As per the DV-2013 visa lottery instructions natives of Bangladesh are not aqllowed to participate in the American Green card Lottery.
While Poland and South Sudan natives are allowed to participate in the DV-2013 American visa lottery program that is going to be held soon.

Here is the list of ineligible country names whose natives can't participate in this year green card lottery program.

• BANGLADESH
• BRAZIL
• CANADA
• CHINA (mainland-born)
• COLOMBIA
• DOMINICAN REPUBLIC
• ECUADOR
• EL SALVADOR
• GUATEMALA
• HAITI
• INDIA
• JAMAICA
• MEXICO
• PAKISTAN
• PHILIPPINES
• PERU
• SOUTH KOREA
• VIETNAM
• UNITED KINGDOM (except Northern Ireland) and its dependent territories

Eligible countries for DV-2012

Eligible country means that certain country born people (Natives) only can participate in the DV 2012 U.S visa lottery program. After some unique calculation of the issued U.S visas for each country in the past 5 years period and this is identified by the U.S. Citizenship and
Immigration Services (USCIS) according to the formula in Section 203(c) of the Immigration and Nationality Act. They will decide and publish the eligible country list for the program every year. USCIS only has the right to decide which country is eligible and which country is not eligible and how many visas will be available for each country under the dv-2012 visa lottery program. Natives of all the African region countries can participate in this year program.

Eligible country list for the program is published in the internet by the U.S State Department each year along with the visa bulletin. After long
years in the ineligible country list Russia became as an eligible country for the2010 fiscal year program and it was included in to the eligible country list in the year 2009. This allowed lot of Russian born people to apply for the program in the year 2009. In this year's program, there are no changes in the country list from the dv 2011 list.

Eligible country list is already published in the internet. It is also available in the 2012 dv lottery instructions.

Each year in this program no one country can get more than 7% of the total available visas. People who were born in the following countries - natives - are not eligible to participate in this year program.

Here is the list of ineligible country names whose natives can't participate in this visa lottery program.

• BANGLADESH
• BRAZIL
• CANADA
• CHINA (mainland-born)
• COLOMBIA
• DOMINICAN REPUBLIC
• ECUADOR
• EL SALVADOR
• GUATEMALA
• HAITI
• INDIA
• JAMAICA
• MEXICO
• PAKISTAN
• PHILIPPINES
• PERU
• POLAND
• SOUTH KOREA
• VIETNAM
• UNITED KINGDOM (except Northern Ireland) and its dependent territories