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Shihabmh said:
First and foremost, I would like to commend @@Britsimon for all the goodwill he is doing in these forums. I have been a member for quite a while and even though I have not been posting anything but I've been a regular viewer and an ardent reader of Britsimon's posts. Besides putting up with people's critism and insults, this gentleman has quite some energy and may God bless him!

My (optimistic) opinion is that, as a programmer, I think of one possibility; they have setup everything correctly but they probably have not linked the queries into the DV 2016 database. Specifically, I think that they have the queries directed to the DV 2015 database hence all confirmation numbers will be given a NOT SELECTED notice. What they need to do is just correct that and we will all get proper results. For DV 2015, of the people I had submitted applications for, one was my nephew's. When I checked on the 1st of May last year, his was NOT SELECTED and then after they sent an email to all applicants to recheck the status the next day, he was RANDOMLY SELECTED! Therefore, I think the query was the case last year and it is the case this year.

I have been applying for DV since 1993 and only skipped DV 2005 (the first online DV) and have still not been selected. I lived in the US between 1998 and 2002 as a student, so I know why I would like to go back and live there - its a beautiful country with lots of opportunities. Therefore, I'm already immuned to the disappointment of NOT BEING SELECTED! However, I'm still a hopeful.

Therefore, my fellow hopefuls, understand Britsimon when he tries not to give anyone unconfirmed hopes. He is only protecting you and himself. If there really is a technical glitch, it will be corrected (believe me, Americans are thorough), and appropriate action will be taken to correct the situation. However, in the meantime, if our fates say that we are NOT SELECTED, then let's accept that as reality and move on with our lives. If any corrections will be made, they will officially communicate through email.

All the best to everyone!
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Well yes and no.

What does the app need to do.

First it needs to check the login and confirm it is an accurate login. The login info is year specific so the datavase that is looking at in 2016. No doubt about that.

Then it would check the results. It is returning not selected very well - and I would be willing to bet that there are many that did not enter 2015 and 2016 - so again - it is reasonable to assume it is hitting the 2016 database. Really - it is not credible to assume otherwise as the keys are 2016 keys.

Up to this point everything is working fine - AND the activity of the logins is being recorded (hence the 12000 winners have checked statement)

Finally it needs to do an extra step for selected cases only. It needs to use the keys to retrieve and display the 1NL (an image). I believe that is where it is failing. That could be stored in a database, but since 2015 cases are working, I think not - I suspect it is a file server retrieval - and that is where the problem lies.
 
Britsimon said:
Well yes and no.

What does the app need to do.

First it needs to check the login and confirm it is an accurate login. The login info is year specific so the datavase that is looking at in 2016. No doubt about that.

Then it would check the results. It is returning not selected very well - and I would be willing to bet that there are many that did not enter 2015 and 2016 - so again - it is reasonable to assume it is hitting the 2016 database. Really - it is not credible to assume otherwise as the keys are 2016 keys.

Up to this point everything is working fine - AND the activity of the logins is being recorded (hence the 12000 winners have checked statement)

Finally it needs to do an extra step for selected cases only. It needs to use the keys to retrieve and display the 1NL (an image). I believe that is where it is failing. That could be stored in a database, but since 2015 cases are working, I think not - I suspect it is a file server retrieval - and that is where the problem lies.
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It could be a certificate issue in the last step; they run their tests from computers on their intranet which have different credentials than those on the internet. That would explain why everything seems fine from their end since they can connect to the 1NL database.
 
Take it easy, its obvious please dont be so optimistic, who ever is not selected is not slected, but who ever is session timed out has a shot! Whoever is when enetering his info gives his wrong info, has a shot, but whose not selected is done not selected , everyone continue ur normal life plz, i myself preparing for travelling to usa, @Britsimon , if i am a telecommunication and electronics engineer, with very high exprience, do u think i have a shot to get H1b visa when i am there on a visit?
 
Perhaps I am a fool for being so aspirational but I think this forum should be full of genuine information and not full of hoaxes and trolling. It's hard enough to get good information about what is going on.
 
3amakmahmoud said:
Take it easy, its obvious please dont be so optimistic, who ever is not selected is not slected, but who ever is session timed out has a shot! Whoever is when enetering his info gives his wrong info, has a shot, but whose not selected is done not selected , everyone continue ur normal life plz, i myself preparing for travelling to usa, @Britsimon , if i am a telecommunication and electronics engineer, with very high exprience, do u think i have a shot to get H1b visa when i am there on a visit?
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You, sir, have been antagonistic with everyone, even the mods, and a total troll ever since you got on this board. I believe a person with a combination of your skills and a good attitude deserves a visa to the US. Unfortunately, that isn't always the case.
And this member LaurySmith, also trolling. I came to this forum years ago for information, now it's become...difficult to follow.
 
IheartNY said:
Perhaps I am a fool for being so aspirational but I think this forum should be full of genuine information and not full of hoaxes and trolling. It's hard enough to get good information about what is going on.
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if someone doesn't have something to add then don't add :) unless you really have too :) if more people did this it would be so much cleaner and easier and faster to get real answers rather then spam :) I totally agree with you
 
xenias said:
You, sir, have been antagonistic with everyone, even the mods, and a total troll ever since you got on this board. I believe a person with a combination of your skills and a good attitude deserves a visa to the US. Unfortunately, that isn't always the case.
And this member LaurySmith, also trolling. I came to this forum years ago for information, now it's become...difficult to follow.
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Hahahha i like the way u talk, i said sorry if i bothered anyone in this forum, but really dont take life so serious, u might sleep at night and never wakeup, so i just have fun everytime i can'
 
Alien2010 said:
It could be a certificate issue in the last step; they run their tests from computers on their intranet which have different credentials than those on the internet. That would explain why everything seems fine from their end since they can connect to the 1NL database.
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Yup - or permission if it is file server or firewall or a few other things. It is probably a 5 minute fix - but right now - they are only patting themselves on the back that 12000 logged in....

Sheesh.
 
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