The United States will conduct a rare second lottery for the H-1B visa, the USCIS announced, to decide on the successful candidates. This step will give another chance to hundreds of Indian IT professionals, who were not selected in the first round of the lottery. The decision was taken by the US Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS), who determined that the computerised draw of lots for H-1B visas that happened earlier this year did not give them enough H-1B visas, which is mandated by the US Congress. US tech companies hire tens of thousands of employees each year from nations like India and China through H-1B visas. The petitioners with selected registrations for the Financial year 2022 are only eligible to file H01B cap-subject petitions, the US federal agency said.

Source: dna July 31, 2021 07:18 UTC