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Eligible Countries

DV-2006 QUALIFYING COUNTRIES LISTED BY REGION

AFRICA

ASIA

EUROPE

NORTH AMERICA

OCEANIA

SOUTH AMERICA, CENTRAL AMERICA, and the CARIBBEAN

The lists below show the countries whose natives are QUALIFIED 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 do not qualify for the DV-2006 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 do NOT qualify for this diversity program (because they are the principal source countries of Family-Sponsored and Employment-Based immigration, or "high admission" countries) are noted in parentheses 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, COTE D'IVIORE (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

ASIA

AFGHANISTAN, BAHRAIN, BANGLADESH, BHUTAN, BRUNEI, BURMA, CAMBODIA, 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

(Asia countries which do not qualify for this year's DV-2006 program: CHINA - mainland born, INDIA, PAKISTAN, PHILIPPINES, SOUTH KOREA and VIETNAM.)

Persons born in HONG KONG S.A.R. TAIWAN do qualify and are listed above. MACAU S.A.R. does qualify and is listed below.

EUROPE

ALBANIA, ANDORRA,ARMENIA, AUSTRIA, AZERBAIJAN, BELARUS, BELGUIM, BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA, BULGARIA, CROATIA, CYPRUS, CZECH REPUBLIC, DENMARK including components and dependent areas overseas, ESTONIA, FINLAND, FRANCE including components and dependent areas oversees, GEORGIA, GERMANY, GREECE, HUNGARY, ICELAND, IRELAND (only Northern Ireland) , ITALY, KAZAKSTAN, KYRGYZSTAN, LATVIA, LICHTENSTEIN, LITHUANIA, LUXEMBOURG, MACAU S.A.R., MACEDONIA the former Yugoslav Republic, MALTA, MOLDOVA, MONACO, NETHERLANDS including components and dependent areas overseas, NORTHERN IRELAND, NORWAY, POLAND, PORTUGAL including components and dependent areas overseas, ROMANIA, SAN MARINO, SERBIA AND MONTENEGRO, SLOVAKIA, SLOVENIA, SPAIN, SWEDEN, SWITZERLAND, TAJIKISTAN, TURKEY, TURKMENISTAN, UKRAINE, , UZBEKISTAN, VATICAN CITY

(European countries not qualified for the DV-2006 program: GREAT BRITAIN. GREAT BRITAIN (UNITED KINGDOM) includes the following dependent areas: ANGUILLA, BERMUDA, BRITISH VIRGIN ISLANDS, CAYMAN ISLANDS, FALKLAND ISLANDS, GIBRALTAR, MONTSERRAT, PITCAIRN, RUSSIA, 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.

NORTH AMERICA

THE BAHAMAS

(In North America, CANADA AND MEXICO do not qualify for this year's diversity program.)

OCEANIA

AUSTRALIA including components and dependent areas overseas, FIJI, KIRIBATI, MARSHALL ISLANDS, MICRONESIA Federated States of, NAURU, NEW ZEALAND including components and dependent areas overseas, PALAU, PAPUA NEW GUINEA, SOLOMON ISLANDS, TONGA, TUVALU, VANUATU and SAMOA

SOUTH AMERICA, CENTRAL AMERICA, and the CARIBBEAN

ANTIGUA AND BARBUDA, ARGENTINA, BARBADOS, BELIZE, BOLIVIA, BRAZIL, CHILE, COSTA RICA, CUBA, DOMINICA, ECUADOR, GRENADA, GUATEMALA, GUYANA, HONDURAS, NICARAGUA, PANAMA, PARAGUAY, PERU, SAINT KITTS AND NEVIS, SAINT LUCIA, SAINT VINCENT AND THE GRENADINES, SURINAME, TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO, URUGUAY, VENEZUELA

(Countries in this region which do not qualify for this year's diversity program: COLOMBIA, DOMINICAN REPUBLIC, EL SALVADOR, HAITI, JAMAICA.)

As stated in the North American section, MEXICO also does not qualify.