I'm not questioning the possibility of further selectees; I am questioning the idea of unannounced further selectees as I believe this to be extremely unlikely. The further selection on 22nd October 2012 occurred on an announced day, we all knew to check. The statement quoted does not declare or even allude to further selections occurring without announcement, or necessarily at all.
Low numbers of individuals successfully pursuing their diversity visa opportunities presumably is the motivating factor behind further selectees becoming announced, hence the reason for the 22nd October 2012. Selecting individuals while simultaneously not disclosing a day on which to encourage as many potential applicants as possible to check is antithetical to bolstering numbers as:
1. Only a fraction will check religiously in absence of any announcement,
2. Of those in 1., an even smaller fraction would actually be selected,
3. Of those in 1. and 2., an even smaller fraction would be successful in ultimately securing a visa.
If anything, what we have witnessed is a precedent; new selectees may be revealed subsequent to the 1st May announcement on a day prior to which was announced for all those yet to be selected to check on.
I am stating unequivocally it is genuinely pointless to continually check in absence of any evidence of further selection that may or may not ever occur the rest of this fiscal year. Quite simply nothing concrete enough has been announced thus far to suggest otherwise.
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