Green Card Lottery Countries 2025

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IndonesiaEligibleAsiaSoutheast Asia
RussiaEligibleEuropeEastern Europe
EthiopiaEligibleAfricaEastern Africa, Sub-Saharan Africa
JapanEligibleAsiaEastern Asia
EgyptEligibleAfricaNorthern Africa, The Middle East
DR CongoEligibleAfricaMiddle Africa, Sub-Saharan Africa
IranEligibleAsiaSouthern Asia, The Middle East
TurkeyEligibleAsiaWestern Asia, The Middle East
GermanyEligibleEuropeWestern Europe
ThailandEligibleAsiaSoutheast Asia
TanzaniaEligibleAfricaEastern Africa, Sub-Saharan Africa
FranceEligibleEuropeWestern Europe
South AfricaEligibleAfricaSouthern Africa, Sub-Saharan Africa
ItalyEligibleEuropeSouthern Europe
KenyaEligibleAfricaEastern Africa, Sub-Saharan Africa
MyanmarEligibleSoutheast Asia
SudanEligibleAfricaNorthern Africa
UgandaEligibleAfricaEastern Africa, Sub-Saharan Africa
SpainEligibleEuropeSouthern Europe
AlgeriaEligibleAfricaNorthern Africa
IraqEligibleAsiaWestern Asia, The Middle East
ArgentinaEligibleSouth AmericaSouth America, Latin America
AfghanistanEligibleAsiaSouth Central Asia, Southern Asia
YemenEligibleAsiaWestern Asia, The Middle East
AngolaEligibleAfricaMiddle Africa, Sub-Saharan Africa
UkraineEligibleEuropeEastern Europe
MoroccoEligibleAfricaNorthern Africa
PolandEligibleEuropeEastern Europe
UzbekistanEligibleAsiaCentral Asia, South Central Asia
MalaysiaEligibleAsiaSoutheast Asia
MozambiqueEligibleAfricaEastern Africa, Sub-Saharan Africa
GhanaEligibleAfricaWestern Africa, Sub-Saharan Africa
PeruEligibleSouth AmericaSouth America, Latin America
Saudi ArabiaEligibleAsiaWestern Asia, The Middle East
MadagascarEligibleAfricaEastern Africa, Sub-Saharan Africa
Ivory CoastEligibleAfricaWestern Africa, Sub-Saharan Africa
CameroonEligibleAfricaMiddle Africa, Sub-Saharan Africa
NepalEligibleAsiaSouthern Asia, South Central Asia
NigerEligibleAfricaWestern Africa, Sub-Saharan Africa
AustraliaEligibleOceaniaAustralia and New Zealand
North KoreaEligibleAsiaEastern Asia
SyriaEligibleAsiaWestern Asia, The Middle East
MaliEligibleAfricaWestern Africa, Sub-Saharan Africa
Burkina FasoEligibleAfricaWestern Africa, Sub-Saharan Africa
Sri LankaEligibleAsiaSouthern Asia, South Central Asia
TaiwanEligibleAsiaEastern Asia
MalawiEligibleAfricaEastern Africa, Sub-Saharan Africa
ZambiaEligibleAfricaEastern Africa, Sub-Saharan Africa
ChadEligibleAfricaMiddle Africa, Sub-Saharan Africa
KazakhstanEligibleAsiaCentral Asia
ChileEligibleSouth AmericaSouth America, Latin America
SomaliaEligibleAfricaEastern Africa, Sub-Saharan Africa
SenegalEligibleAfricaWestern Africa, Sub-Saharan Africa
RomaniaEligibleEuropeEastern Europe
GuatemalaEligibleNorth AmericaCentral America, Latin America
NetherlandsEligibleEuropeWestern Europe
EcuadorEligibleSouth AmericaSouth America, Latin America
CambodiaEligibleAsiaSoutheast Asia
ZimbabweEligibleAfricaEastern Africa, Sub-Saharan Africa
GuineaEligibleAfricaWestern Africa, Sub-Saharan Africa
BeninEligibleAfricaWestern Africa, Sub-Saharan Africa
RwandaEligibleAfricaEastern Africa, Sub-Saharan Africa
BurundiEligibleAfricaEastern Africa, Sub-Saharan Africa
BoliviaEligibleSouth AmericaSouth America, Latin America
TunisiaEligibleAfricaNorthern Africa
South SudanEligibleAfricaMiddle Africa, Sub-Saharan Africa
BelgiumEligibleEuropeWestern Europe
JordanEligibleAsiaWestern Asia, The Middle East
United Arab EmiratesEligibleAsiaWestern Asia, The Middle East
CubaEligibleNorth AmericaCaribbean
TajikistanEligibleAsiaCentral Asia, South Central Asia
Papua New GuineaEligibleOceaniaMelanesia
SwedenEligibleEuropeNorthern Europe
Czech RepublicEligibleEuropeEastern Europe
PortugalEligibleEuropeSouthern Europe
AzerbaijanEligibleAsiaWestern Asia
GreeceEligibleEuropeSouthern Europe
