This ishow the State Department informed22,000 people they were not , in fact , eligible for a especial US visa programme after a data processor glitch botch the lottery :
We rue to inform you that , due to a computer programming problem , the solvent of the 2012 Diversity Lottery that were previously post on this website have been voided . They were not valid and were posted in erroneousness . The consequence were not valid because they did not lay out a fair , random natural selection of neophyte , as need by U.S. police force .
If you see to it this website during the first week in May and find a notice that you had been select for further processing or a notification that you had not been selected , that card has been rescinded and is no longer valid .
19.6 million people apply for the 50,000 of these visa made available each year , according to Reuters . [ US Department of State , ReutersviaBoingBoing ]
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