Question: What Countries are Excluded From the Green Card Lottery?
Answer:
You may not take part in the green card lottery if you are a national of a country that has sent more than 50,000 immigrants to the U.S. during the past five years. The list is revised each year.
The DV-2009 which closed in December 2007 listed the following countries as ineligible for the green card lottery:
- Brazil
- Canada
- China (mainland-born)
- Colombia
- Dominican Republic
- Ecuador
- El Salvador
- Guatemala
- Haiti
- India
- Jamaica
- Mexico
- Pakistan
- Philippines
- Peru
- Poland
- Russia
- South Korea
- United Kingdom (except Northern Ireland) and its dependent territories
- Vietnam
- Persons born in Hong Kong, SAR, Macau SAR and Taiwan are eligible.
