The United States has announced the African nations with the highest number of selections in the DV-2026 Diversity Visa green card lottery, according to Tuko. The US State Department registered over 129,000 applicants globally, with a significant share of selections coming from Africa. The lottery offers selected applicants a pathway to permanent residency in the United States, though candidates must still complete mandatory interviews before visas are granted. The announcement highlights which African countries received the most selections in this year's programme.

The United States has published a list of 19 countries whose citizens are not eligible for the DV-2026 Diversity Visa programme, commonly known as the Green Card Lottery. According to Tuko, the programme offered 51,850 Green Cards and attracted more than 20 million applications. The ineligibility list affects prospective applicants from the named nations seeking permanent residency in the US through the annual lottery system.

More than 53,939 Africans selected in the US Diversity Visa Lottery 2026 risk losing their chance to obtain permanent residency, according to Tuko. The selectees face a race against time to complete processing before the programme year ends on 30 September, as a reported suspension of Diversity Visa processing threatens their applications. The situation leaves thousands of hopeful migrants uncertain about whether they will secure their green cards before the deadline passes.

The United States Diversity Visa programme, commonly known as the Green Card Lottery, selected entrants unevenly across Africa, with some countries recording notably lower numbers than others. According to Tuko, a list of the 10 African countries with the fewest selected entrants highlights disparities in how applicants from different nations fared in the programme. The Diversity Visa scheme offers selected applicants a pathway to permanent residence in the United States through an annual random selection process.

The US State Department has released its 2026 Diversity Visa list, indicating that only one African country is ineligible for the Green Card Lottery, according to Tuko. The report does not name the excluded nation or explain the criteria in the provided blurb. The announcement affects prospective African applicants seeking US permanent residency through the annual diversity visa program.

Tuko reports that the US Green Card Lottery has published a list of East African countries whose citizens were selected for the 2026 Diversity Visa programme, including Kenya. The blurb indicates the selection covers multiple countries in the region and identifies Kenyans among those chosen, but provides no figures, eligibility rules, dates, or confirmation from US authorities. According to the source, the announcement concerns entrants for the 2026 programme rather than final immigrant visas.