Immigration Invalidation: ; You're Getting a U.S. Visa! Oh, Wait, No You're Not

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WASHINGTON - Jackpot! Not so fast.

For a few joyful days, more than 20,000 people around the world thought they literally had hit the lottery and won a chance to come and live legally in the United States. Oops, the State Department said Friday, we had computer problems and have to run the annual visa lottery again.

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Immigration Invalidation: ; You're Getting a U.S. Visa! Oh, Wait, No You're Not

The decision reopens competition for 50,000 wild-card visas for people who otherwise would have little hope of qualifying. About 15 million had applied, so it's good news for many people who thought they had lost.

But the glitch, which the Sta...

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