Beware Of Fake Visa Lottery Websites, US Mission Warns Nigerians

The US Mission to Nigeria has said it is aware of websites and messages promoting fake US Diversity visa lottery. In a statement on Friday by the mission, it stated that the sites were fake and provided websites where accurate information regarding the lottery could be obtained. All of these sites are FAKE. The only accurate information on the visa lottery is available at ng.usembassy.gov and travel.state.gov Addresses that have a .gov are the only accurate source of visa information.” The Immigration Act of 1990 established the Diversity Visa programme, where 55,000 immigrant visas would be available in an annual lottery, starting in fiscal year 1995. The lottery was initiated to diversify the immigrant population in the United States, by selecting applicants mostly from countries with low rates of immigration to the United States in the previous five years. Earlier, the US consulate in Nigeria noted on its website that Nigerians were no longer eligible for the Diversity Visa Lottery.