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H-1B visa is a non-immigrant visa
US has completed a second round of random lottery selection
for H-1B work visa

Los Angeles, July 02, 2023
NRIpress.club/Ramesh/ A.Gary Singh

The US Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) has completed a second round of random lottery selection for the much sought-after H-1B work visa for foreign guest workers and the successful applicants have been notified.

The H-1B is a visa in the United States under the Immigration and Nationality Act, section 101, that allows U.S. employers to employ foreign workers in specialty occupations. 

US Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) said:

  • We now have randomly selected, from the remaining FY 2024 registrations properly submitted, a sufficient number of registrations projected as needed to reach the cap
  • All the successful applicants eligible for the H-1B visas for the fiscal year beginning October 1, have been notified about it
  • The large number of eligible registrations for beneficiaries with multiple eligible registrations – much larger than in previous years – has raised serious concerns that some may have tried to gain an unfair advantage by working together to submit multiple registrations on behalf of the same beneficiary
  • This may have unfairly increased their chances of selection. We remain committed to deterring and preventing abuse of the registration process, and to ensuring only those who follow the law are eligible to file an H-1B cap petition
  • Generally, we saw an increase in the number of registrations submitted, the number of registrations submitted on behalf of beneficiaries with multiple registrations, and the number of registrations submitted on behalf of unique beneficiaries with only one registration. USCIS saw upward trends in the FY 2022 and FY 2023 H-1B registration periods as well
  • The H-1B programme is an essential part of our nation’s immigration system and our economy, and USCIS is committed to implementing the law and helping meet the ever-changing needs of the US labour market
  • We are working on an upcoming H-1B modernisation rule that will propose, among other improvements, bolstering the H-1B registration process to reduce the possibility of misuse and fraud in the H-1B registration system