Fraud Warning from AIT

Diversity Visa Lottery Program - Fraud Warning (Photo: AIT Images)

The Diversity Visa Lottery Program is administered directly from the Kentucky Consular Center (KCC) in Williamsburg, Kentucky.  Other organizations using similar names have no connection to the KCC.  There is no fee charged by the KCC for sending an entry to the Diversity lottery program.  Only internet sites including the ".gov" indicator are official government websites.  There have been instances of fraudulent websites posing as official U.S. Government sites. Some companies posing as the U.S. Government have sought money in order to "complete" lottery entry forms.  Applicants selected in the Diversity Visa random drawing are notified by the Kentucky Consular Center by letter, NOT e-mail and are provided instructions on how to proceed to the next step in the process. No other organization or company is authorized by the Department of State to notify Diversity Visa lottery applicants of their winning entry.  See our Fraud Warning and the Federal Trade Commission Warning.  A Diversity processing fee is only charged when a winning lottery entrant applies for the Diversity visa. At the time of the visa application at a U.S. consular office, each applicant (the DV entrant and any accompanying family members) will be charged a DV processing fee and immigrant visa fee.