Notice to Diversity Visa-2011 and Diversity Visa-2012 Entrants

Reports of fraudulent e-mails, websites, and print advertisements offering visa services to Diversity Visa entrants are on the rise.  Please be advised that images of U.S. emblems such as flags, eagles, monuments, or official seals do not necessarily indicate a U.S. Government website.  A domain name of ".gov" ensures that a website is a legitimate U.S. Government site where the information is free and up-to-date. UNDER NO CIRCUMSTANCES should money be sent to any address for participation in the DV Lottery.  The Department of State's Kentucky Consular Center (KCC) does not send e-mail notification to DV entrants informing them of their winning entries. 

Successful DV-2011 applicants already have been notified by KCC by letter, not by e-mail.  DV-2011 entrants also can check the status of their entries at http://www.dvlottery.state.gov until June 30, 2011.  Entrants will not be asked to send money to the KCC or any U.S. embassy or consulate.

DV-2012 applicants will not receive notification letters from KCC. DV-2012 entrants will never receive correspondence containing information on an applicant's status, but will only receive notification directing them to check their status on the official website.  The only official way to receive status updates is through the DV program website at www.dvlottery.state.gov between May 1, 2011, and June 30, 2012.

Complaints about unwanted e-mails that may be scams can be sent to the U.S. Department of Justice at www.usdoj.gov/spam.htm.