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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