Read this before you pay money to USAFIS.This is potentially a waste of money due to how you may be misled by the information communicated by USAFIS. I paid $10 to submit my application, submitted the relevant documents and have emails to prove that the cut off date said to be 11th Nov 2021. I submitted my application on 7th Nov 2021 and thought that was it. The actual official submission date was 10th Nov 2021 for the green card Diversity Lottery. On the 10th Nov 2021 I got a call from an employee, at USAFIS. She went through her call script about how eligible I was and how easy it would be and how they would ensure my application was submitted via the Diversity Lottery - this is a free lottery via US govt website and not what I was expecting but perhaps I missed that in the original emails. Secondly, the language she used was designed to make me think they would be successful in submitting my application all the way to green card - however this is very mis-leading. Next she told me she would be charging $2,700 to my visa she that had on file I quickly questioned why I should pay $2,700 to enter a lottery and she again repeated that they would support me the full way through to the green card. The problem here is the promise is to get you a green card - it is purported that way and not that they will just do the paperwork on your behalf. This can be communicated in a far clearer way by saying, they have no guarantees that you will ever get the green card, which is the case. But note the rushed effort to get my approval to charge my card - I did not agree to the charge. She wanted me to confirm right then that I would pay - so I said no as I definitely needed to do my own research given she had just informed me this was only the Diversity Lottery. To clarify, I did not pay as by this point I was concerned that what she was saying sounded too good to be true. I asked her to send me an email with the details she had given me and I would reply with my decision within a few hours - I never received the email. I also asked what the application cut off was to which replied the end of this week as her legal team needed to have it submitted by Sunday 14th Nov 21) at the latest. I asked her to confirm by end of the week did she mean tomorrow (Friday 11th Nov 21) she said yes. My biggest concern with this whole call was this; I specifically asked if the green card application was successful what year would it be granted to which she replied May 2022. I then checked the govt website - the cut off for 2023 Diversity Green Card Lottery was 10th November 2021- the cut off for 2022 Diversity Green Card Lottery was 9th November 2020. Majority of her sales pitch seemed either untrue or intentionally misleading- she wasn’t even going to be able to apply for a 2023 green card for me. So thankfully I did not pay them the money they were asking for. The real submission and award dates for 2022 & 2023 diversity green card lottery can be viewed on the dvprogram section of the US govt immigration website.Update:According a USAFIS customer service agent they have a special agreement with the US Govt where they have an approved extension to submit applications after the official lottery close date because they submit thousands of applications - (this would need to be proven).This is an honest and transparent review of my experience with USAFIS - it’s purpose is provide a review so that other people can be aptly prepared to get the right info.
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