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Every year, millions of individuals participate in the green card lottery hoping to become legal residents of the United States. This year, things haven’t quite gone as planned. The joy of the 22,000 that had been notified of having won the DV-2012 lottery has turned out to be short-lived.

 

This is because the U.S State Department of Consular Affairs has declared the results null and void after releasing them. The reason given is that there was a computer glitch.

Those declared winners were in fact not the real winners; it happened because of an error in an in-house computer program.

This basically means that the entire exercise will have to be carried out again. It may be a little heartbreaking for those that thought they were selected but the news is anything but sad for the others; they are back in the fray. The new date for the results is now July 15^th. On that day, there will be a new list naming 50,000 lucky winners of one of the most eagerly awaited lotteries on earth.

…due to a computer programming problem, the results of the 2012 Diversity Lottery that were previously posted on this website have been voided.”—The State Department

via US State Dept. screws up visa lottery, smashes thousands of would-be immigrants’ dreams – Boing Boing.

 

 

Way to go, US State Dept. Tell thousands of hopeful would-be immigrants they’ll finally get a visa and get to come to the land of their dreams, then, take it all back? Seriously, how do you expect that to make this country look?

 

If you’re interested in gaining legal entry to the United States through the diversity visa lottery, you need to make sure you have your ducks in a row and understand the process. After all, preparation is essential for anything dependent on detail. If you go through the DV lottery 2012 process and follow the rules, you may be eligible for entry. On the other hand, if you make errors, even a single tiny error, you may be rejected and not have another chance to enter the DVlottery until the next year. What a waste! As they say, “Anything worth doing is worth doing well.” So why not make sure you go through the process correctly, and fulfill all of the steps required of you? This won’t necessarily increase your odds of being chosen in the lottery, but if you make errors you decrease your odds to 0. Which is a better prospect?

If the diversity visa lottery is a new concept to you, here is a brief introduction. While the DV Lottery 2012 is currently underway, this program actually dates back to 1990. It was created so that more people, from more diverse backgrounds, would have a chance to enter the United States. If you’re chosen and do get to enter, you’re allowed to begin your path toward becoming a naturalized citizen. Here’s how it works. 50,000 people are allowed into the United States through the DVlottery program each year. There are some countries that have many people coming each year to the United States, so the “diversity” aspect of this program is that it focuses on countries with a smaller immigration rate. It gives people from these countries a fairer chance at entry, and it helps the U.S. by maintaining a more robustly diverse mix of people—a trait the U.S. has embodied throughout most of its existence.

The first step in the application process is, of course, submitting an application. It’s important to do this thoroughly and correctly; if the forms are not filed the proper way the application may be rejected out of hand. This means that no one will call to ask for clarification, or even to inform you that the application has been rejected. It will simply be set aside while the U.S. State Department focuses on applications that have been filled out correctly.

For this reason, some people choose to have someone help them fill out the form electronically. There is generally a fee charged by these persons or businesses. While filing electronically through a third party does not increase your chance of being chosen, it does decrease your chance of being rejected because of an error caused by submitting the form incorrectly.

If you’re chosen in the DV lottery 2012, you don’t automatically get a visa. The DVlottery selects several thousand more people than will actually receive a green card. Once you receive your letter that you’ve been drawn in the DVlottery, you need to go through an interview process with the Department of State to make sure your application was accurate. The sooner you respond to the letter, the sooner you’ll get an interview, and the better chance you have of getting a green card before those 50,000 are given out for the year.

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