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Dear Sophie,

The 2021 H-1B lottery process has been rather a rollercoaster!

We sponsored various folks in this year’s lottery. A person of our registrants was selected in the initial spherical in March, but none have been chosen in the 2nd spherical in July.

We just found out another of our registrants was selected in November, however, he’s from South Africa and limited from touring to the U.S. thanks to Omicron.

What should we do? Any strategies for what to do about our other potential hires who didn’t get chosen?

— Eager Employer

Pricey Eager,

Congrats on receiving two of your registrants picked in the most latest year’s H-1B lottery! Our clients had a lot of candidates who bought selected in subsequent assortment rounds as perfectly. This year’s H-1B lottery was a drawn-out course of action, and it is wonderful to see that U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Companies (USCIS) is fully commited to reaching the 85,000 H-1B cap. I touched on this in a latest podcast in which I talked about…