The H-1B is a non-immigrant visa category under the Immigration & Nationality Act, section 101(a)(15)(H). It allows American companies and universities to seek temporary help from skilled foreigners who have the equivalent US Bachelor's Degree education.
H-1B employees are employed temporarily in a job category that is considered by the U.S. Citizenship & Immigration Services to be a "specialty occupation". A specialty occupation is one that requires theoretical and practical application of a body of specialized knowledge along with at least a bachelor’s degree or its equivalent. For example, architecture, engineering, mathematics, physical sciences, social sciences, medicine and health, education, business specialties, accounting, law, theology, and the arts may be considered to be specialty occupations.. - Wikipedia
This year's quota is 65,000 visas. It took less than two days for enough applications to be received to claim all the available visas. That's Crazy:
In the first two days that the U.S. government accepted applications for H-1B work visas, 133,000 envelopes poured in with applications seeking 65,000 openings. The crush was enough that U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services cut off new applications, certain the envelopes it had--many with multiple applications--would fill the slots. It's the fastest the application period has ever closed. Last year, the cap was met May 26, the year before that in August. - Information Week
Better luck next year. Then again, why not just come anyway. Why be a sucker and wait in line when there is a stampede of people behind you ready to knock you down as they come anyway.
Sure, I will be the first to say that you should be hunted down like a dog and placed in a camp awaiting deportation. but the chances of that happening are close to zero. (Unless Congress wakes up.) As a bonus, you will be in-country, ready to claim any amnesty citizenship that might make it into law.
(Note: This is in no way a recommendation to break the law. While there may be 12 million illegal aliens in the US, it does not mean that you will not get caught and deported, which may prevent future access to the US.)
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