA, CENTRAL AMERICA, AND THE CARIBBEAN
| Antigua and Barbuda | Argentina |
| Barbados | Belize |
| Bolivia | Chile |
| Costa Rica | Cuba |
| Dominica | Ecuador |
| Grenada | Guatemala |
| Guyana | Honduras |
| Nicaragua | Panama |
| Paraguay | Saint Kitts and Nevis |
| Saint Lucia | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines |
| Suriname | Trinidad and Tobago |
| Uruguay | Venezuela |
Countries in this region whose natives are not elgible for this year's diversity program:
Brazil, Colombia, Dominican Republic, El Salvador, Haiti, Jamaica, Mexico, and Peru.
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