The American Dream: H-1B Visa applications exceeds the master’s cap three times over
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More than 2,30,000 professionals applied for the The number of applications (2,36,000) is more than thrice of what is the Congressionally-mandated cap, which halts at 65,000.
Not only this, even the number of H-1B petitions by foreign students who completed their higher studies from a US academic institute in science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) has crossed the 20000 limit, reported the US Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS).
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All the unselected petitions will be rejected and returned with their filing fees, unless the petition is found to be duplicate.
H-1B visa, which is highly popular among Indian IT professionals, is used by tech companies to employ foreign workers in several high-skill occupations in fields like science, engineering and computer programming.
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