USCIS Completes the H-1B Cap Random Selection Process for FY 2016

H1-B visas are used by US businesses wanting to hire non-american employees. There is an annual cap set on the number of visas (65,000 for people with bachelor's degrees, and an additional 20,000 for those with master's/phd).

This year there was an even more massive oversubscription, and the visas were allotted by lottery. Certain subcategories of visa are not subject to the cap (eg. those requested by non-profit research institutions and universities, including government labs.)

OK and why is this the top of HN? Because of the number of applications?

The number of applications is slightly higher than last year, but still I fail to understand why it is on the top, because this same thing was happening for the last 4+ years.

My application was picked up in the year 2013, so I have been following both HN and the USCIS at that time. Never saw it make top of HN.

Because HN caters to tech audience and majority of the H1-B petitioners are tech workers. Get it?

This is the process I went throught back in 2005 to get a job in IT after graduating in Business in Poland: 1. Got a position with an Indian company that promised a job after paid training ($5k) 2. After 3-month long training they totally and completely faked my resume. I.e. included 5-years experience, fake credentials, fake references. 3. Got me a job with large, large bank. 4. Got half my salary for 6-months. 5. After that I was on my own as I couldnt stand lies anymore.

From my experience 90% + people from H-1B is on these terms in the US. We had trainees on our "camp" that literally haven't seen PC keybaord before. Ending up as IBM tools specialists in Fannie Mea, Freddie Mac, Capital One.

This much about H-1B. And this much about interview process int the US too. And actually about dumb Americans who can't get a job in that country too.

I'm curious too. Also it wasn't clear what the number was last year.