Monday, June 6, 2011

U.S. Green-Card Lottery Scrutinized After Blunder

U.S. Green-Card Lottery Scrutinized After Blunder (Why is this necessary? It needs to be stopped)..State Department's Inspector General is reviewing the government's green-card lottery after this year's results were scratched and thousands of people who had been told they won a chance for a U.S. resident visa were later notified they would have to re-enter the drawing. A record 15 million people from around the world submitted entries to the so-called diversity visa program lottery, which each year offers a quick path to permanent U.S. residence for 50,000 people selected by random draw. Under the lottery program, visas are made available to applicants from countries with low rates of immigration to the U.S. Lottery winners have a chance at moving to the U.S. without a family member or an employer as a sponsor, the most common routes to obtaining a green card.

http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052702304474804576368022419152178.html

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