Green Card Lottery Countries 2022

If you’re a citizen of another country, you’re eligible to participate in the Green Card Lottery, also known as the Diversity Immigrant Visa Program (DV) or Green Card Lottery.

Established in 1990, the Diversity Immigrant Visa Program aims to increase the number of foreign nationals who may immigrate to the United States.




Since 2000, the diversity visas each fiscal year have been reduced from 55,000 to 50,000. Diversity lottery refers to the random selection of visa grantees from a pool of eligible applicants.

There is no priority in the lottery for candidates sponsored by an employer or family member in the United States. Even if one wins the lottery, it does not ensure one’s eligibility for permanent resident status.

Since an average of more than 13.3 million people a year compete for a total of 50,000 Diversity Visas, the lottery win is still an important milestone in many immigrants’ journeys toward citizenship.

Green Card Lottery Countries 2022

If you’re in the running for a green card, what are the prerequisites?

Participants in the diversity lottery must be citizens of one of the low-admittance nations, defined as those from which less than 50,000 natives have moved to the United States in the previous five years.

Generally, people from countries like China, India, & Mexico aren’t eligible for the lottery since they have a wide range of options for obtaining a visa to the United States.




The applicant or the applicant’s spouse must be a native of one of the qualified countries of origin to be eligible for a diversity visa. Under the Immigration and Nationality Act, a person must also be eligible for admission to the United States (INA).

A high school diploma (or an equivalent) and two years of recent job experience are also required. Each year, those who are eligible must submit their applications online within a small window of time.

DV Lottery Countries Eligible for 2023

Europe, Africa, Asia, Oceania, North America, & South America/Central America/Caribbean are divided into six areas by the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS). The yearly diversity visa allocation for each area is then calculated by USCIS based on current immigration data and a methodology.




Every September, the list is revised for the next year, which is 15 months away. In September of 2021, for example, the 2023 list was published.

A nation with visas available in one year will not have the same number or any in the next year since the list is reevaluated each year. The 2023 DV Lottery is open to citizens of the following countries:

AlgeriaEswatiniNamibia
AngolaEthiopiaNiger
BeninGabonRwanda
BotswanaGambiaSão Tomé and Príncipe
Burkina FasoGhanaSenegal
BurundiGuineaSeychelles
CameroonGuinea-BissauSierra Leone
Cabo VerdeKenyaSomalia
Central African RepublicLesothoSouth Africa
ChadLiberiaSouth Sudan
ComorosLibyaSudan
Congo (Dem. Rep.)MadagascarTanzania
Congo (Rep of)MalawiTogo
Cote D’IvorieMaliTunisia
DjiboutiMauritaniaUganda
EgyptMauritiusZambia
Equatorial GuineaMoroccoZimbabwe
EritreaMozambique

Note: * signifies a nation that includes its overseas territories and dependent regions.

Asia

Please note that Macau (China SAR)***, although situated in Asia, gets its eligibility from Portugal and is thus considered a European nation in terms of immigration.




AfghanistanJordanQatar
BahrainKuwaitSaudi Arabia
BhutanLaosSingapore
BruneiLebanonSri Lanka
BurmaMalaysiaSyria
CambodiaMaldivesTaiwan
IndonesiaMongoliaThailand
IranNepalTimor-Leste
IraqNorth KoreaUnited Arab Emirates
IsraelOmanYemen
Japan

Europe

Even though it is situated in Asia, Macau (China SAR) *** receives its eligibility from Portugal and is thus considered a European nation for immigration purposes. The attack on Ukraine by Russia and Belarus in February 2022 might also lead to a suspension of immigration from these countries.

AlbaniaHungaryNorway *
AndorraIcelandPoland
ArmeniaIrelandPortugal *
AustriaItalyRomania
AzerbaijanKazakhstanRussia **
Belarus **KosovoSan Marino
BelgiumKyrgyzstanSerbia
Bosnia and HerzegovinaLatviaSlovakia
BulgariaLiechtensteinSlovenia
CroatiaLithuaniaSpain
CyprusLuxembourgSweden
Czech RepublicMacau (China SAR) ***Switzerland
Denmark *MaltaTajikistan
EstoniaMoldovaTurkey
FinlandMonacoTurkmenistan
FranceMontenegroUkraine
GeorgiaNetherlands *Uzbekistan
GermanyNorth Macedonia **Vatican City
GreeceNorthern Ireland (UK)




North America

Bahamas

Also See: Global Entry Countries 2022

Oceania

Australia *NauruSolomon Islands
FijiNew Zealand *Tonga
KiribatiPalauTuvalu
Marshall IslandsPapua New GuineaVanuatu
MicronesiaSamoa

South America, Central America, and the Caribbean

Antigua and BarbudaDominicaPeru
ArgentinaEcuadorSaint Kitts and Nevis
BarbadosGrenadaSaint Lucia
BelizeGuatemalaSaint Vincent and the Grenadines
BoliviaGuyanaSuriname
ChileNicaraguaTrinidad and Tobago
Costa RicaPanamaUruguay
CubaParaguay




