This article is slightly misleading, IMO. The agency working on my application specifically timed it so that my application was submitted on April 1st, when th

This article is slightly misleading, IMO. The agency working on my application specifically timed it so that my application was submitted on April 1st, when the applications initially opened, instead of in November when I submitted the paperwork. If all agencies time applications this way, then the reason that all applications were exhausted within a week is because the entire year's applicants queued up until their requests were submitted this week. This does not detract from the fact that there are too few visas granted, however, the situation isn't quite as insane as you would expect from reading this article.