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News Update as at 18.00 hrs (IST)
Info-Tech New H-1B visa rules WASHINGTON: The United States has proposed a new rule prohibiting employers from filing multiple applications for H-1B visa, widely sought by Indians, for the same employee to ensure a fair and orderly distribution of available visas. "To ensure a fair and orderly distribution of available H-1B visas, US Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) will deny or revoke multiple petitions filed by an employer for the same H-1B worker and will not refund the filing fees submitted with mu ltiple or duplicative petitions,'' USCIS said in an announcement. The USCIS has sent the interim final rule for publication in the Federal Register for it becoming effective. These changes will ensure that companies filing H-1B petitions subject to congressionally mandated numerical limits have an equal chance to empl oy an H-1B worker, it said. According to the agency from April 1, 2008, employers can file petitions requesting H-1B workers for fiscal year 2009 employment starting on October 1, 2008. The Congress has set a limit of 65,000 for most H-1B workers for the fiscal 2009. - PTI
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