US to hold rare 2nd lottery for H-1B visa applicants

This is done to decide on the successful applicants who could not make it in the first random selection.

In what can be good news for hundreds of Indian IT professionals seeking the H-1B work visa, the United States’ immigration agency has decided to conduct a rare second lottery for the most sought-after visas to decide on the successful applicants who could not make it in the first random selection. The U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) said on July 30 that a decision was taken after determining that the computerised draw of lots for H-1B visas conducted early this year did not give them enough numbers of the Congressional mandated H-1B visas. The H-1B visa, the most sought-after among Indian IT professionals, is a non-immigrant visa that allows U.S. companies to employ foreign workers in speciality occupations that require theoretical or technical expertise.