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Prime VIP
Washington, July 10
Indian professionals grabbed one-third of the H-1B visas in 2009, even as there was a slump for the most coveted US work visas in the past two years.
For the second year in running, there appeared to be a low-key response to the US HS-1B visas with only 24,200 applications being received until July 2. The US Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) had received some 10,400 applications against the Congressional cap of 20,000 for individuals with advanced degrees.
After the first five days of In the fiscal 2009, the Department of Homeland Security said, as many as 123,002 Indians were issued H-1B visas out of a total of 339,243. Thus, India accounted for 36.3 per cent of the total H-1B visas issued in 2009.
Indian professionals grabbed one-third of the H-1B visas in 2009, even as there was a slump for the most coveted US work visas in the past two years.
For the second year in running, there appeared to be a low-key response to the US HS-1B visas with only 24,200 applications being received until July 2. The US Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) had received some 10,400 applications against the Congressional cap of 20,000 for individuals with advanced degrees.
After the first five days of In the fiscal 2009, the Department of Homeland Security said, as many as 123,002 Indians were issued H-1B visas out of a total of 339,243. Thus, India accounted for 36.3 per cent of the total H-1B visas issued in 2009.
