Availability Of US H-1B Visas

22 Jul 2010

H-1B visa is a non-immigrant visa in the United States and is one of the most useful temporary US visa for entry of professional level specialty workers to the US. In the past, many Indian IT specialists gained entry to the US on the H-1B visa. When the economy is in good condition, there is usually a deficit of H-1B visas.

But, a recent count of visas showed that there is still good availability of US H-1B visa. For H-1B Regular Cap, there were 65000 visas available, out of which 24800 visas were given subject to visa cap. There were 20,000 visas available for H-1B visas for US Masters Degree holders or higher, out of which 10,600 were given subject to visa cap.

Employer should consider applying for the US H-1B visa, if the employee has a Bachelors degree or higher and have a specialty level job offer. The H-1B visa can be used for entry to the US for a start date of 1 October 2010 or later.