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The government of United Stated will start accepting the petitions for the H-1B visas from April 1, which is most sought by Indian and Chinese IT Professionals. The mandated cap approved by the Congress on H-1B visas is 65,000 for the fiscal year 2016, which will commence on October 1, 2015.

However first 20,000 H-1B petitions filed for individuals with a US master's degree or higher are exempted from the 65,000 cap. US Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) is expecting more petitions than the H-1B cap during the first five business days of this year's programme itself.

The USCIS will announce the public when it receives more than the H-1B cap. If the USCIS receives an excess of petitions during the first five business days, it will use the lottery system to select the prescribed number of the applicants as they have followed last year for determining the status.

-Kannamsai