On-line submitting will not be obtainable for H-1B petitions. (Representational)
Washington:
The US will conduct a uncommon second lottery for the H-1B visa to determine on the profitable candidates, the USCIS has introduced, a transfer which would offer one other likelihood to a whole bunch of Indian IT professionals who couldn’t make it within the first random choice.
The US Citizenship and Immigration Providers (USCIS) mentioned {that a} resolution was taken after figuring out that the computerised draw of heaps for H-1B visas carried out early this 12 months didn’t give them sufficient variety of Congressional mandated H-1B visas.
The H-1B visa, most sought-after amongst Indian IT professionals, is a non-immigrant visa that permits US firms to make use of overseas staff in specialty occupations that require theoretical or technical experience.
Expertise firms rely upon it to rent tens of hundreds of staff annually from international locations like India and China.
“We lately decided that we wanted to pick out further registrations to succeed in the Fiscal 12 months (FY) 2022 numerical allocations. On July 28, we chosen beforehand submitted digital registrations utilizing a random choice course of,” the USCIS mentioned in an announcement.
“The petition submitting interval primarily based on registrations chosen on July 28 will start on August 2 and shut on November 3. People with chosen registrations may have their myUSCIS accounts up to date to incorporate a range discover, which incorporates particulars of when and the place to file,” it mentioned.
The transfer by the USCIS to conduct the second lottery will present one other likelihood to a number of candidates, together with a whole bunch of Indian IT professionals, who couldn’t make it within the first random choice.
The federal company mentioned that solely these petitioners with chosen registrations for FY 2022 are eligible to file H-1B cap-subject petitions. The preliminary submitting interval for these with chosen registrations for FY 2022 was from April 1, 2021, by way of June 30, 2021.
The USCIS mentioned an H-1B cap-subject petition have to be correctly filed on the appropriate service middle and inside the submitting interval indicated on the related registration choice discover.
On-line submitting will not be obtainable for H-1B petitions. Petitioners submitting H-1B petitions should achieve this by paper and should embrace a printed copy of the relevant registration choice discover with the FY 2022 H-1B cap-subject petition.
“Registration choice solely signifies that petitioners are eligible to file H-1B cap-subject petitions; it doesn’t point out that the petition shall be accredited. Petitioners submitting H-1B cap-subject petitions, together with these petitions eligible for the superior diploma exemption, should nonetheless submit proof and set up eligibility for petition approval primarily based on present statutory and regulatory necessities,” the USCIS added.
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