DV2012 results have been VOIDED

[Haisook 0]

It's obvious there's something not right going on here. I'd be surprised if nobody sued the Department of State. I'm sure anyone who sues them would win. It's an unacceptable horrendous mistake.

[NigeriaorBust 4,087]

There is no ground for a lawsuit. Even those chosen are told that being selected doesn't guarantee that you will get a visa. The people involved are not USC's or even resident in the US no rights have been trampled on and no laws have been broken.

[Haisook 0]

There is no ground for a lawsuit. Even those chosen are told that being selected doesn't guarantee that you will get a visa. The people involved are not USC's or even resident in the US no rights have been trampled on and no laws have been broken.

No laws have been broken, but what about dreams and aspirations that have been broken? What about money and effort that have been lost?

[NigeriaorBust 4,087]

There has been no actional act. No laws broken. People get their dream broken everyday

[Haisook 0]

There has been no actional act. No laws broken. People get their dream broken everyday

I can't find a "vote down" button so I can use it on your post.

Keep your robotic thoughts to yourself.

[longtrip 24]

I agree with you about the fact that they should have considered the 22000 who were selected to apply for their visas and rerun the rest who were not selected to make up for the difference (78000). I really feel bad for those that were selected. Hopefully they win again during the next selection process.

In a way I am excited this will be done again, just because it give another chance to those who were not chosen to be optimistic. I know family members and friends who have been playing this lottery for years now and never selected. I sure hope some of them make it through this time.

They were supposed to get 100,000 winners from which 50,000 would be issued the visas. However, they noticed that, only 22,000 people were actually selected instead of the 100,000. That is far below the required 100,000 applicants. In theory, if all the 22,000 (of which my wife, myself, and my 3 brothers all won) were processed successfully, that would still be less than the 50,000 required. I believe they only voided it because they could not reach the target 100,000 and not because they want to be FAIR.

If they wanted to be fair, there is no better way than to process the 22,000 initial winners and then subsequently adding the remaining 78,000 to obtain the final applicant pool. Think about this: Department of state asked every applicant to be fair and submit one application only or get disqualified. People follow that. They ask us to submit the right pictures. Many did. They asked us to apply within a certain time frame, many followed that and then what do they do? They come back and tell us "We are sorry, you did the right thing but we messed up and our own computer caused the error but we have to punish you for that?". Wow. I am very sad for those who have already paid to adjust their status already (I see some on this forum).

People always said there is weight added to each applicant and I BEGINNING to believe it is true. How come I submitted 6 applications: one each for myself, wife, 4 brothers and only the 5 with either PhD or MSc won?

[mh4pac 1]

Please check those vidéo and this website

http://www.examiner.com/immigration-in-albuquerque/lost-your-diversity-visa-program-green-card-lottery-confirmation-number

[NigeriaorBust 4,087]

I agree with you about the fact that they should have considered the 22000 who were selected to apply for their visas and rerun the rest who were not selected to make up for the difference (78000). I really feel bad for those that were selected. Hopefully they win again during the next selection process.

In a way I am excited this will be done again, just because it give another chance to those who were not chosen to be optimistic. I know family members and friends who have been playing this lottery for years now and never selected. I sure hope some of them make it through this time.

The fact that another poster claims to have submitted 6 petitions and 5 where choosen shows how unfair the initial draw was and why they need to toss those results and redo it. Yes it isn't pleasant for the 22000 people that thought they had won but it is fair to the over 15 million people that applied. So for every one that is upset that the results were thown out there are 700 people happy that it is being redone

I agree with you about the fact that they should have considered the 22000 who were selected to apply for their visas and rerun the rest who were not selected to make up for the difference (78000). I really feel bad for those that were selected. Hopefully they win again during the next selection process.

In a way I am excited this will be done again, just because it give another chance to those who were not chosen to be optimistic. I know family members and friends who have been playing this lottery for years now and never selected. I sure hope some of them make it through this time.

The fact that another poster claims to have submitted 6 petitions and 5 where choosen shows how unfair the initial draw was and why they need to toss those results and redo it. Yes it isn't pleasant for the 22000 people that thought they had won but it is fair to the over 15 million people that applied. So for every one that is upset that the results were thown out there are 700 people happy that it is being redone

[Rearviewmirror 371]

The fact that another poster claims to have submitted 6 petitions and 5 where choosen shows how unfair the initial draw was and why they need to toss those results and redo it. Yes it isn't pleasant for the 22000 people that thought they had won but it is fair to the over 15 million people that applied. So for every one that is upset that the results were thown out there are 700 people happy that it is being redone

Unless I'm very much mistaken it was the six members of their family who all individually submitted applications and five of those were chosen - which is perfectly within the rules. Regardless of how the result is drawn there will always be a high proportion of people left unhappy - the point is that usually those chosen don't then have it snatched away two weeks later.

[Haisook 0]

Unless I'm very much mistaken it was the six members of their family who all individually submitted applications and five of those were chosen - which is perfectly within the rules. Regardless of how the result is drawn there will always be a high proportion of people left unhappy - the point is that usually those chosen don't then have it snatched away two weeks later.

Absolutely correct. Also remember that the machine chose 90% of winners from people who applied in the first two days, but that does not mean it chose all people who applied in those two days. It was still random after all. Not to mention that there are 78,000 chances left that they can use for another lottery after fixing the error.

NigeriaorBust finds what happened completely normal and justifiable. He says, "Yes it isn't pleasant for the 22000 people that thought they had won but it is fair to the over 15 million people that applied", forgetting that it's not simply "not pleasant" to people, but devastating, largely because those people have been told they won and have already sent in the papers. The rest 15 million, I'm sure, are not as shocked or sad, because nothing has been taken from them. We've been applying for 20 years, and never won. We were frustrated every year of course, but it was justifiable, while now it's not.

You need to understand the difference between "not winning" and "winning then losing".

[forestmember 2]

Unless I'm very much mistaken it was the six members of their family who all individually submitted applications and five of those were chosen - which is perfectly within the rules. Regardless of how the result is drawn there will always be a high proportion of people left unhappy - the point is that usually those chosen don't then have it snatched away two weeks later.

YES, you are right. Six Members of my family submitted it and five won.

Its not that one person had six applications and won five of them.

[kiara_lyn 1]

For all the DV 2012 winners- attention - please sign this petition, we do NOT have to go down in flames, we can fight them back - http://www.petitionspot.com/petitions/dv2012/

[LKDougherty 0]

I'm heartbroken for all those who were told they won. A terrible thing to have happened, and enough can't be said about the irresponsibility of whomever/whatever technology is to blame. However, on a personal note, I'm glad we didn't through our number away!

[Rearviewmirror 371]

Looks like there may still be a tiny glimmer of hope - http://edition.cnn.com/2011/US/06/21/green.card.lawsuit/