Who Can Apply For DV Lottery?

The annual Diversity Visa Lottery also known as the Green Card Lottery is a US government program that makes 55,000 Permanent Resident cards available every year to persons from “underrepresented countries,” which have been less represented in employment and family-based preference categories in the United States of America and who meet two basic eligibility requirements.

This years (2016) Green Card Lottery Program is called DV-2019 (the year successful applicants may enter the United States of America on the green card they won), and is now open to all individuals worldwide who meet two basic entry requirements. The Program makes Permanent Resident Cards available to the winners, authorizing the winners and their families to live, study and work in the United States of America as permanent residents.

The Green Card Lottery program is a United States congressionally-mandated program for receiving a United States Permanent Resident Card, also popularly known as a USA Green Card, due to the green color of the Permanent Resident Card.
Am I eligible?
They state that there are no changes in the eligibility comparing them to the last year’s, and here is a complete list of the countries who’s natives are not eligible to apply:

• Bangladesh
• Brazil
• Canada
• China (mainland-born)
• Colombia
• Dominican Republic
• Ecuador
• El Salvador
• Haiti
• India
• Jamaica
• Mexico
• Nigeria
• Pakistan
• Peru
• Philippines
• South Korea
• United Kingdom (except Northern Ireland) and its dependent territories
• Vietnam Persons born in Hong Kong SAR, Macau SAR, and Taiwan are eligible.

Eligibility has not to do with your country, if you were born in a country that is listed in top. then, you are not eligible. A list of not eligible countries in top.https://googleads.g.doubleclick.net/pagead/ads?client=ca-pub-8240480405167701&output=html&h=90&slotname=3444600478&adk=3742869891&adf=1122618637&w=200&lmt=1490153959&ea=0&flash=0&hl=en&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.magziworld.com%2Fcan-apply-for-dv-lottery%2F&wgl=1&dt=1490153965042&bpp=3&fdt=181&idt=229&shv=r20170315&cbv=r20170110&saldr=aa&prev_fmts=200x90_0ads_al&correlator=3448959693380&frm=20&ga_vid=*&ga_sid=*&ga_hid=*&ga_fc=0&pv=1&icsg=2&nhd=1&dssz=2&mdo=0&mso=0&u_tz=360&u_his=1&u_java=1&u_h=1024&u_w=1280&u_ah=984&u_aw=1280&u_cd=24&u_nplug=5&u_nmime=85&biw=1263&bih=895&eid=575144605%2C828064190&ref=http%3A%2F%2Fl.facebook.com%2Fl.php%3Fu%3Dhttp%253A%252F%252Fwww.magziworld.com%252Fcan-apply-for-dv-lottery%252F%26h%3DATMKCQW0grcQF3x-9VrZF5jK68GfYliWLY1Y2AVTv17vnynTxVZ3VvMesMdx8mQZm0ZPRAEsazflB5amwpExzYcrI5PSs4R3GmaT6uqcOfp9YTItaT-2Itg7U6mQOz4GqSQQQhU&rx=0&eae=4&fc=272&brdim=%2C%2C-8%2C-8%2C1280%2C0%2C1296%2C1000%2C1280%2C895&vis=1&rsz=%7C%7CeE%7C&abl=CS&ppjl=f&pfx=0&fu=16&bc=1&ifi=2&dtd=244&rl_rc=true&ad_type=text&oe=utf8&format=fpkc_al_lp&kw_type=radlink&kw0=DV+Lottery&kw1=Visa+Application+Form&kw2=Green+Card+Lottery+Visa&okw=DV+Lottery&rt=ChBY0fHyAAcRRgqOzBSLD-AmEgpEViBMb3R0ZXJ5Gggus_NGm2fGNSgBUhMItoLDkJjp0gIVUtOOCh0o7AnfeAE