Nigeria, Canada, China, others  disqualified from 2025 US  visa lottery programme (see full list)

Nigeria, China, Canada, Brazil and a host of other nations have been disqualified from the 2025 US lottery programme.

The United States of America last year opened applications for the registration process for the Diversity Visa (DV) Programme for the fiscal year 2025.

Authorities say those from nations that have sent more than 50,000 of their citizens to the US in the previous five years are not eligible to apply for the FY2025 program.

The new development also applies to 17 other countries, which have been excluded for the past couple of years.

Here are countries not qualified for the 2025 US lottery programme

1. Bangladesh
2. Brazil
3. Canada
4. China
5. Colombia
6. Dominica
7. El Salvador
8. Haiti
9. Honduras
10. India
11. Jamaica
12. Mexico
13. Nigeria
14. Pakistan
15. Philippines
16. South Korea
17. Venezuela
18. Vietnam