The USCIS has said that the numbers of H-1B applicants with Post Graduate US degree have increased in the current fiscal year. This is after the US Citizenship and Immigration Services made a change in the policy for the lottery system. It now offers them more favourable odds in the updated H-1B draw rules.
The US agency
has revealed the preliminary data for H-1B applicants. This shows an 11% increase in the numbers of applicants
with advanced US degrees. It is in comparison with the previous fiscal
year. These are also exempt from the H-1B Visa cap of 65,000 mandated by the
Congress.
The numbers are
nevertheless lesser than the projections by USCIS in January this year. It had expected an increase of 16%, as quoted
by Law 360.
The final rule
issued by the USCIS in January reversed the order for the H-1B Visa lottery.
The applicants with advanced US Degree
now also participate in the draw for 65,000 slots that are subject to the cap.
They then participate in the draw for 20,000 slots which are only for
applicants with advanced US degrees. Thus, their chances of getting H-1B Visas
have increased now.
Our efforts are
aimed at the betterment of the H-1B
Program said the USCIS in its tweet. We also intend to increase the numbers of US advanced degree holders who get selected
in the draw, it added. By this we are fulfilling the mandate of the US
President under the Executive Order ‘Hire American, Buy American’. This is to
ensure that the H-1B Visas are offered via an enhanced meritorious process of
selection, said the agency.
The Executive Order was issued by President
Trump in 2017 April. It outlines goals for decreasing
unlawful immigration and detection and prevention of immigration fraud. The
order also aims to enhance data sharing amongst the federal agencies. This is
for enhancing the employment of US workers and their salaries.
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