USA Greencard Lottery - legitimate?

Question

What do you think of this website?

I know that US greencard lottery is legitimate but is there a more ideal website than this?

http://www.usa-official-green-card.org/template1_index_eng.htm?afk=Gglsrengogcdv17eng

Thanks all!

Answer 1

The best web site to sign up to the green card lottery is the official government web site.

The address of that site is: http://www.dvlottery.state.gov/

It's currently closed but you should check back in October. Applications are open from October to December each year usually.

It's hard to assess the reliability of other web sites.

In my experience, all of them ask for a minor fee. In exchange for that fee, they take your information all year round and promise to send your application on your behalf to the US government when the time is right (i.e. between October and December). Some promise to buy your plane ticket if you win. Beyond that, it's impossible to tell if they are reliable. They may be scammers or may be running a legit business offering to do stuff in your behalf that you could have done yourself. I wouldn't rely on any of them since I can apply directly with the government without anybody's help.

Answer 2

Any website that charges you is a scam. It's totally free to sign up for the diversity lottery if you live in a qualifying country.

You have already been given the link to the only legitimate site.

Answer 3

Uh, you can fill out the form, or you can pay a lawyer to fill out the form. All the "tickets" for 2008 are gone. You will be betting for 2009.

There are lots of web sites out there that look all legit, but stay with the sites that end with .gov

Good luck.