H1B Visa: Requirements and how to apply

We have all seen the word, “H1- B Visa “flash at multiple places, while all might know Visa takes you to United States. Simply we can define it as,

“The H1-B visa is essentially a neighborhood visa given by US to recruit deeply capable specialists from totally different nations for a planned live of time". The initial duration of stay is 3 years and can be extended up to 6 years. It was intended to help American firms deal with labour shortages in rapidly growing jobs that requires specialized skills. The H1-B Visa is the main brief work visa that is accessible to US Companies to enlist remote ability. This visa is of special significance to the companies in the Silicon Valley. 

The filing fee for the H-1B petition is paid by the employer/H1 Sponsor. The fee ranges from $1570 - $3075. Individuals are not allowed to apply for an H1B visa, only the companies hiring them can. Each year on April 1, a fresh cap for H1B visa application is opened by the US Citizenship and Immigration Services.

Employment authorizations are granted on October 1. Candidate can legitimately apply for the assignment of H1B visa most punctual on the main weekday in April. Every year, the US issues 65,000 H1B visas, with the Master’s exemption of 20,000 visas. If the no. of application is more than the set limit, the government conducts a “lottery” to decide who gets to stay. There is no quota for any country but a total of 6,800 visas are usually set aside for Singapore & Chile citizens as a part of the free trade agreement between them.

On the authority of US Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) From Jan 2007 to June 2017 it received a total of 34 lakh application for H1B out of which 21 lakh was from India. In terms of the no. of H1B applications between the same period India is followed by China (296,313 H1B applications), Philippines (85,918 HIB applications), South Korea (77,359 H1B applications) and Canada (68,228 H1B applications). TCS (Tata Consultancy Service), Wipro and Infosys are amongst the major users of H1B visas. In 2014 Indian IT companies with roots in India took about 21,750 visas of total 65,000. The report also says that the majority of beneficiary of H1B visas were engaged group of 25-34 years and 20 lakh came from computer related occupation category. On in opposition to the general discernment the normal pay for H1B visas have expanded essentially since 2007 when it was $68,159, in 2017 the normal pay of H1B visa holders was $92,317. 

One of the advantage of holding a H1 visa is that the individual is permitted to bring their life partners and youngsters (who must be under 21 years old) to the US under the H4 visa class. An H4 visa holder can remain in US as long as the H1B visa holder remains too. The flip side however, is that H4 visa holder is not allowed to work in the US. Trump has clarified in 2017 that while there are no “restrictions” placed on the H1B visa programme might be revamped by the administration.