Watch Out For Green Card Lottery Scams

This bulletin is a summary of the various Green Card Lottery scams that new immigrants should be aware of that are offered by various businesses. These are important because listening to these scams can make you lose money and stop you form entering the program. According to both the U.S. State Department and the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) there are fraudulent practices by some businesses around the Green Card Lottery. New immigrants need to know that applications are ONLY available online. There is no other way to apply!

1. The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) warns new immigrants of several scams that are related to the Green Card Lottery. These are done by both businesses and attorneys (Green Card Lottery updates):

They say they are working or consultants to the United States Government -- they are not. Only the U.S. State Department issues visas (green cards).

They have a special entry form for you to use that will make your chances greater -- the green card lottery can only be applied for online.

They have never had an application rejected that their company sent in -- the lottery is a random drawing so some applications will be rejected since only 50,000 applications are accepted and many more are sent in.

2. People that come from the "disqualified" countries can still get in -- this is not true.

3. Some companies will tell you that in order to get into a better position, they will send in several entries for you. This automatically disqualifies you because the rules state that only one application can be put in per person.

4. Some companies may try to get you to pay large amounts of money after you have won the lottery to complete the process -- once you are notified by the Department of State that you won a visa (green card) the letter will tell you if there are any requirements that you need to complete. TO AVOID FRAUD, do not fall for those websites that say they will give you visas (green cards) or other documents of residency or government travel online. You will always have to apply for green cards, passports or other requirements in person and it must be in front of an officer of the United States government. Be very careful about where you send your personal information in the form of documents to because you do not know how they will be used. This could be a way for the business to steal your identity.

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