US Green Card Lottery:

Liberia, according to a dispatched, is being listed with 1,593 citizens to be selected, as well as Algeria, 5,457, Angola, 763, Benin, 1,064,

Botswana, only 7 persons, and Burkina Faso, 252.

The United States Department of State has published the full list of countries whose citizens were selected to participate in the Diversity Visa (DV) 2026 program.
The program, commonly known as the Green Card Lottery listed Liberia with dozens of other African nations appearing among the eligible states.

Liberia, according to a dispatched, is being listed with 1,593 citizens to be selected, as well as Algeria, 5,457, Angola, 763, Benin, 1,064,

Botswana, only 7 persons, and Burkina Faso, 252.

Other countries are: Burundi, 1,616,

Cabo Verde (Cape Verde, 35, Cameroon, 3,533, Central African Republic (CAR),19, Chad, 482, Comoros Island, 12,

Congo, Democratic Republic, 2,210, and

Congo, Republic, 448.

Others include La Côte d’Ivoire, 926, Djibouti, 204, Egypt, 5,527, Equatorial Guinea, 12, Eritrea, 206, Eswatini, only 3 persons, Ethiopia, 3,287, Gabon, 62, The Gambia, 198, Ghana, 1,642, and the Republic of Guinea,1,051.

The rest are: Guinea-Bissau, 10, Kenya, 3,949, Lesotho, 6, Libya, 276, Madagascar, 48, Malawi, 159, Mali, 268, Mauritania, 261, Mauritius, 2 persons, Morocco, 3,670, Mozambique, 4, Namibia, 3, Niger,109, Rwanda,1,252, Senegal, 478, Sierra Leone, 639, Somalia, 1,554, South Africa, 187, South Sudan, 72, Sudan, 5,226, Tanzania, 404,Togo, 2,473, Tunisia, 202, Uganda, 1,513, Western Sahara, 2 persons, Zambia, 236 and Zimbabwe, 327.

The Kentucky Consular Center in Williamsburg, Kentucky, registered roughly 129,516 prospective applicants. They include selected individuals, and their accompanying spouses, and children.

The exercise was held after conducting a random draw from [20,822,624 qualified entries] submitted during a 37-day window between October 2, and November 7, 2024.

The program makes up to approximately 51,850 permanent resident visas available for fiscal year 2026 (October 1, 2025 to September 30, 2026), after deductions under the NACARA, and National Defense Authorization Act provisions.

The following African countries were registered for the DV-2026 program, with the number of prospective applicants listed for each.

To qualify, principal applicants must show proof of at least a high school education, or its equivalent, or two years of work experience within the past five years in an occupation requiring at least two years of training.

Visas are shared across six global regions, with no single country allowed to receive more than seven per cent of the total allocation.

Selected individuals, who are already living in the United States with legal status can apply to adjust their immigration status through US Citizenship, and Immigration Services.

Those outside the country must follow the instructions in their notification letters, and move quickly, as any selected persons, who does not secure a visa, or adjusted status by September 30, 2026, will lose all benefit from their DV-2026 selection.

The same deadline applies to spouses, and children seeking derivative status.

The State Department said, dates for the DV-2027 registration period will be announced in the coming months on its official Diversity Visa page.

Nationals from four countries face outright entry suspensions, meaning they are largely unable to obtain visas to enter the United States.

Those four countries are Burkina Faso, Mali, Niger and Sierra Leone. www.legit.ng