Green Card Lottery Countries 2025

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Green Card Lottery Eligibility
IndonesiaEligible
RussiaEligible
EthiopiaEligible
JapanEligible
EgyptEligible
DR CongoEligible
IranEligible
TurkeyEligible
GermanyEligible
ThailandEligible
TanzaniaEligible
FranceEligible
South AfricaEligible
ItalyEligible
KenyaEligible
MyanmarEligible
SudanEligible
UgandaEligible
SpainEligible
AlgeriaEligible
IraqEligible
ArgentinaEligible
AfghanistanEligible
YemenEligible
AngolaEligible
UkraineEligible
MoroccoEligible
PolandEligible
UzbekistanEligible
MalaysiaEligible
MozambiqueEligible
GhanaEligible
PeruEligible
Saudi ArabiaEligible
MadagascarEligible
Ivory CoastEligible
CameroonEligible
NepalEligible
NigerEligible
AustraliaEligible
North KoreaEligible
SyriaEligible
MaliEligible
Burkina FasoEligible
Sri LankaEligible
TaiwanEligible
MalawiEligible
ZambiaEligible
ChadEligible
KazakhstanEligible
ChileEligible
SomaliaEligible
SenegalEligible
RomaniaEligible
GuatemalaEligible
NetherlandsEligible
EcuadorEligible
CambodiaEligible
ZimbabweEligible
GuineaEligible
BeninEligible
RwandaEligible
BurundiEligible
BoliviaEligible
TunisiaEligible
South SudanEligible
BelgiumEligible
JordanEligible
United Arab EmiratesEligible
CubaEligible
TajikistanEligible
Papua New GuineaEligible
SwedenEligible
Czech RepublicEligible
PortugalEligible
AzerbaijanEligible
GreeceEligible
TogoEligible
HungaryEligible
IsraelEligible
AustriaEligible
BelarusEligible
SwitzerlandEligible
Sierra LeoneEligible
LaosEligible
TurkmenistanEligible
LibyaEligible
KyrgyzstanEligible
ParaguayEligible
NicaraguaEligible
BulgariaEligible
SerbiaEligible
Republic of the CongoEligible
DenmarkEligible
SingaporeEligible
LebanonEligible
LiberiaEligible
FinlandEligible
NorwayEligible
Central African RepublicEligible
OmanEligible
SlovakiaEligible
MauritaniaEligible
IrelandEligible
New ZealandEligible
Costa RicaEligible
KuwaitEligible
PanamaEligible
CroatiaEligible
GeorgiaEligible
EritreaEligible
MongoliaEligible
UruguayEligible
Bosnia and HerzegovinaEligible
QatarEligible
NamibiaEligible
MoldovaEligible
ArmeniaEligible
LithuaniaEligible
GambiaEligible
AlbaniaEligible
GabonEligible
BotswanaEligible
LesothoEligible
Guinea-BissauEligible
SloveniaEligible
Equatorial GuineaEligible
LatviaEligible
North MacedoniaEligible
BahrainEligible
Trinidad and TobagoEligible
Timor-LesteEligible
CyprusEligible
EstoniaEligible
MauritiusEligible
EswatiniEligible
DjiboutiEligible
FijiEligible
ComorosEligible
Solomon IslandsEligible
GuyanaEligible
BhutanEligible
MacauEligible
LuxembourgEligible
SurinameEligible
MontenegroEligible
MaltaEligible
MaldivesEligible
Cape VerdeEligible
BruneiEligible
BelizeEligible
BahamasEligible
IcelandEligible
VanuatuEligible
BarbadosEligible
Sao Tome and PrincipeEligible
SamoaEligible
Saint LuciaEligible
KiribatiEligible
SeychellesEligible
GrenadaEligible
MicronesiaEligible
TongaEligible
Saint Vincent and the GrenadinesEligible
Antigua and BarbudaEligible
AndorraEligible
DominicaEligible
Saint Kitts and NevisEligible
LiechtensteinEligible
MonacoEligible
Marshall IslandsEligible
San MarinoEligible
PalauEligible
NauruEligible
TuvaluEligible
Vatican CityEligible
IndiaIneligible
ChinaIneligible
PakistanIneligible
NigeriaIneligible
BrazilIneligible
BangladeshIneligible
MexicoIneligible
PhilippinesIneligible
VietnamIneligible
United KingdomIneligible
ColombiaIneligible
South KoreaIneligible
CanadaIneligible
VenezuelaIneligible
HaitiIneligible
Dominican RepublicIneligible
HondurasIneligible
Hong KongIneligible
El SalvadorIneligible
JamaicaIneligible
Cayman IslandsIneligible
BermudaIneligible
Turks and Caicos IslandsIneligible
GibraltarIneligible
British Virgin IslandsIneligible
AnguillaIneligible
MontserratIneligible
Falkland IslandsIneligible
  • 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