The annual lottery for H-1B skilled guestworker visas could look very different in April if the plan just released by the government is put in place in time.
Under a proposed rule released Nov. 30, employers seeking the visas would have to preregister for them, meaning companies wouldn’t have to file a full petition with supporting documentation for the lottery.
It’s similar to one floated by U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services in 2011, with one key difference: The lottery would be run first on all H-1B petitions, followed by a lottery for however many remaining slots there are for advanced-degree ...
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