Keywords: DV eligible countries.png Regions and eligible countries for the 2018 United States Diversity Visa lottery Created from Wikimedia Commons' blank world map en wikipedia 2007-07-29 Heitordp wikipedia en Regions and eligible countries for the 2018 United States Diversity Visa lottery Created from Wikimedia Commons' blank world map <font color dimgray>Dark gray</font> United States and its territories <font color gray>Light gray</font> Other territories that do not belong to any eligible region <font color lime>Light green</font> North America eligible <font color green>Dark green</font> North America ineligible <font color red>Light red</font> Mexico Central and South America and the Caribbean eligible <font color darkred>Dark Red</font> Mexico Central and South America and the Caribbean ineligible <font color dodgerblue>Light blue</font> Europe eligible <font color darkblue>Dark blue</font> Europe ineligible <font color yellow>Yellow</font> Africa eligible <font color olive>Olive</font> Africa ineligible <font color darkorange>Orange</font> Asia eligible <font color saddlebrown>Brown</font> Asia ineligible <font color magenta>Pink</font> Oceania all eligible Regions are as defined for the allocation of visas in the lottery <ref>http //www travel state gov/pdf/FY09AnnualReport_TableVII pdf Immigrant Number Use for Visa Issuances and Adjustments of Status in the Diversity Immigrant Category</ref><ref>https //travel state gov/content/dam/visas/Diversity-Visa/DV-Instructions-Translations/DV-2018 20Instructions/DV-2018 20Instructions 20English pdf Instructions for the DV-2018</ref> Although Mexico is geographically located in North America it is grouped with Central and South America and the Caribbean according to immigrant visa law <ref>http //www uscis gov/ilink/docView/SLB/HTML/SLB/0-0-0-1/0-0-0-29/0-0-0-1083/0-0-0-1159 html Immigration and Nationality Act 203 - Allocation of Immigrant Visas</ref> All countries which used to be part of Soviet Union are considered to be in Europe However even though Southern Sakhalin and the southern four Kuril Islands are de facto part of Russia they are still considered to be de jure in Japan and thus Asia under immigrant visa regulations because they used to belong to Japan before Japan abandoned those territories under the San Francisco peace treaty The Soviet Union did not sign the treaty and effectively also have no right for them under international law <ref name exceptions >https //fam state gov/FAM/09FAM/09FAM050302 html M503_2_5_A Some exceptions to rules of chargeability</ref> Western Sahara is a disputed territory a former dependent territory of Spain currently administered by Morocco and does not belong to any region In the past it was eligible to participate in the lottery under Europe as a dependent territory of Spain and later as a country under Africa <ref>http //travel state gov/visa/immigrants/types/types_5073 html DV-2011 Results</ref> and it even had several winners throughout the years However it has never received any visa under the DV lottery program <ref name exceptions /><ref>https //fam state gov/FAM/09FAM/09FAM050302 html M503_2_5_B List of dependent areas</ref> Even though the Gaza Strip is geographically located in Asia it is still considered to be part of Egypt and thus Africa under immigrant visa regulations because Gaza used to be part of Egypt in June 1967 and the US recognizes Israel Syria Egypt and Jordan in geographical borders of June 1967 <ref name exceptions /> Although Macau is geographically located in Asia it is still considered a dependent territory of Portugal and thus Europe under immigrant visa regulations even though it is part of China for all other purposes <ref name exceptions /> References Reflist Heitordp Original upload log en wikipedia DV+eligible+countries png wikitable - 2013-09-30 07 06 1480×625× 55375 bytes Heitordp Updated to DV-2015 - 2012-10-07 11 05 1480×625× 55290 bytes Heitordp Update to DV-2014 - 2011-10-04 01 43 1480×625× 55272 bytes Heitordp More detailed map added South Sudan changed Mexico - 2011-04-21 14 42 1427×628× 50136 bytes AlexanderRa Made Gaza yellow Mexico dark green Southern Sakhalin orange Western Sahara grey - 2011-04-20 19 03 1427×628× 50354 bytes AlexanderRa Reverted to version as of 12 33 8 April 2011 - I am new to uploading and I was not able to upload the new file correctly The colors became too dark - 2011-04-20 18 53 1427×628× 45607 bytes AlexanderRa Gaza Western Sahara Southern Sakhalin - they did not load somehow - 2011-04-20 18 47 1427×628× 45607 bytes AlexanderRa Made Gaza yellow made Southern Sakhalin orange made Western Sahara grey - 2011-04-08 12 33 1427×628× 50354 bytes AlexanderRa Reverted to version as of 20 41 2 April 2011 - Reverted Canada to be North America - 2011-04-08 01 20 1427×628× 50249 bytes Heitordp Fixed Gaza Strip and Southern Sakhalin Mexico is not considered North America for the DV - 2011-04-02 20 41 1427×628× 50354 bytes BGManofID As per 2010 immigration statistics made Poland eligible and Bangladesh ineligible; also changed Mexico to North America - 2008-05-28 19 30 1427×628× 50384 bytes Heitordp Regions and eligible countries for the United States Diversity Visa lottery Created from Wikimedia Commons' blank world map <font color gray>Gray</font> United States an - 2007-12-03 12 27 1427×628× 50523 bytes Heitordp Regions and eligible countries for the United States Diversity Visa lottery Created from Wikimedia Commons' blank world map <font color gray>Gray</font> United States an - 2007-08-09 04 00 1427×628× 50500 bytes Heitordp Regions and eligible countries for the United States Diversity Visa lottery Created from Wikimedia Commons' blank world map <font color gray>Gray</font> United States an - 2007-07-29 22 15 1427×628× 51468 bytes Heitordp Regions and eligible countries for the United States Diversity Visa lottery Created from Wikimedia Commons' http //commons wikimedia org/wiki/Image BlankMap-World png blank world map Maps of the world without Antarctica |