Country2023 EligibilityRegionSubregion
IndonesiaEligibleAsiaSouth-Eastern Asia
RussiaEligibleEuropeEastern Europe
JapanEligibleAsiaEastern Asia
EthiopiaEligibleAfricaEastern Africa
EgyptEligibleAfricaNorthern Africa
DR CongoEligibleAfricaMiddle Africa
IranEligibleAsiaSouthern Asia
TurkeyEligibleAsiaWestern Asia
GermanyEligibleEuropeWestern Europe
ThailandEligibleAsiaSouth-Eastern Asia
TanzaniaEligibleAfricaEastern Africa
FranceEligibleEuropeWestern Europe
South AfricaEligibleAfricaSouthern Africa
ItalyEligibleEuropeSouthern Europe
KenyaEligibleAfricaEastern Africa
SpainEligibleEuropeSouthern Europe
UgandaEligibleAfricaEastern Africa
SudanEligibleAfricaNorthern Africa
ArgentinaEligibleAmericasSouth America
AlgeriaEligibleAfricaNorthern Africa
IraqEligibleAsiaWestern Asia
AfghanistanEligibleAsiaSouthern Asia
PolandEligibleEuropeEastern Europe
UkraineEligibleEuropeEastern Europe
MoroccoEligibleAfricaNorthern Africa
Saudi ArabiaEligibleAsiaWestern Asia
AngolaEligibleAfricaMiddle Africa
UzbekistanEligibleAsiaCentral Asia
PeruEligibleAmericasSouth America
MalaysiaEligibleAsiaSouth-Eastern Asia
YemenEligibleAsiaWestern Asia
GhanaEligibleAfricaWestern Africa
MozambiqueEligibleAfricaEastern Africa
NepalEligibleAsiaSouthern Asia
MadagascarEligibleAfricaEastern Africa
Ivory CoastEligibleAfricaWestern Africa
CameroonEligibleAfricaMiddle Africa
NigerEligibleAfricaWestern Africa
AustraliaEligibleOceaniaAustralia and New Zealand
North KoreaEligibleAsiaEastern Asia
TaiwanEligibleAsiaEastern Asia
Burkina FasoEligibleAfricaWestern Africa
MaliEligibleAfricaWestern Africa
SyriaEligibleAsiaWestern Asia
Sri LankaEligibleAsiaSouthern Asia
MalawiEligibleAfricaEastern Africa
ZambiaEligibleAfricaEastern Africa
RomaniaEligibleEuropeEastern Europe
ChileEligibleAmericasSouth America
KazakhstanEligibleAsiaCentral Asia
EcuadorEligibleAmericasSouth America
GuatemalaEligibleAmericasCentral America
ChadEligibleAfricaMiddle Africa
SomaliaEligibleAfricaEastern Africa
NetherlandsEligibleEuropeWestern Europe
SenegalEligibleAfricaWestern Africa
CambodiaEligibleAsiaSouth-Eastern Asia
ZimbabweEligibleAfricaEastern Africa
GuineaEligibleAfricaWestern Africa
RwandaEligibleAfricaEastern Africa
BeninEligibleAfricaWestern Africa
BurundiEligibleAfricaEastern Africa
TunisiaEligibleAfricaNorthern Africa
BoliviaEligibleAmericasSouth America
BelgiumEligibleEuropeWestern Europe
JordanEligibleAsiaWestern Asia
CubaEligibleAmericasCaribbean
South SudanEligibleAfricaMiddle Africa
SwedenEligibleEuropeNorthern Europe
Czech RepublicEligibleEuropeEastern Europe
GreeceEligibleEuropeSouthern Europe
AzerbaijanEligibleAsiaWestern Asia
PortugalEligibleEuropeSouthern Europe
Papua New GuineaEligibleOceaniaMelanesia
HungaryEligibleEuropeEastern Europe
TajikistanEligibleAsiaCentral Asia
BelarusEligibleEuropeEastern Europe
United Arab EmiratesEligibleAsiaWestern Asia
IsraelEligibleAsiaWestern Asia
AustriaEligibleEuropeWestern Europe
TogoEligibleAfricaWestern Africa
SwitzerlandEligibleEuropeWestern Europe
Sierra LeoneEligibleAfricaWestern Africa
LaosEligibleAsiaSouth-Eastern Asia
SerbiaEligibleEuropeSouthern Europe
NicaraguaEligibleAmericasCentral America
LibyaEligibleAfricaNorthern Africa
BulgariaEligibleEuropeEastern Europe
ParaguayEligibleAmericasSouth America
KyrgyzstanEligibleAsiaCentral Asia
TurkmenistanEligibleAsiaCentral Asia
SingaporeEligibleAsiaSouth-Eastern Asia
DenmarkEligibleEuropeNorthern Europe
SlovakiaEligibleEuropeEastern Europe
Central African RepublicEligibleAfricaMiddle Africa
FinlandEligibleEuropeNorthern Europe
LebanonEligibleAsiaWestern Asia
