The United States Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) received more than 2,36,000 H-1B applications in just 5 days after it initiated the work visa process on April 1st. The USCIS also completed the computerized lottery system to issue the H-1B visas to the lucky candidates.
According to a USCIS report, this is more than thrice the Congressionally-mandated cap of 65,000 in the general category for H1-B visas for 2017 Financial Year. Apart from these, another 20,000 H-1B applications from foreign students who completed their higher studies from a US academic institute were received.
The USCIS will return all selected applications including their filing fees, unless the application is found to be a duplicate filing. A majority of the 2,36,000 applicants also include Indian techies from science and computer backgrounds.
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