article_snippet: America awards 85,000 so-called H-1B work visas, based on a computer-generated lottery system, including 20,000 with advanced academic qualifications like master's degrees or Ph.Ds.
article_snippet: Last year the U.S. got 172,500 applications for fiscal 2015, and stopped acceepting America awards 85,000 so-called H-1B work visas, based on a computer-generated lottery system, including 20,000 with advanced academic qualifications like master's degrees or Ph.
article_snippet: The visa allows foreign nationals who do not intend to emigrate to the U.S. to work inside the United States for three years, extendable to six.
article_snippet: According to a recent U.S. Customs and Immigration Services report to Congress, 61 per cent of the successful applicants in 2012 worked in 'computer-related occupations.'
article_snippet: Other categories include 'specialty occupations' such as fashion modeling and healthcare work.
article_snippet: That year visa holders' salaries averaged $79,000.
article_snippet: All told there were moew than 262,500 H1-B visa holders in the United States in 2012, including holdovers from previous years.
article_snippet: Tickets to legally enter the United States include 'H1-B' visas that allow holders to work in America for three years at a time .