NorwayEligibleEuropeNorthern Europe
LiberiaEligibleAfricaWestern Africa
New ZealandEligibleOceaniaAustralia and New Zealand
IrelandEligibleEuropeNorthern Europe
MauritaniaEligibleAfricaWestern Africa
OmanEligibleAsiaWestern Asia
PanamaEligibleAmericasCentral America
KuwaitEligibleAsiaWestern Asia
CroatiaEligibleEuropeSouthern Europe
GeorgiaEligibleAsiaWestern Asia
EritreaEligibleAfricaEastern Africa
UruguayEligibleAmericasSouth America
MongoliaEligibleAsiaEastern Asia
MoldovaEligibleEuropeEastern Europe
Bosnia and HerzegovinaEligibleEuropeSouthern Europe
AlbaniaEligibleEuropeSouthern Europe
ArmeniaEligibleAsiaWestern Asia
LithuaniaEligibleEuropeNorthern Europe
GambiaEligibleAfricaWestern Africa
QatarEligibleAsiaWestern Asia
BotswanaEligibleAfricaSouthern Africa
NamibiaEligibleAfricaSouthern Africa
GabonEligibleAfricaMiddle Africa
LesothoEligibleAfricaSouthern Africa
SloveniaEligibleEuropeSouthern Europe
Guinea-BissauEligibleAfricaWestern Africa
North MacedoniaEligibleEuropeSouthern Europe
LatviaEligibleEuropeNorthern Europe
Equatorial GuineaEligibleAfricaMiddle Africa
Trinidad and TobagoEligibleAmericasCaribbean
BahrainEligibleAsiaWestern Asia
Timor-LesteEligibleAsiaSouth-Eastern Asia
EstoniaEligibleEuropeNorthern Europe
MauritiusEligibleAfricaEastern Africa
CyprusEligibleEuropeEastern Europe
EswatiniEligibleAfricaSouthern Africa
DjiboutiEligibleAfricaEastern Africa
FijiEligibleOceaniaMelanesia
ComorosEligibleAfricaEastern Africa
GuyanaEligibleAmericasSouth America
BhutanEligibleAsiaSouthern Asia
Solomon IslandsEligibleOceaniaMelanesia
MacauEligibleAsiaEastern Asia
LuxembourgEligibleEuropeWestern Europe
MontenegroEligibleEuropeSouthern Europe
SurinameEligibleAmericasSouth America
MaltaEligibleEuropeSouthern Europe
MaldivesEligibleAsiaSouthern Asia
BruneiEligibleAsiaSouth-Eastern Asia
BahamasEligibleAmericasCaribbean
BelizeEligibleAmericasCentral America
IcelandEligibleEuropeNorthern Europe
VanuatuEligibleOceaniaMelanesia
BarbadosEligibleAmericasCaribbean
SamoaEligibleOceaniaPolynesia
Saint LuciaEligibleAmericasCaribbean
KiribatiEligibleOceaniaMicronesia
GrenadaEligibleAmericasCaribbean
MicronesiaEligibleOceaniaMicronesia
SeychellesEligibleAfricaEastern Africa
TongaEligibleOceaniaPolynesia
Saint Vincent and the GrenadinesEligibleAmericasCaribbean
Antigua and BarbudaEligibleAmericasCaribbean
AndorraEligibleEuropeSouthern Europe
DominicaEligibleAmericasCaribbean
Saint Kitts and NevisEligibleAmericasCaribbean
Marshall IslandsEligibleOceaniaMicronesia
LiechtensteinEligibleEuropeWestern Europe
MonacoEligibleEuropeWestern Europe
San MarinoEligibleEuropeSouthern Europe
PalauEligibleOceaniaMicronesia
NauruEligibleOceaniaMicronesia
TuvaluEligibleOceaniaPolynesia
Vatican CityEligibleEuropeSouthern Europe
ChinaIneligibleAsiaEastern Asia
IndiaIneligibleAsiaSouthern Asia
PakistanIneligibleAsiaSouthern Asia
NigeriaIneligibleAfricaWestern Africa
BrazilIneligibleAmericasSouth America
BangladeshIneligibleAsiaSouthern Asia
MexicoIneligibleAmericasCentral America
VietnamIneligibleAsiaSouth-Eastern Asia
United KingdomIneligibleEuropeNorthern Europe
ColombiaIneligibleAmericasSouth America
South KoreaIneligibleAsiaEastern Asia
CanadaIneligibleAmericasNorthern America
VenezuelaIneligibleAmericasSouth America
HaitiIneligibleAmericasCaribbean
Dominican RepublicIneligibleAmericasCaribbean
HondurasIneligibleAmericasCentral America
Hong KongIneligibleAsiaEastern Asia
El SalvadorIneligibleAmericasCentral America
JamaicaIneligibleAmericasCaribbean




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