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Want to apply for H-1B visa to US? Window opening soon: Top 10 developments

Petitions for H1-B visas for financial year 2019 will be accepted from April 2; premium processing for all H-1B petitions, subject to annual caps, stands suspended

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BS Web Team New Delhi
Wish to live the American dream, especially as an information technology (IT) professional looking to work in the land of promise? Take note: Petitions for H1-B visas for financial year 2019 will be accepted from April 2, the US Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) announced on Wednesday. Further, the USCIS announced that premium processing for all H-1B petitions, subject to annual caps, stands suspended.

The USCIS has said that the temporary suspension of H-1B premium processing would help reduce the overall H-1B visa processing time. The H-1B petition filing is for fiscal 2019, which begins from October 1, 2018.

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