A warning to participants in the US "green card" visa lottery has been issued by the United States embassy in Dublin.
Those taking part in the sixth lottery, or the Diversity Visa (DV) programme, "should guard against unreasonable fees, false guarantees of a better chance of winning the lottery, or demands for a new round of previously undisclosed fees in order to receive lottery results", it advises.
It says that the DV process is administered only by the National Visa Centre at 32 Rochester Avenue, Portsmouth, New Hampshire. Recorded information about the visa lottery is available by ringing 01-667-2707 or 01-668-8049. Questions about the programme should be directed to the Consular Section of the US Embassy, 42 Elgin Road, Dublin 4.