India, March 20 -- The H-1B visa programme is undergoing significant changes from Thursday, March 20, with Foreign Labor Access Gateway (FLAG) deleting old applications and the US Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) implementing a new system for the process.

The H-1B visa system is a major route for foreign skilled workers looking to find work in the country. The new system is said to be implemented by the Donald Trump administration to make the process more transparent and effective.

Any record older than five years will be deleted from the system. So, if the final determination date of a case is March 22, 2020, the application will be deleted on March 22 this year. The employers have been asked to download any case older than...