The US Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) has declared that it has received a sufficient number of petitions to meet the congressionally-mandated cap for the H-1B visa for the fiscal year 2024. This includes the 65,000 regular cap and the 20,000 US advanced degree exemption, commonly known as the master’s cap. The H-1B visa is a non-immigrant work visa that permits US employers to hire foreign workers with specialized skills for a specific duration. USCIS will notify registrants not selected for the visa program in the coming days. However, the agency will continue to accept and process petitions exempt from the cap, particularly those filed for current H-1B workers who have been counted against the cap in previous years. An estimated 75% of H-1B visas annually go to workers from India, often employed by major US tech companies and IT services giants.
Key Points:
1. The US Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) has announced that it has received enough petitions to meet the congressionally-mandated cap for the H-1B visa for the fiscal year 2024, covering both the regular cap of 65,000 and the master’s cap of 20,000 for advanced degrees.
2. The H-1B visa is a non-immigrant work visa that enables US employers to hire foreign workers with specialized skills for a specified period.
3. USCIS will notify registrants who were not selected for the visa program through their online accounts in the coming days.
4. The federal agency will continue to accept and process petitions exempt from the cap, including those filed for current H-1B workers who retain their cap number.
5. Approximately 75% of H-1B visas granted annually go to workers from India, often employed by major US tech companies such as Amazon, Microsoft, Google, and Facebook, as well as IT services giants like Infosys, TCS, and Wipro.
(With Agency Inputs)
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