These people are idiots, i hear this thing every year in the news, yet these people keep on filling dv papers. Simple rule, if they don't meet the DV requirements and can't afford to spend the preliminary cost then don't bother to fill out the dv papers. They are just making it harder for the qualified people. I have heard that dv is a very good business in nepal. And DV season is like another Dashin for the people who do business in DV related stuff. From simple DV filing offices that charge upto Rs 250, to the second letter filing which they charge like Rs 3000 just to fill out a simple form and mail that to the dv office here in Kentucky. Well that's a good business. That's why you'll see every tom, dick and harry doing business in DV esp. in gallies in kathmandu. The business doesn't stop there. Some of the DV winners even sell themselves. You might wonder how? yes it's true, a lot of people became successful in earning extra bucks and yet managed to come to US, but few were caught by the embassy and thus this whole gala. There is like an underground business in kathmandu where if you win dv lottery and you filed as single then you can make some goood cash. Well let me make it clear. Some of these DV filing offices have clients who are willing to pay hefty sum to enter into United Status with Permanent Resident Status. So if you are DV winner who filed as single then you would not be surprised if the DV office people ask you if you are interested in that. Well it's a profitable business. You get good several hundred thousand rupees that covers your air tickets and your initial costs here in US, yet you have nothing to lose financially. But you sell yourself for that. You have to fake marryl. since in nepal guys win the dv in majority, so it is guys who mostly fake marry women clients. The guys who win dv lottery and consent on that don't have to do anything, all his costs are beared by the other person. They even bribe government officals to make fake marriage documents (anyways it's rather easy in nepal, you can get real citizenshipcard even if you are not a nepali citizen). Hence after winning DV, some of these people sell themselves, their identity and their soul. the embassy officials find it unconvincing when they get newly married couple who don't have anything in common, whose past are totally different. Some of the guys do succeed but some fail, for instance there was a case in which a woman was like ten years older than a guy who married shortly after the DV announcement. IN the context of nepal, it is a form of social stigma when it comes to marrying older women and these people who issue visa know that. While some of these marriage may be genuine but when they cannot convince the embassy officials then that's a problem. It might not be true but i have heard that when it comes to newly married couples, the embassy people interviews them seperately and asks them some intimate questions that they would know if you have lived together for sometimes. for instance, questions regarding peculier marks in the body of the other partner, as well as questions related to the other persons past with exact dates in year. The answers are tallied from both persons. A lot of these incidents has been in the known publicly, yet some people still do go for easy money. And hence create the reason for the visa refusal for themselves. The majority of the cases where people have been refused of their visas after getting their second letter is because they don't meet the requirement of the US government. Most of them who are rejected make fake documents ( for instance, if guy files his DV as a teaching professional and he has just passed SLC then that would give enough room for suspision. ) Nepali people have the mob mentality. They are swayed by other people without even reasoning them. If these so called DV sufferers have been wrongfully denied their visas then they have grace peroid where they can file their pitition in the Office here in US. Most of the times, embassy officials would ask visa applicants to come with additional supporting documents if they are not fully satisfied with what they filed. comments appreciated.