US sued by 22,000 would-be immigrants

US sued by 22,000 would-be immigrants...A lawsuit has been filed against the State Department alleging it unfairly denied 22,000 would-be legal immigrants the right to permanent residency in the U.S. White and Associates said it filed the lawsuit in the District Court for the District of Colombia charging the State Department committed a "blunder" in holding a lottery granting them the permanent resident "green card." In a statement, the firm alleged that the State Department had informed the lottery "winners" that in fact they had to be disqualified because a "computer glitch" meant they had not been randomly selected, as required by Congress...These are Belgium, Bulgaria, Cameroon, Canada, Egypt, Ethiopia, France, Iran, Ireland, Italy, Japan, Morocco, Nepal, Nigeria, Russia, South Africa, Spain, Sudan, Turkey, Uganda, Uzbekistan and Yemen.

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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.

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Computer glitch forces redo of US visa lottery

Computer glitch forces redo of US visa lottery...Nearly 15 million people had entered the 2012 lottery hoping to win one of 50,000 U.S. immigrant visas available under a wild-card program that gives entrants who otherwise would have little hope of getting a coveted U.S. visa. Applicants for the random drawing do not have to have the usual family or employer sponsor. The lottery selects 90,000 winners, a total that is then winnowed down through attrition, interviews and strict educational and occupational criteria

http://www.elpasotimes.com/newupdated/ci_18057027

ALERT! Support the SAFE ACT HR704 to end the visa lottery!

ALERT! Support the SAFE ACT to end the visa lottery! The Security and Fairness Enhancement (SAFE) for America Act, HR 704, by Rep. Bob Goodlatte (R-VA), would eliminate the visa lottery that annually awards 50,000 green cards.

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