TogoEligibleAfricaWestern Africa, Sub-Saharan Africa
HungaryEligibleEuropeEastern Europe
IsraelEligibleAsiaWestern Asia, The Middle East
AustriaEligibleEuropeWestern Europe
BelarusEligibleEuropeEastern Europe
SwitzerlandEligibleEuropeWestern Europe
Sierra LeoneEligibleAfricaWestern Africa, Sub-Saharan Africa
LaosEligibleAsiaSoutheast Asia
TurkmenistanEligibleAsiaCentral Asia, South Central Asia
LibyaEligibleAfricaNorthern Africa
KyrgyzstanEligibleAsiaCentral Asia, South Central Asia
ParaguayEligibleSouth AmericaSouth America, Latin America
NicaraguaEligibleNorth AmericaCentral America, Latin America
BulgariaEligibleEuropeEastern Europe
SerbiaEligibleEuropeSouthern Europe
Republic of the CongoEligibleMiddle Africa, Sub-Saharan Africa
DenmarkEligibleEuropeNorthern Europe
SingaporeEligibleAsiaSoutheast Asia
LebanonEligibleAsiaWestern Asia, The Middle East
LiberiaEligibleAfricaWestern Africa, Sub-Saharan Africa
FinlandEligibleEuropeNorthern Europe
NorwayEligibleEuropeNorthern Europe
Central African RepublicEligibleAfricaMiddle Africa, Sub-Saharan Africa
OmanEligibleAsiaWestern Asia, The Middle East
SlovakiaEligibleEuropeEastern Europe
MauritaniaEligibleAfricaWestern Africa, Sub-Saharan Africa
IrelandEligibleNorthern Europe
New ZealandEligibleOceaniaAustralia and New Zealand
Costa RicaEligibleCentral America, Latin America
KuwaitEligibleAsiaWestern Asia, The Middle East
PanamaEligibleNorth AmericaCentral America, Latin America
CroatiaEligibleEuropeSouthern Europe
GeorgiaEligibleAsiaWestern Asia
EritreaEligibleAfricaEastern Africa, Sub-Saharan Africa
MongoliaEligibleAsiaEastern Asia
UruguayEligibleSouth AmericaSouth America, Latin America
Bosnia and HerzegovinaEligibleEuropeSouthern Europe
QatarEligibleAsiaWestern Asia, The Middle East
NamibiaEligibleAfricaSouthern Africa, Sub-Saharan Africa
MoldovaEligibleEuropeEastern Europe
ArmeniaEligibleAsiaWestern Asia
LithuaniaEligibleEuropeNorthern Europe
GambiaEligibleAfricaWestern Africa, Sub-Saharan Africa
AlbaniaEligibleEuropeSouthern Europe
GabonEligibleAfricaMiddle Africa, Sub-Saharan Africa
BotswanaEligibleAfricaSouthern Africa, Sub-Saharan Africa
LesothoEligibleAfricaSouthern Africa, Sub-Saharan Africa
Guinea-BissauEligibleAfricaWestern Africa, Sub-Saharan Africa
SloveniaEligibleEuropeSouthern Europe
Equatorial GuineaEligibleAfricaMiddle Africa, Sub-Saharan Africa
LatviaEligibleEuropeNorthern Europe
North MacedoniaEligibleEuropeSouthern Europe
BahrainEligibleAsiaWestern Asia, The Middle East
Trinidad and TobagoEligibleNorth AmericaCaribbean
Timor-LesteEligibleAsiaSoutheast Asia
CyprusEligibleEuropeEastern Europe, The Middle East
EstoniaEligibleEuropeNorthern Europe
MauritiusEligibleAfricaEastern Africa, Sub-Saharan Africa
EswatiniEligibleAfricaSouthern Africa, Sub-Saharan Africa
DjiboutiEligibleAfricaEastern Africa, Sub-Saharan Africa
FijiEligibleOceaniaMelanesia
ComorosEligibleAfricaEastern Africa, Sub-Saharan Africa
Solomon IslandsEligibleOceaniaMelanesia
GuyanaEligibleSouth AmericaSouth America, Latin America
BhutanEligibleAsiaSouthern Asia, South Central Asia
MacauEligibleAsiaEastern Asia
LuxembourgEligibleEuropeWestern Europe
SurinameEligibleSouth AmericaSouth America, Latin America
MontenegroEligibleEuropeSouthern Europe
MaltaEligibleEuropeSouthern Europe
MaldivesEligibleAsiaSouthern Asia, South Central Asia
Cape VerdeEligibleWestern Africa, Sub-Saharan Africa
BruneiEligibleAsiaSoutheast Asia
BelizeEligibleNorth AmericaCentral America, Latin America
BahamasEligibleNorth AmericaCaribbean
IcelandEligibleEuropeNorthern Europe
VanuatuEligibleOceaniaMelanesia
BarbadosEligibleNorth AmericaCaribbean
Sao Tome and PrincipeEligibleMiddle Africa, Sub-Saharan Africa
SamoaEligibleOceaniaPolynesia
Saint LuciaEligibleNorth AmericaCaribbean
