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Nigeria and some other countries will no longer be eligible to participate
in the America Diversity Visa lottery programme.
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 in the last five years.
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.
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