Information from the United States Department of
State sighted on Sunday said Nigerians and citizens from few other countries
were not eligible for DV-2015
The department said Nigeria
was excluded since over 50,000 Nigerians had immigrated into the United States
The department listed other countries not
eligible as Bangladesh , Brazil , Canada ,
China (mainland-born), Colombia , Dominican
Republic , Ecuador ,
El Salvador and Haiti
Others are India ,
Jamaica , Mexico , Nigeria ,
Pakistan , Peru , Philippines ,
South Korea , United Kingdom (except Northern Ireland ) and its dependent territories,
and Vietnam
However, many African countries would continue to
enjoy the programme.
Some of them are Algeria, Angola, Benin,
Botswana, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cameroon, Cape Verde, Central African
Republic, Chad, Comoros, Congo, Cote D’Ivoire (Ivory Coast), Djibouti, Egypt,
Equatorial Guinea, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Gabon, Gambia and Ghana.
Others are Guinea ,
Guinea-Bissau , Kenya , Lesotho ,
Liberia , Libya , Madagascar ,
Malawi , Mali , Mauritania ,
Mauritius , Morocco , Mozambique ,
Namibia , Niger , Rwanda ,
Sao Tome and Principe , Senegal , Seychelles
and Sierra Leone
Diversity visas are said to be distributed among
six geographic regions, while no single country could receive more than seven
per cent of the available space in any year.
Already, advertsiements for the 2015 US DV
lottery have started with several businesses inviting Nigerians to apply for
the program.
Applications for the 2015 US DV lottery is
expected to take off from October 1, 2013.
In 2012, 14,769, 658 persons were said to have
qualified worldwide for the US DV lottery among the 19, 672, 269 which applied.
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