THIS STORY HAS BEEN FORMATTED FOR EASY PRINTING

Visa quota is finally reached

Demand for guest workers grew as recession eased

By Hiawatha Bray
Globe Staff / December 23, 2009

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In another sign that the economy might be turning around, the US Citizenship and Immigration Services has filled this year’s quota of 65,000 applications for H-1b guest worker visas, which allow companies to hire foreign workers for jobs they say they cannot fill with US-born applicants. (Full article: 524 words)

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