Full List of Countries Offering Free Visa Lottery 2021/2022

Countries Offering Free Visa Lottery

Are you looking for the opportunity to win lotteries and travel abroad? Well, we are excited to present with the full listing of countries granting visa lottery as at this time. Every year the US government makes accessible 50,000 (now 55,000) Permanent Resident cards to be won by people who are from “underrepresented countries” which have been less served in employment and family-based preference categories in the US. As a result, countries with few emigrants to the US are acceptable, but there are also some exemptions. Beneath is the list of Countries Offering Free Visa Lottery.

Full Index of Countries Offering Free Visa Lottery in 2021

  1. USA
  2. Canada
  3. UK
  4. Australia
  5. San Marino
  6. Netherlands
  7. Switzerland
  8. UAE
  9. Sweden
  10. Ireland
  11. Iceland
  12. Denmark

Qualified Countries for US Visa Lottery Program DV-2021

The below list shows the countries whose natives are eligible for DV-2021, grouped by geographic region. Dependent areas overseas are included within the part of the ruling country. This list does not include those in the categories such as asylum seekers, refugees, NACARA beneficiaries or earlier diversity immigrants. Hence, even though nations like Cuba, Russia, Iran, Ethiopia, Ukraine, Nigeria, and Bangladesh, have in the past years sent more than 50,000 immigrants, they are still eligible.

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 parts and dependent areas overseas) Georgia, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Kazakhstan, Kosovo, Kyrgyzstan, Latvia, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Macau, Special Administrative Region** Macedonia Malta, Moldova, Monaco, Montenegro, Netherlands (including components and dependent areas overseas) Northern Ireland*** Norway (plus 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, and must choose Portugal as their country of eligibility.

AFRICA

Algeria, Angola, Benin, Botswana, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cameroon, Verde Central African Republic, Chad, 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, Rwanda, Sao Tome and Principe Senegal Seychelles Sierra Leone Somalia South Africa South Sudan Sudan Swaziland Tanzania Togo Tunisia Uganda Zambia Zimbabwe

Note if you base in Southafrica check here to confirm eligibility 

Those who were born in the areas administered before June 1967 by Israel, Jordan, Syria, and Egypt are chargeable, sequentially, to Israel, Jordan, Syria, and Egypt. Persons born in the Gaza Strip are liable to Egypt; persons born in the West Bank are chargeable to Jordan, And also those born in the Golan Heights remain chargeable to Syria.

Note: For the aim of the diversity program only, Northern Ireland is handled distinctly. Northern Ireland does qualify and is placed among the qualifying regions.

Citizens of the following European countries are not eligible for the year’s DV program: Great Britain (United Kingdom). Great Britain (United Kingdom) comprises of 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.

SOUTH AMERICA, CENTRAL AMERICA, AND THE CARIBBEAN

Countries Offering Free Visa Lottery

Antigua, and Barbuda, Argentina, Barbados, Belize, Bolivia, Chile, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominica, Ecuador, Grenada, Guatemala, Guyana, onduras, Nicaragua, Panama, Paraguay, Saint Kitts, and Nevis Saint, Lucia Saint, Vincent, and the Grenadines, Suriname, Trinidad and Tobago, Uruguay, Venezuela.

Countries in this area whose natives are not eligible for this year’s DV program are the among the following: Brazil, Colombia, Dominican Republic, El Salvador, Haiti, Jamaica, Mexico, and Peru.

For DV-2020, citizens of the following countries are not eligible to apply, because more than 50,000 people (natives of these countries) immigrated to the United States in the past five years:

Bangladesh, Brazil, Canada, China (mainland born), Colombia, Dominican Republic, El Salvador, Haiti, India, Jamaica, Mexico, Nigeria, Pakistan, Peru, Philippines, South Korea, United Kingdom (except Northern Ireland) and its subordinate territories, and Vietnam.

Those born in Hong Kong SAR, Macau SAR, and Taiwan are eligible.

Changes in eligibility this year: Ecuador is eligible for DV-2021.

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NORTH AMERICA

The Bahamas 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 parts and dependent areas overseas)

Palau Papua, New Guinea, Samoa, Solomon Islands, Tonga, Tuvalu, Vanuatu

ASIA

Afghanistan, Bahrain, Bhutan, Brunei, Burma, Cambodia, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, Indonesia, Iran, Iraq, Israel* Japan Jordan* Kuwait, Laos, Lebanon, Malaysia, UNCLASSIFIED – 17 – Maldives, Mongolia, Nepal, North, Korea, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Singapore, Sri Lanka, Syria,* Taiwan,** Thailand, Timor-Leste, United Arab Emirates, Yemen.

Natives of the following Asia Region countries are not eligible for this year’s Diversity Visa program: Bangladesh, China (mainland-born), India, Pakistan, South Korea, Philippines, and Vietnam.

*Persons born in the areas administered before 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.

**Hong Kong S.A.R. (Asia region), Macau S.A.R. (Europe region, chargeable to Portugal), and Taiwan (Asia region) do qualify also are listed here. For the diversity program only, persons born in Macau S.A.R. derive eligibility from Portugal and must select Portugal as their country of eligibility.

You have now seen the list of Countries Offering Free Visa Lottery, you have also seen the ones eligible for United States’ DV-2021 program. Registration for the US program is on, and interested applicants can register here.

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