Q: Did you invalidate the results because too many winners came from a particular country? We also have no evidence that any outside party accessed any data related to the DV program. We have no evidence that this resulted from any intentional act. This appears to be solely a computer programming error. Q: Do you believe the software was intentionally corrupted or hacked? Everyone who submitted a valid DV entry for the 2012 selection will have an equal chance to be selected when the new, corrected random process is run. We understand that some people who viewed the confirmation website and thought they had been selected are disappointed, and we deeply regret any inconvenience or disappointment that this error caused. Any information that appeared on the Entry Status Check website between May 1 and May 6, 2011, is void and invalid. We regret that incorrect results were posted on our DV Entry Status Check webpage before this problem was discovered and resolved. It provides selectees only with an opportunity to apply for a visa. Selection in the DV process does not guarantee anyone a visa. Q: What about people who checked the website last week and thought they had won? Aren't you taking visas away from them? This is the first problem of this sort to occur in the 15 years of conducting a computer-aided drawing for the DV program. For the 2012 program, a new computer program was used which failed to run a random process. The Department has long made the DV random selection with the aid of computer software. Relying on the original results also would have meant unfairly disadvantaging many DV entrants. Since the computer programming error resulted in an outcome that was not strictly random, the outcome does not meet the requirements of the law. The Immigration and Nationality Act requires that Diversity Immigrant Visas be made available on a strictly random basis. Q: Why is it necessary to invalidate the results and run a new selection? The results showed a pattern that was inconsistent with the statistical outcome expected from a random selection more than 98 percent of the selectees had registered for the DV program on the first two days of the 30-day registration period. We regret any inconvenience this might have caused.įor further information and future updates on the 2012 DV program, please see: We expect the results of the new random selection process to be available by July 15, 2011, via the ESC function on. We are not accepting new entries for the DV-2012 program. Your confirmation number, which is required to determine the status of your entry, remains the same. Your entry will be included in the new random selection. If you submitted a qualified entry from October 5, 2010, to November 3, 2010, you do not need to reapply. This means that we have rescinded all notices informing entrants that they had been selected for further processing in DV-2012 if you received such a notice via ESC on, it is no longer valid.Ī new random selection process will be conducted based on the original entries for the DV-2012 program. The results were not valid because of a computer error they did not represent a fair, random selection of entrants, as required by U.S. Results previously available via the Entry Status Check (ESC) function on the Department of State website,, were posted in error and are now invalid. The results of the selection process for the 2012 Diversity Visa (DV-2012) program have been voided. Important Notice Regarding the 2012 Diversity Visa Program
An individual with an approved petition and a priority date that is current for processing is eligible to apply for an immigrant visa or K nonimmigrant visa. Specific information about filing immigrant petitions is available on the USCIS website. The petition is filed either by a relative or a potential employer at a USCIS office in the United States. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) before applying for an immigrant visa. In general, a person who wishes to immigrate to the United States must have a petition approved by the U.S.
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