USCIS has updated the count of cap eligible petitions for H-1B visas in the 2013 fiscal year. As of May 18, 2012, USCIS had received 42,000 out of 65,000 cap eligible petitions. USCIS also reported that it had received 16,000 petitions eligible for the Master’s cap exemption of 20,000 visas. For more information, please visit [...]

USCIS has updated the count of cap eligible petitions for H-1B visas in the 2013 fiscal year. As of May 11, USCIS had received 36,700 out of 65,000 cap eligible petitions. USCIS also reported that it had received 14,800 petitions eligible for the Master’s cap exemption of 20,000 visas. For more information, please visit the [...]

USCIS has updated the FY2013 H-1B cap count. As of April 13, 2012, USCIS had issued receipts to 20,600 H-1B cap-subject applications . This number includes applications that are approved or remain pending, but does not include applications that have already been denied. USCIS has also receipted 9,700 H-1B petitions eligible for the Masters cap [...]

The United States Citizenship and Immigration Services has released a count of the cap subject H1B applications that it has received for the fiscal year 2013. H1B application season for FY2013 opened on April 2, and already USCIS is reporting 17,400 applications–more than 25% of the yearly quota–have been filed. For more information on the [...]

The United States Citizenship and Immigration Services announced this afternoon that the quota for cap subject H-1B visas has officially been reached for the Fiscal Year 2012. USCIS will reject all cap-subject petitions for new H-1B specialty occupations workers with start dates in Fiscal Year 2012. Read more at: FY 2012 H-1B Cap Reached.