Gorkhey Analysis

  The list below shows the countries whose natives are eligible for DV-2023, grouped by geographic region.   Dependent areas overseas are included within the region of the governing country.   USCIS identified the countries whose natives are not eligible for the DV-2023 program according to the formula in Section 203(c) of the INA.   The countries whose natives are not eligible for the DV 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.           AFRICA         Algeria   Angola   Benin   Botswana   Burkina Faso   Burundi   Cameroon   Cabo Verde   Central African Republic   Chad   Comoros   Congo   Congo, Democratic Republic of the   Cote D’Ivoire (Ivory Coast)   Djibouti   Egypt*   Equatorial Guinea   Eritrea   Eswatini   Ethiopia   Gabon   Gambia, The   Ghana   Guinea   Guinea-Bissau   Ke

Note: This post is referred from the official website of  Diversity Visa Instructions of the U.S. Department of State, Bureau of Consular Affairs    ELIGIBILITY       1.     What do the terms “native” and “chargeability” mean?       Native ordinarily means someone born in a particular country, regardless of the individual’s current country of residence or nationality.   Native can also mean someone who is entitled to be charged to a country other than the one in which he/she was born under the provisions of Section 202(b) of the Immigration and Nationality Act.         Because there is a numerical limitation on immigrants who enter from a country or geographic region, each individual is charged to a country.   Your chargeability refers to the country towards which limitation you count.   Your country of eligibility will normally be the same as your country of birth.   However, you may choose your country of eligibility as the country of birth of your spouse, or the countr