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US Senate votes in favour of increasing H-1B visas

Washington: The U.S. Senate has voted in favour of increasing the cap on H-1B visas by 30,000 to 95,000 from next year. The Senate has also voted to increase the number of legal immigrants besides increasing the cap on H-1B visas favoured by Indian IT specialists, as part of a broad budget deficit-cutting bill that was passed yesterday by a margin of 52 to 47 votes.

The Judiciary Committee had last month called for adding some 90,000 employment-based green cards per year and raising the fee by $500, which would earn some $250 millions for the government. — PTI

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