By Paul Arhewe, Online Editor
The hopes of many people world- wide that had nursed the dream to travel to God’s Own Country next year through the visa lottery programme were dashed last week as the United States government announced the invalidation of the released results due to computer glitches. About 22,000 entrants who were notified to proceed to the next level of the exercise would have to forfeit that opportunity, as the American government says the process for selecting them was neither fair nor randomly carried out.
The US Diversity Immigrant Visa programme began in 1994. The annual programme gives skilled and educated adults from selected countries across the globe the opportunity to travel to America on a work visa.
