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Amid the massive ongoing layoffs in the tech sector, a group of lawmakers from Silicon Valley has written to the US Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) enquiring about the federal agency's efforts to ensure highly-skilled H-1B visa holders can remain in the country after losing their jobs.

Share layoff data, extend 60-day grace period for H-1B holders: Lawmakers to USCIS

Every year, the US issues 65,000 new H-1B visas, with another 20,000 reserved for US Masters’ degree holders.

US reaches H-1B Visa cap of 65,000 for 2022

Indian Professional Sandeep Pawar said, “Unfortunately, under the law, if these visas aren't issued by September 30, they are lost forever.”

100k green cards at risk of going waste, prompts fury amongst Indian professionals

Amid the coronavirus pandemic, Indian workers across America have sought extensions of their US visas over concerns of losing work status due to soon-to-expire visas or delayed extensions, a media report said.

Indian workers seek US visa extensions amid corona crisis

In the wake of coronavirus pandemic, the Indian Embassy in US has urged the US government to figure out the problems which are being faced by the Indian students in America after the closure of universities and educational institutes.

Corona Outbreak: Indian Embassy asks US to address concerns of Indian students

United States has approved a larger number of H-1B applications (both for initial visas and visa extensions for continued employment) this year, showing that the demand for these work visas continues without any reduction

Despite stricter scrutiny, three percentile increase in approval of H-1B visas this year

Xterra has alleged in its lawsuit that the US Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) inappropriately denied H-1B visa to Praharsh Chandra Sai Venkata Anisetty, 28, whom it had hired as a Business System Analyst

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