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US to start accepting H-1B petitions from April 1

By Lalit K Jha
March 13, 2015 10:05 IST
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The United States government will start accepting petitions for the H-1B visas, the most sought after work visa for Indian IT professionals, from April 1, an official release said.

The congressionally mandated cap on H-1B visas for the fiscal year 2016 beginning October 1, 2015 remains 65,000.

The first 20,000 H-1B petitions filed for individuals with a US master's degree or higher are exempt from the 65,000 cap.

In a statement, US Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) said it expects to receive more petitions than the H-1B cap during the first five business days of this year's program.

As such it will monitor the number of petitions received and notify the public when the H-1B cap has been met.

If USCIS receives an excess of petitions during the first five business days, the agency will use a lottery system to randomly select the number of petitions required to meet the cap, the media statement said. Successful H-1B applicants were determined through a lottery system last year.

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