With about 25,000 of the 66,000 H-2B visas still up for grabs, the US today announced that it will accept new petitions for the H-2B programme, popular among Indians, with immediate effect.
In a statement, the US Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) said about 25,000 of the Congressional mandated 66,000 H2B visas are still left to be filled out for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2009.
Unlike the H-1B, which is more popular among Indian professionals, H-2B programme allows US employers to bring foreign nationals to the US to fill temporary non-agricultural jobs for which there is a shortage of available US workers.
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