H2B VISA PROGRAM AND AMERICAN JOBS

The annual government lottery for visas allows company to hire highly skilled foreign workers, and few are expecting to get what they want.

Last year, the federal government received more than 123,000 petitions for the 65,000 H1B visas that were available. This year, some expect the odds of winning the lottery to be even lower.

Microsoft, for example, is petitioning to hire 1,600 foreign engineers. The United States is a world to discover, to travel and work. Find out how easy it is to travel to the US...