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LIST OF QUALIFYING COUNTRIES BY REGION

The lists below show the countries 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 that do not qualify for the DV-2003 program were identified by the Immigration and Naturalization Service 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 that 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
  • ASIA
  • EUROPE
  • NORTH AMERICA and THE BAHAMAS
  • OCEANIA
  • SOUTH AMERICA, CENTRAL AMERICA, AND THE CARIBBEAN

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    AFRICA

    ALGERIA LIBERIA ANGOLA LIBYA BENIN MADAGASCAR BOTSWANA MALAWI BURKINA FASO MALI BURUNDI MAURITANIA CAMEROON MAURITIUS CAPE VERDE MOROCCO CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC MOZAMBIQUE CHAD NAMIBIA COMOROS NIGER CONGO NIGERIA CONGO, DEMOCRATIC RWANDA REPUBLIC OF THE SAO TOME AND PRINCIPE COTE D'IVIORE (IVORY COAST) SENEGAL DJIBOUTI SEYCHELLES EGYPT SIERRA LEONE EQUATORIAL GUINEA SOMALIA ERITREA SOUTH AFRICA ETHIOPIA SUDAN GABON SWAZILAND GAMBIA, THE TANZANIA GHANA TOGO GUINEA TUNISIA GUINEA-BISSAU UGANDA KENYA ZAMBIA LESOTHO ZIMBABWE

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    ASIA

    AFGHANISTAN LEBANON BAHRAIN MACAU SPECIAL BANGLADESH ADMINISTRATIVE REGION BHUTAN MALAYSIA BRUNEI MALDIVES BURMA MONGOLIA CAMBODIA NEPAL HONG KONG SPECIAL NORTH KOREA ADMINISTRATIVE REGION OMAN INDONESIA QATAR IRAN SAUDI ARABIA IRAQ SINGAPORE ISRAEL SRI LANKA JAPAN SYRIA JORDAN TAIWAN KUWAIT THAILAND LAOS UNITED ARAB EMIRATES YEMEN

    Asia countries that do not qualify for this year's diversity program: CHINA - [mainland-born ], INDIA, PAKISTAN, SOUTH KOREA, PHILIPPINES, and VIETNAM. The HONG KONG S.A.R., MACAU S.A.R. and TAIWAN do qualify and are listed above.

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    EUROPE

    ALBANIA LITHUANIA ANDORRA LUXEMBOURG ARMENIA MACEDONIA, THE FORMER AUSTRIA YUGOSLAV REPUBLIC OF AZERBAIJAN MALTA BELARUS MOLDOVA BELGIUM MONACO BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA NETHERLANDS BULGARIA including components and CROATIA dependent areas overseas CYPRUS NORTHERN IRELAND CZECH REPUBLIC NORWAY DENMARK POLAND including components and PORTUGAL dependent areas overseas ROMANIA ESTONIA RUSSIA FINLAND SAN MARINO FRANCE SLOVAKIA including components and SLOVENIA dependent areas overseas SPAIN GEORGIA SWEDEN GERMANY SWITZERLAND GREECE TAJIKISTAN HUNGARY TURKEY ICELAND TURKMENISTAN IRELAND UKRAINE ITALY UZBEKISTAN KAZAKHSTAN VATICAN CITY KYRGYZSTAN YUGOSLAVIA, FEDERAL LATVIA REPUBLIC OF LIECHTENSTEIN

    European countries not qualified for this year's diversity program: GREAT BRITAIN. GREAT BRITAIN (UNITED KINGDOM) includes the following dependent areas: ANGUILLA, BERMUDA, BRITISH VIRGIN ISLANDS, CAYMAN ISLANDS, FALKLAND ISLANDS, GIBRALTAR, MONTSERRAT, PITCAIRN, 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.

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    NORTH AMERICA and THE BAHAMAS

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

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    OCEANIA

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

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    SOUTH AMERICA, CENTRAL AMERICA, AND THE CARIBBEAN

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

    Countries in this region that do not qualify for this year's diversity program: COLOMBIA, DOMINICAN REPUBLIC, EL SALVADOR, HAITI, JAMAICA, and MEXICO.

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