Regulations to modernize the H-1B visa program, including a revamp of the annual lottery for the specialty occupation visas, are under review at the White House’s Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs.
Proposed regulations (RIN: 1615-AC70) released last year would aim to weed out abuse of the lottery system by basing selection of registrations on unique workers, rather than the number of entries submitted on their behalf.
H-1B visas, which are in especially high demand in computer and tech-related industries, are limited by a statutory cap to 85,000 new slots each year by a statutory cap.
The proposal ...
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