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United States reaches 65,000 H-1B visa cap for 2022: USCIS

United States reaches 65,000 H-1B visa cap for 2022: USCIS

Rediff.com1 Mar 2022

The US has received enough petitions needed to reach the congressionally mandated 65,000 H-1B visa cap for the fiscal year 2022, a federal agency has announced. The H-1B visa is a non-immigrant visa that allows US companies to employ foreign workers in speciality occupations that require theoretical or technical expertise. Technology companies depend on it to hire tens of thousands of employees each year from countries like India and China.