The H-1B visa program permits U.S. employers to quickly make use of overseas staff in specialty occupations. The H-1B lottery is a random choice course of used to allocate H-1B visas annually. The lottery is open to employers who file H-1B petitions on behalf of overseas staff who meet sure eligibility necessities.
The H-1B lottery is very aggressive, and the probabilities of being chosen are low. Lately, the lottery has acquired greater than 200,000 petitions for simply 85,000 accessible visas. Because of this solely about 42% of petitions are chosen.
