The H-1B visa lottery is an annual course of by which the USA authorities randomly selects 85,000 folks 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 international staff who’ve earned a bachelor’s diploma or increased from a US college or its equal, or who’ve no less than 12 years of expertise in a specialty occupation.
The H-1B visa lottery is very aggressive, with greater than 230,000 folks making use of for the 85,000 visas annually. In recent times, the lottery has been oversubscribed by greater than 3:1, which means that solely about one in three candidates is chosen.