Washington, March 22, 2009
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The US has announced that it will start accepting petitions for H-1B work visas for the next fiscal from April 1. Lottery would decide successful applicants if the number of petitions for the fiscal beginning October 1 this year crosses the annual cap, the US Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) said.
However, it reminded the petitioners and their American employers of the new provisions of the Employ American Workers Act that imposes restrictions on issuance of H-1B visas for companies receiving federal grant money under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, which was signed into law by the US President on February 17. In a statement, USCIS said the numerical limitation on H-1B petitions for fiscal year 2010 is 65,000.
Additionally, the first 20,000 H-1B petitions filed on behalf of aliens who have earned a US masters' degree or higher are exempt from this cap.
However, petitions for new H-1B employment are exempt from the annual cap if the beneficiaries are to work at institutions of higher education or a related or affiliated non-profit entities, or at non-profit research organisations or governmental research organisations, USCIS said.
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