US Govt Announces Opening of Visa Lottery Application and the Options for Nigerians To Qualify
The United States has opened applications for its 2025 Diversity Visa Programme, the popularly known as visa lottery.
In a statement published on its website and obtained by Legit.ng, US department said application will close on Tuesday, November 7, 2023.
The statement reads:
“The online registration period for the DV-2025 Program begins on Wednesday, October 4, 2023, at 12:00 noon, Eastern Daylight Time (EDT) (GMT-4) and concludes on Tuesday, November 7, 2023, at 12:00 noon, Eastern Standard Time (EST) (GMT-5).
“It is free but Submission of more than one entry for a person during the registration period will disqualify all entries for that person.”
Nigeria barred from US visa lottery 2024
While nationals from 53 African countries are qualified to apply, Nigerians are once again barred. The U.S. Department of State, in a 21-page document said: “In Africa, natives of Nigeria are not eligible for this year’s Diversity Visa program.”
The document also revealed that 21 countries are not qualified for the US visa lottery including Nigeria over high rates of immigration.
The statement continues:
“For DV-2024, natives of the following countries and areas 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, Haiti, Honduras, India, Jamaica, Mexico, Nigeria, Pakistan, Philippines, Republic of Korea (South Korea), United Kingdom (except Northern Ireland) and its dependent territories, Venezuela, and Vietnam. Natives of Macau SAR and Taiwan are eligible.”