The United States government has barred Nigerian citizens from
participating in the US Visa Lottery for 2022, according to the
list that was released.
This disclosure is contained in a document, ‘Instructions for
the 2022 diversity immigrant visa program (dv-2022)’ obtained from
the US Department of States website on Thursday, October 15,
2020.
The document states that Nigerian citizens are the only Africans
that are not eligible to take part in this year’s Diversity Visa
programme. This is because more than 50,000 natives of the country
immigrated to the United States in the past 5 years.
Other countries who fall into this category and are barred from
taking part include Bangladesh, Brazil, Canada, China (including
Hong Kong SAR), Colombia, Dominican Republic, El Salvador,
Guatemala, Haiti, Honduras, India, Jamaica, Mexico, Pakistan,
Philippines, South Korea, United Kingdom (except Northern Ireland)
and its dependent territories, and Vietnam.
Part of the statement from the document reads, “For DV-2022,
persons born in the following countries are not eligible to apply,
because more than, 50,000 natives of these countries immigrated to
the United States in the previous five years: Bangladesh, Brazil,
Canada, China (including Hong Kong SAR), Colombia, Dominican
Republic, El Salvador, Guatemala, Haiti, Honduras, India, Jamaica,
Mexico, Nigeria, Pakistan, Philippines, South Korea, United Kingdom
(except Northern Ireland) and its dependent territories, and
Vietnam. Persons born in Macau SAR and Taiwan are eligible.” GTBank
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Although natives of other African countries are allowed to
apply, the document explained that “persons born in the areas
administered prior to June 1967 by Israel, Jordan, Syria, and Egypt
are chargeable, respectively, to Israel, Jordan, Syria, and
Egypt,”
“Persons born in the Gaza Strip are chargeable to Egypt; persons
born in the West Bank are chargeable to Jordan; persons born in the
Golan Heights are chargeable to Syria.”
It states that applicants who are selected in the programme must
meet simple but strict eligibility requirements to qualify for a
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It also states that the Department of State determines selectees
through a randomized computer drawing and distributes diversity
visas among six geographic regions. It notes that no single country
may receive more than 7% of the available DVs in any one year.”
Update: Nigeria, only African country barred from
US visa lottery for 2022