KiribatiEligibleOceaniaMicronesia
SeychellesEligibleAfricaEastern Africa, Sub-Saharan Africa
GrenadaEligibleNorth AmericaCaribbean
MicronesiaEligibleOceaniaMicronesia
TongaEligibleOceaniaPolynesia
Saint Vincent and the GrenadinesEligibleNorth AmericaCaribbean
Antigua and BarbudaEligibleNorth AmericaCaribbean
AndorraEligibleEuropeSouthern Europe
DominicaEligibleNorth AmericaCaribbean
Saint Kitts and NevisEligibleNorth AmericaCaribbean
LiechtensteinEligibleEuropeWestern Europe
MonacoEligibleEuropeWestern Europe
Marshall IslandsEligibleOceaniaMicronesia
San MarinoEligibleEuropeSouthern Europe
PalauEligibleOceaniaMicronesia
NauruEligibleOceaniaMicronesia
TuvaluEligibleOceaniaPolynesia
Vatican CityEligibleEuropeSouthern Europe
IndiaIneligibleAsiaSouthern Asia, South Central Asia
ChinaIneligibleAsiaEastern Asia
PakistanIneligibleAsiaSouthern Asia, South Central Asia
NigeriaIneligibleAfricaWestern Africa, Sub-Saharan Africa
BrazilIneligibleSouth AmericaSouth America, Latin America
BangladeshIneligibleAsiaSouthern Asia, South Central Asia
MexicoIneligibleNorth AmericaCentral America, Latin America
PhilippinesIneligibleAsiaSoutheast Asia
VietnamIneligibleAsiaSoutheast Asia
United KingdomIneligibleEuropeNorthern Europe
ColombiaIneligibleSouth AmericaSouth America, Latin America
South KoreaIneligibleAsiaEastern Asia
CanadaIneligibleNorth AmericaNorthern America
VenezuelaIneligibleSouth AmericaSouth America, Latin America
HaitiIneligibleNorth AmericaCaribbean
Dominican RepublicIneligibleNorth AmericaCaribbean
HondurasIneligibleNorth AmericaCentral America, Latin America
Hong KongIneligibleAsiaEastern Asia
El SalvadorIneligibleNorth AmericaCentral America, Latin America
JamaicaIneligibleNorth AmericaCaribbean
Cayman IslandsIneligibleCaribbean
BermudaIneligibleNorthern America
Turks and Caicos IslandsIneligibleCaribbean
GibraltarIneligibleSouthern Europe
British Virgin IslandsIneligibleCaribbean
AnguillaIneligibleCaribbean
MontserratIneligibleCaribbean
Falkland IslandsIneligibleSouth America, Latin America
United StatesNorthern America
PalestineWestern Asia, The Middle East
Puerto RicoCaribbean
ReunionEastern Africa, Sub-Saharan Africa
Western SaharaNorthern Africa
GuadeloupeCaribbean, Latin America
MartiniqueCaribbean, Latin America
MayotteEastern Africa, Sub-Saharan Africa
French GuianaSouth America, Latin America
New CaledoniaMelanesia
French PolynesiaPolynesia
CuracaoCaribbean
GuamMicronesia
ArubaCaribbean
JerseyNorthern Europe, Sub-Saharan Africa
United States Virgin IslandsCaribbean
Isle of ManNorthern Europe
GuernseyNorthern Europe
Faroe IslandsNorthern Europe
GreenlandNorthern America
American SamoaPolynesia
Sint MaartenCaribbean
Northern Mariana IslandsMicronesia
Saint MartinCaribbean, Latin America
Cook IslandsPolynesia
Saint BarthelemyCaribbean, Latin America
Wallis and FutunaPolynesia
Saint Pierre and MiquelonNorthern America
TokelauPolynesia
NiuePolynesia
  • While the UK as a whole is ineligible, citizens of Northern Ireland are eligible.
  • the Diversity Visa (DV) Lottery, people born in specific regions administered by Israel, Jordan, Syria, and Egypt before 1967 are chargeable to the respective country that governed the area at that time. Macau S.A.R. is chargeable to Portugal, Taiwan is chargeable to Asia, and certain disputed territories like the Habomai Islands and Southern Sakhalin are chargeable to Japan and Russia, respectively, for DV eligibility purposes
  • persons born in Macau S.A.R. derive eligibility from Portugal. Northern Ireland is treated separately from the rest of the UK and qualifies on its own. People born in the Habomai Islands, Shikotan, Kunashiri, and Etorofu are chargeable to Japan, while those born in Southern Sakhalin are chargeable to Russia