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US Scraps H-1B Lottery, Moves To Higher-Paid, Skill-Based Visa Selection For Foreign Workers

The US will scrap the H-1B visa lottery and introduce a weighted system that favours higher-skilled and higher-paid foreign workers, citing misuse of the existing process.

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