LIST OF COUNTRIES BY REGION WHOSE NATIVES ARE ELIGIBLE FOR DV-2009-part 1
Saturday, April 19th, 2008The lists below show the countries whose natives are eligible for DV-2009 within each geographic region for this diversity program. The countries whose natives are not eligible for the DV-2009 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 are NOT eligible for this diversity program (because they are the principal source countries of Family-Sponsored and Employment-Based immigration, or “high admission” countries) are noted after the respective regional lists.