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