Overcoming an early slump in demand for H-1B visas, U.S. employers again hit the cap of 65,000 for the controversial visas that allow foreign workers in specialty fields such as computer science and programming to work in the United States for three to six years.
– Despite an early slump in U.S.
employer demand for H-1B visas, the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services
announced Dec. 22 it had reached the 65,000 cap for the controversial guest
worker visas favored by technology companies. H-1B visas allow companies to
hire foreign workers with special s…