The H-1B visa lottery is an annual course of by which the USA authorities randomly selects 85,000 individuals to obtain H-1B visas, which permit them to work within the US for as much as six years in a specialty occupation. The lottery is open to overseas employees who’ve earned a bachelor’s diploma or increased from a US college or its equal, or who’ve a minimum of 12 years of expertise in a specialty occupation.
The H-1B visa lottery is very aggressive, with greater than 230,000 individuals making use of for the 85,000 visas every year. Lately, the lottery has been oversubscribed by greater than 3:1, that means that solely about one in three candidates is chosen.