US to hold rare second lottery for H-1B visa applicants

The move by the USCIS to conduct the second lottery will provide another chance to several applicants, including Indian IT professionals

Indian IT professionals to benefit as Biden lets Trump era H-1B visa bans expire

No new proclamation was issued by Biden till Wednesday mid-night, resulting in the automatic end to the ban on issuing of fresh H-1B visas

Given that the Democrats have a majority in the House of Representatives, the bill has little chance to be passed

Already a large number of Indians have lost their jobs and are headed back home during the pandemic that has severely hit the US economy

The technology companies depend on it to hire tens of thousands of employees each year from countries like India and China.

the US Citizenship and Immigration Services said that the burden of proof in establishing eligibility is, at all times, on the petitioner.

Further talking about Indo-US relationship, Jaitley said that the two countries share a very mature relationship.

'Both US and Indian economies have really benefited from the H-1B programme,' Center for Global Development (CGD) in a report said.

Ross is understood to have said the Trump administration's objective is to have a merit-based immigration policy.

Soon after taking over Trump had decided to overhaul work visa programmes such as H-1B, widely used by Indian IT professionals.