CONSUMER ALERT!

POSTED BY THE GREEN CARD LOTTERY CENTER FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC.

Please read carefully and if you have any doubts as to the credibility of the company that you have chosen to prepare your entry for the green card lottery, please contact us and we will be happy to answer all your questions.

Many companies that prepare and submit green card lottery applications on behalf of applicants mislead the public as to the true facts about the Diversity Visa Program or Green Card Lottery and as to their role in preparing and mailing green card lottery applications. General facts to keep in mind are the following:

1. There is only ONE governmental agency and it is called the National Visa Center. It is located in Portsmouth, NH. It is the official Department of State permanent Immigrant Visa processing facility that process all green card lottery applications. All the other companies that use the name "National Visa center" are using that name in order to FOOL YOU, THE PUBLIC , into thinking that they are somehow part of the UNITED STATES Department of State.

DO NOT BE FOOLED : if the web site that you are visiting is not at this address, http://travel.state.gov/nvc.html , then you are not at the web site of the US STATE DEPARTMENT NATIONAL VISA CENTER. "The Department of State has only one National Visa Center. Other organizations using [the same names] have no connection to the State Department's National Visa Center in Portsmouth NH.

2. Some companies promise "immediate placement" or "non disqualification" in the Green Card lottery or that they guarantee that your application will not be rejected by the National Visa Center (NVC). It is impossible for any company to make such promises because no one will ever find out if any application has been received by the National Visa Center. The NVC only keeps track of the winners. The NVC do not keep lists of all the applicants that were not disqualified. BE CAREFUL OF ANY COMPANY THAT MAKES SUCH ASSURANCES OR GUARANTEES.

3. Some companies represent that you will get an "OFFICIAL GREEN CARD LOTTERY FILING NUMBER", or that they have the "OFFICIAL GREEN CARD LOTTERY FORM",Ê and if you use their form, your application will not be rejected. The TRUE FACT are that there is NO OFFICIAL GREEN CARD LOTTERY APPLICATION FORM. In addition, when an application is sent to the US State Department National Visa Center, the sender DOES NOT get any official filing number from the State Department. DO NOT BE FOOLED by these promises and misrepresentations.

Your application will be prepared according to the rules and guidelines dictated by NVC and that your application will be prepared clearly, neatly and legibly. We have developed a unique software "AutoCheck!" which will ask you questions, determine your eligibility, prepare your original green card lottery application "Direct on line", and give you the option of printing your green card lottery application in the correct format on YOUR OWN PRINTER, no matter where in the world you are. This will enable you to save a lot of precious time that is usually lost in mailing applications.

4. Some companies offer you a "certificate of mailing", usually at an extra charge, as SO CALLED PROOF that your application was received by the National Visa Center. DO NOT BE FOOLED . All that a certificate of mailing means is that an envelope was sent to a particular location. A certificate of mailing DOES NOT guarantee that there was an application in the envelope or that the green card lottery application was received by the NVC.

5. Some companies claim to have a "high success rate" or that their "success rate is higher than "any other option". Once again, let it be known that all registrants (green card lottery applicants), are selected AT RANDOM by A COMPUTER from among all other qualified entries. A company can not legitimately claim a "high rate of success" because it is the computer that chooses the winners. All applicants who submitted a proper green card lottery application to the NVC have an EQUAL OPPORTUNITY/CHANCE to win. Keep in mind that only ONE entry per person per year is allowed according to the Green Card Lottery rules. If an applicant submits multiple applications, he/she will be disqualified

If you question the accuracy or the truthfulness of the information outlined in this page or this site, please visit the official government site located at http://www.ftc.gov/bcp/conline/pubs/alerts/lottery.htm for information directly from the OFFICIAL SOURCE, the US State Department.

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