American cancels lot of visas due to a mistake

Caused an error in my information and the U.S. State Department to cancel the withdrawal of lottery participation of about 20 million a candidate for migration. Reported about 22 thousand citizens of poor countries by mistake, that the request for a visa received approval, the official said the senior diplomat.

The official said the diplomat, who requested anonymity, "We apologize sincerely for the inconvenience and frustration we have caused them."

The program provides "Fersiti Vezas" in force since 1994, the opportunity to emigrate to the United States for workers from poor countries, even if you do not have relatives or employer in the United States.

The drawing of lots shall be fully electronic, and winners are selected from among the millions of immigration applications received by the ministry every year.

It is expected that the selection of about 100 A request from between 14.7 million (19.6 million applications, with the calculus of families associated with the applicants), for the year 2012. It is assumed granted a total of 50 thousand visas, as authorities expect not to submit the number of those who are selected for their files are refusing requests for the last number.

The official pointed out that "has been to use the new information in order to do the selection process, but did not succeed in providing us Rules of random results," noting that it is the first time that such a mistake.

In practice, 90% of people who have been selected by a computer they had submitted their applications during the first two days of the nomination period, which opened on 5 October and continued until November 3, 2010.

The new lot will be withdrawn to the candidates themselves. The results will be published in the July 15, the official said.

The official acknowledged that the ministry can not make a complaint against the provider of the program, because "a local program." And wrote on the site drawing of lots on the website of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in bold red words and say: "We are suffering currently from technical problems."