H-1 B Visa: All 65,000 For 2021 Taken

The US Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) has said that it has reached the congressionally mandated 65,000 H-1B caps for the fiscal year 2021 as it received enough requests from businesses and corporations.

The US Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) said it has the federal agency that screens and allocates H-1B applications, said it reached the cap and "randomly selected among the registrations properly selected.” The fiscal year begins from October 1, 2020. USCIS, which screens and allocates H-1B applications.

USCIS will notify the successful applicants and their organizations before March 31. The deadline for submitting the applications for H-1B by successful registrants is June 30, Press Trust of India reported.

USCIS will also issue another 20,000 H-1B visas for those who have earned higher degrees and masters from a US institution.

Under this new H-1B Electronic Registration Process implemented this year, before the start of the application filing season on April 1, all the companies were mandatorily asked to register with the USCIS and the last date for the registration was March 20.