Is http://www.usagc.org/step1.aspx for real.

[NickD 202]

About the immigration green card lottery, but you have to pay to join it, seems fishy to me, anyone know anything about it?

http://www.usagc.org/step1.aspx

Edited May 13, 2009 by NickD

[YuAndDan 153]

Yes fishy, SEE: http://travel.state.gov/visa/immigrants/ty...pes_1322.html#3

[Peikko 1,575]

The lottery itself is real - but the scam comes in anyone trying to persuade you that if they fill in the forms for you, your chances of success increase. Well apart from the logical filling in the form correctly part.

[TayRivers 4]

About the immigration green card lottery, but you have to pay to join it, seems fishy to me, anyone know anything about it?

http://www.usagc.org/step1.aspx

read the small print at the bottom.

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Reproduction in whole or in part without permission is prohibited.

usagc.org website is a private entity and is not a governmental agency

You are paying a company to deal with an application for the greencard lottery. Just like there are immigration sites where you can pay for them to deal with your application for a K1, K3, CR-1 etc.

But it is not a Government Agency.

[SP&JM 0]

The lottery itself is real - but the scam comes in anyone trying to persuade you that if they fill in the forms for you, your chances of success increase. Well apart from the logical filling in the form correctly part.

From the DOS website

Important Notice No fee is charged for the electronic lottery entry in the annual DV program. The U.S. Government employs no outside consultants or private services to operate the DV program. Any intermediaries or others who offer assistance to prepare DV entries do so without the authority or consent of the U.S. Government. Use of any outside intermediary or assistance to prepare a DV entry is entirely at the entrant’s discretion.

[NickD 202]

The lottery itself is real - but the scam comes in anyone trying to persuade you that if they fill in the forms for you, your chances of success increase. Well apart from the logical filling in the form correctly part.

From the DOS website

Important Notice No fee is charged for the electronic lottery entry in the annual DV program. The U.S. Government employs no outside consultants or private services to operate the DV program. Any intermediaries or others who offer assistance to prepare DV entries do so without the authority or consent of the U.S. Government. Use of any outside intermediary or assistance to prepare a DV entry is entirely at the entrant's discretion.

Was trying to find a faster means of getting my wife's son here, unmarried, over 21, he didn't want to come with his sister, but times have changed. A petition from my wife as a USC now would take eight years according to the current time lines. And already too late for the 2010 official lottery.

Thanks for the information, no, I did not give them my CC number, but am learning something about the lottery. Do they even post the odds of winning someplace?

[Peikko 1,575]

It will depend on the number of applicants. There is a set number of places, so the odds of one gaining a place will be dependent on the number of people competing for each place.

[msu17 0]

I know that I found that stat somewhere when I first started looking into this (we didn't know about the K1). That was 2 years ago though. Just keep googling and you'll find it.

[NickD 202]

I know that I found that stat somewhere when I first started looking into this (we didn't know about the K1). That was 2 years ago though. Just keep googling and you'll find it.

Google? Why didn't I think of that? On the average odds are one in one hundred you may be chosen, but can be much greater or less depending on which country you are from. This will take a lot more googleing.

Step son does have an advanced degree, may stand a better chance if a US employer sponsors him.

[Peikko 1,575]

I know that I found that stat somewhere when I first started looking into this (we didn't know about the K1). That was 2 years ago though. Just keep googling and you'll find it.

Google? Why didn't I think of that? On the average odds are one in one hundred you may be chosen, but can be much greater or less depending on which country you are from. This will take a lot more googleing.

Step son does have an advanced degree, may stand a better chance if a US employer sponsors him.

That's the most certain route. The lottery is what it says, numbers pulled out of a metaphorical hat

[Heracles 417]

http://travel.state.gov/visa/immigrants/ty...types_4317.html