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USCIS to conduct 2nd lottery for H-1B visa

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The US Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) said on Thursday that a decision was taken after determining that the draw for H-1B visas conducted in early 2021 did not give them enough numbers of the Congressional mandated H-1B visas quota.

According to the USCIS: “The H-1B classification has an annual numerical limit (cap) of 65,000 new statuses/visas each fiscal year. An additional 20,000 petitions filed on behalf of beneficiaries with a master’s degree or higher from a U.S. institution of higher education are exempt from the cap. Additionally, H-1B workers who are petitioned for or employed at an institution of higher education or its affiliated or related nonprofit entities, a nonprofit research organization or a government research organization are not subject to this numerical cap.”

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Wen Luo

Wen Luo, JD, is the managing attorney of Luo & Associates Law Group, P.C. in New York, which she founded in 2018. She has more than 10 years of experience in U.S. immigration law and is a member of the American Immigration Lawyers Association (AILA).

Her practice focuses on employment-based immigration, including H-1B, L-1 (including L-1A/EB-1C for multinational companies), O-1, EB-1, EB-2 and EB-3 petitions, adjustment of status (I-485) and naturalization. She works with clients in English and Chinese.

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