Powerball For H-1B Visas

Lottery mania has been sweeping the nation as Powerball winnings exceeded $1 billion for the first time. For highly skilled foreign nationals and the employers who desire to employ them, a different kind of lottery mania is mounting in advance of April 1, 2016, when the H-1B visa filing window opens for fiscal year 2017. If recent history is any guide, employers should begin preparations now for April 1, because all available H-1B visas will be gone before you can say "jackpot!"

The Winning Ticket – H-1B Visas

H-1B visas are available to candidates filling "specialty occupations" for U.S. employers, which are jobs that require "theoretical and practical application of a body of highly specialized knowledge in fields of human endeavor." Federal regulations include a list of fields as examples: architecture, engineering, mathematics, physical sciences, social sciences, medicine and health, education, business specialties, accounting, law, theology, and the arts. But