Why is Nigeria excluded from America Visa Lottery list of countries?
The Diversity Visa lottery has that name because it is designed to encourage diversity of origin in the US immigrant population. For that reason, countries that have sent 50,000 or more immigrants to the US in the previous five years are not eligible.
READ ALSO: Money wisdom from 45 mentors for igniting extraordinary business success
The countries whose nationals cannot enter the 2019 lottery are Bangladesh, Brazil, Canada, China (mainland born), Colombia, Dominican Republic, El Salvador, Haiti, India, Jamaica, Mexico, Nigeria, Pakistan, Peru, Philippines, South Korea, United Kingdom (except Northern Ireland) and its dependent territories, and Vietnam.
This list has not changed from the 2018 lottery.
Learn MoreContributed by Kathryn Berck
-Advertisement-
We do everything possible to supply quality information for readers day in, day out and we are committed to keep doing this.
Your kind donation will help our continuous research efforts.