I contacted USAFIS to assist with my life partner's diversity lottery visa application. They sold me on a 10 year package to do an entry every year for 10 years. They were at first very communicative and responsive and phoned me regularly.
Then when the application was done and everything that was requested was uploaded to their application website and emailed I started having to constantly email to follow up. Eventually when they phoned it would just go dead when I answered. I'm guessing this is so they have a record that they did try to phone if this becomes a legal issue. However I did email on more than one occassion stating that I answered and could hear nothing on the other end, probably four times this happened.
I stopped receiving emails from David Elias who was my contact person up until that point. I sent a complaint to the main email address on their website and they sent me generic automated replies and next steps which I had already done months before. When I replied to complain I received another automated email about uploading photos to their website which again had been done months before AND emailed to them.
At this point I suspected that I had been duped and that as a South African they think we will have no means to legal recourse.
Some year ago, I had entered for the US Green Cart lottery program.
Today, after several years, I've been contacted by a very kind person asking me if I was still interested in the program.
To make a long story short, the person asked for some personal information and then informed me that she needed my Credit Card information to bill me $968 (€864) to partecipate the program.
Believing that USAFIS.ORG was part of the USA Government, I gave my information and was billed as told.
Minutes later, I was called by my bank warning me of the mistake I made trusting these people.
I immediately wrote them asking to be contacted again, and the kind girl called me immediately. But as soon as I told her that I was mislead in believing that USAFIS was related to US Government and that I did not want to partecipate in their program, she quitted being so helping and told me that she was not authorized to refund.
and that I would have to wait.
I wrote them several times, but only automatic replies so far and I have not seen my money back.
I feel stupid for being scammed this way, but at least I hope to warn others. USAFIS is a PRIVATE firm offering SERVICES, and pricey ones I must say to fill a free form. Don't let them make you believe they are your only chance to get a Green Card: it is not true.
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I contacted USAFIS to assist with my life partner's diversity lottery visa application. They sold me on a 10 year package to do an entry every year for 10 years. They were at first very communicative and responsive and phoned me regularly.
Then when the application was done and everything that was requested was uploaded to their application website and emailed I started having to constantly email to follow up. Eventually when they phoned it would just go dead when I answered. I'm guessing this is so they have a record that they did try to phone if this becomes a legal issue. However I did email on more than one occassion stating that I answered and could hear nothing on the other end, probably four times this happened.
I stopped receiving emails from David Elias who was my contact person up until that point. I sent a complaint to the main email address on their website and they sent me generic automated replies and next steps which I had already done months before. When I replied to complain I received another automated email about uploading photos to their website which again had been done months before AND emailed to them.
At this point I suspected that I had been duped and that as a South African they think we will have no means to legal recourse.
Some year ago, I had entered for the US Green Cart lottery program.
Today, after several years, I've been contacted by a very kind person asking me if I was still interested in the program.
To make a long story short, the person asked for some personal information and then informed me that she needed my Credit Card information to bill me $968 (€864) to partecipate the program.
Believing that USAFIS.ORG was part of the USA Government, I gave my information and was billed as told.
Minutes later, I was called by my bank warning me of the mistake I made trusting these people.
I immediately wrote them asking to be contacted again, and the kind girl called me immediately. But as soon as I told her that I was mislead in believing that USAFIS was related to US Government and that I did not want to partecipate in their program, she quitted being so helping and told me that she was not authorized to refund.
and that I would have to wait.
I wrote them several times, but only automatic replies so far and I have not seen my money back.
I feel stupid for being scammed this way, but at least I hope to warn others. USAFIS is a PRIVATE firm offering SERVICES, and pricey ones I must say to fill a free form. Don't let them make you believe they are your only chance to get a Green Card: it is not true.