Green Card: Don't Pay to Get One!

It's amazing. The very first Spam ever sent was from a couple of lawyers who offered
to assist people get a Green Card if they paid the law firm a small fee. A Green Card,
for those of you that don't know, is a cogent evidence of lasting occupant foreigner status from
the feared Immigration and Naturalization Service and.. it's free, if you qualify. So
you don't need to pay anyone for anything. Even better, the written document required is
pretty simple to fill up out.
If it's free and easy to fill up out, why are there still lawyers selling their service to help
in receiving a Green Card? Here's what the Federal Trade Commission have
to state about Green Card scams:

If you or person you cognize is trying to get a greenish card - the right to dwell in the
United States permanently - be on the lookout man for unscrupulous businesses and
attorneys. They'll claim that, for a fee, they can do it easier to come in the U. S. State
Department's annual Diverseness Visa (DV) lottery (also known as the "green card
lottery") or addition your opportunities of winning the DV lottery.
Each year, the State Department carries on a lottery through its DV programme to
administer applications for 50,000 immigrant visas. Winners of the lottery have got a
opportunity to apply for an immigrant visa, which can be used to come in the U. S. Winners
are selected randomly, and there is no fee to come in the lottery."
If you're interested in applying for a Green Card, you should just travel consecutive to the
U.S. Department of State's dvlottery.state.gov land site and apply!
The FTC goes on with this warning:

Green Card Lottery Scams

According to lawyers at the Federal Soldier Trade Committee (FTC), the nation's consumer
protection agency, some businesses and attorneys belie their services by
saying that:

they are affiliated with the U.S. government;

they have got particular expertness or a particular entry word form that is required to come in the
lottery;

their company have never had a lottery entry rejected;

their company can increase an entrant's opportunities of "winning" the lottery;

people from ineligible states still are "qualified" to come in the lottery.

In addition, some companies endanger an entrant's chance to take part in
the lottery by filing respective entries. These companies also may charge lottery-
winning appliers significant fees to finish the application process."
So be smart. Go to the State Department directly and hedge all these serpent oil
salesmen.