In boost for Indian IT, US to conduct rare 2nd lottery for H-1B applicants

The US will conduct a rare second lottery for the H-1B visa to decide on the successful applicants, the USCIS has announced, a move which would provide another chance to hundreds of Indian IT professionals who could not make it in the first random selection. The US Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) said that a decision was taken after determining that the computerized draw of lots for H-1B visas conducted early this year did not give them enough number of Congressional mandated H-1B visas.
The H-1B visa, most sought-after among Indian IT professionals, is a non-immigrant visa that allows US companies to employ foreign workers in specialty occupations that require theoretical or technical expertise.