@using (Html.BeginForm("Register", "User", FormMethod.Post))
                        {
                            <div>
                                @Html.TextBoxFor(m => m.FirstName, new { placeholder = "First name", @class = "form-control", @type = "text" })
                            </div>
                            <div>
                                @Html.TextBoxFor(m => m.LastName, new { placeholder = "Last name", @class = "form-control", @type = "text" })
                            </div>
                            <div>
                                @Html.TextBoxFor(m => m.Email, new { placeholder = "Email", @class = "form-control", @type = "email" })
                            </div>
                            <div>
                                @Html.TextBoxFor(m => m.Password, new { placeholder = "Password", @class = "form-control", @type = "password" })
                            </div>
                            <div>
                                @Html.TextBoxFor(m => m.PasswordConfirm, new { placeholder = "Confirm password", @class = "form-control", @type = "password" })
                            </div>
                            <div>
                                @Html.DropDownListFor(model => model.SelectedCountryId, Model.Countries, new { @class="select2_single form-control select2-hidden-accessible", @tabindex = "-1" })
                            </div>
                            <div>
                                <input class="btn btn-default submit" type="submit" value="Register" />
                            </div>
                        }

public class UserRegistrationViewModel
    {
        [Required(ErrorMessage = "First name is required!")]
        public string FirstName { get; set; }

        [Required(ErrorMessage = "Last name is required!")]
        public string LastName { get; set; }

        [Required(ErrorMessage = "Email name is required!")]
        public string Email { get; set; }

        [Required(ErrorMessage = "Password name is required!")]
        public string Password { get; set; }

        [Required(ErrorMessage = "Password confirmation name is required!")]
        public string PasswordConfirm { get; set; }
        public int SelectedCountryId { get; set; }

        [Required(ErrorMessage = "Country needs to be selected!")]
        public SelectList Countries { get; set; }


    }

public ActionResult Index()
        {
            var model = new UserRegistrationViewModel();
            var countries = Connection.ctx.Countries.OrderBy(x => x.CountryName).ToList();
            model.Countries = new SelectList(countries, "CountryId", "CountryName");
            return View(model);
        }
        [HttpPost]

        public ActionResult Register(UserRegistrationViewModel model)
        {
            if (ModelState.IsValid)
            {
                var user = new Users();
                user.FirstName = model.FirstName;
                user.LastName =model.LastName;
                user.Email = model.Email;
                user.PasswordSalt = Helpers.PasswordHelper.CreateSalt(40);
                user.PasswordHash = Helpers.PasswordHelper.CreatePasswordHash(model.Password, user.PasswordSalt);
                user.CountryId = Convert.ToInt32(model.SelectedCountryId);
                user.Active = true;
                Connection.ctx.Users.Add(user);
                Connection.ctx.SaveChanges();
                var role = new UserRoles();
                role.RoleId = 2;
                role.UserId = user.UserId;
                role.Active = true;
                user.UserRoles.Add(role);
                Connection.ctx.SaveChanges();
                return RedirectToAction("Index");
            }
            return null;

        }