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Tier 1 Countries Tier 1 Countries Tier 2 Countries Tier 3 Countries Tier 4 Countries (continued) Andorra Qatar Albania Angola Afghanistan Antigua and Barbuda San Marino Algeria Anguilla Benin Argentina Saudi Arabia American Samoa Bangladesh Burkina Faso Aruba Seychelles Armenia Bhutan Burundi Australia Singapore Azerbaijan Bolivia Central African Rep. Austria Sint Maarten Belarus Cabo Verde Chad Bahamas Slovak Republic Belize Cambodia Comoros Bahrain Slovenia Bosnia/Herzegovina Cameroon Dem. Rep. of Congo Barbados South Korea Botswana Congo Eritrea Belgium Spain Brazil Cook Islands Ethiopia Bermuda St Kitts/Nevis Bulgaria Côte d’Ivoire Gambia British Virgin Islands St Martin China Djibouti Guinea Brunei Darussalam Sweden Colombia Egypt Guinea-Bissau Canada Switzerland Costa Rica El Salvador Haiti Cayman Islands Taiwan Cuba French Guiana Liberia Channel Islands Trinidad/Tobago Dominica French So. Territories Madagascar Chile Turks and Caicos Dominican Republic Georgia Malawi Croatia United Arab Emirates Ecuador Ghana Mali Curacao United Kingdom Equatorial Guinea Guadeloupe Mozambique Cyprus United States Fiji Honduras Nepal Czech Republic Uruguay Gabon India Niger Denmark Virgin Islands Grenada Indonesia North Korea Estonia Guatemala Kenya Rwanda Faroe Islands Guyana Kiribati Senegal Falkland Islands (Malvinas) Iran Kosovo Sierra Leon Finland Iraq Kyrgyz Republic Somalia France Jamaica Lao PDR South Sudan French Polynesia Jordan Lesotho Syrian Arab Republic Germany Kazakhstan Mauritania Tajikistan Gibraltar Lebanon Mayotte Tanzania Greece Libya Micronesia Togo Greenland Macedonia Moldova Uganda Guam Malaysia Mongolia Yemen Hong Kong Maldives Montserrat Zimbabwe Hungary Marshall Islands Morocco Iceland Martinique Myanmar Ireland Mauritius Nicaragua Isle of Man Mexico Nigeria Israel Montenegro Niue Italy Namibia Pakistan Japan Nauru Papua New Guinea Kuwait Netherlands Antilles Philippines Latvia Paraguay Sao Tome and Principe Liechtenstein Peru Solomon Islands Lithuania Poland Sandwich Islands Luxembourg Reunion Sri Lanka Macau Romania St Helena Malta Russian Federation St Pierre and Miquelon Monaco Samoa Sudan Netherlands Serbia Swaziland New Caledonia South Africa Timor-Leste New Zealand St Lucia Tokelau Northern Mariana Islands St Vincent/Grenadines Tunisia Norway Suriname Ukraine Oman Thailand Uzbekistan Palau Tonga Vanuatu Panama Turkey Vietnam Portugal Turkmenistan Wallis and Futuna Puerto Rico Tuvalu West Bank/Gaza Venezuela Yugoslavia Zambia .

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