On August 14, 2020, the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) agency within the U.S. Department of Homeland Security made an unexpected announcement that it had reopened the H-1B visa lottery conducted earlier this year to select additional registrants that timely pre-registered. The announcement was unexpected because since its inception, the annual H-1B lottery has produced far more than enough visa petitions from employers seeking to employ highly skilled foreign workers. USCIS, which administers the H-1B visa program, did not provide an explanation other than to state that it needed to select additional registrations to reach the annual H-1B statutory allocations.
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