H-1B visa: US withdraws proposed rule, lottery-based system to continue

The US government has withdrawn the Donald Trump era proposal to change the process of granting H-1B visa from the current lottery system to a wage-based system, a move that could cheer the Indian IT companies. The decision by the Department of Homeland Security comes following a verdict by the US District Court for the Northern District of California, which has vacated the rule.
"The Department of Homeland Security has published a final rule that withdraws the Modification of Registration Requirement for Petitioners Seeking to File Cap-Subject H-1B Petitions final rule, also known as the H-1B Selection Final Rule, issued Jan. 8, 2021. That rule was vacated by the US District Court for the Northern District of California,” the US Citizenship and Immigration Services has said in a note on its website dated 21 December.