H1B

<!-- -->2nd lottery round for H-1B visa applicants to be conducted this year, US immigration office said.Washington: A second round of random lottery selection for the much sought-after H-1B visas for fiscal 2024 will soon begin after…

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A US lawmaker has introduced legislation proposing to double the annual intake of H-1B visas. The bill has been introduced by Raja Krishnamoorthi, an Indian-descent Democratic lawmaker. He has proposed to increased the annual quota of H-1B…

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MUMBAI: Of the total 4.41 lakh H-1B applications that were approved by the United States Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) in the fiscal year 2022 (year ending September 30, 2022), 3.20 lakh or 72.6% were allotted to those who…

Indian applicants dominated H-1B visa approvals, obtaining 72.6% of the total visas allocated in FY2022. (Image: Shutterstock)USCIS approved 3.2 lakh H-1B visas for Indians in the last fiscal year, while 55,038 Chinese applicants secured…

A US federal agency has announced plans to modernise the H-1B registration process after detecting abuse and fraud by some companies to artificially boost their chances of winning the coveted visa for their skilled foreign workers in the…

MUMBAI: The US Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS), has announced that it received 7,58,994 eligible registrations for the H-1B cap season for the fiscal ending September 30, 2024 – this is a rise of 60% over last year’s eligible…

<!-- -->USCIS said it is in the process of initiating law enforcement referrals for criminal prosecution.Washington: The computerised drawing of lots devised to select successful H-1B applicants every year has resulted in abuse of the…

U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services, the federal agency that awards H-1B visas, said it has found that a small number of companies are responsible for entering the same applicants into the lottery multiple times, with the…