USCIS,200U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) received nearly 163,000 H-1B petitions by April 7, 2008, the last day of receipt. For those who not familiar with H1B process, April 1st was the first day of receiving applications for H1B, and USCIS had announced this time that if the H1B cap of 65.000 was reached within [...]

The H1B Cap for Fiscal Year 2009 has been met within the first five business days, U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) announced today. The H1B Master’s Cap has also been reached inside the five day period.  USCIS has not announced the date for the random selection process which will be conducted once the initial [...]

Though he tried and failed last year, Microsoft Chairman Bill Gates’ plea for H1B quota hike seems to have appealed to the politicians in the pre-election mode this year. Two Bills have been introduced, one by U.S. House of Representatives Democrat on the Science and Technology Committee which Gates had addressed and another by a [...]

Did you know you can avoid the H1B quota? In 2007, it took only 24 hours to fill up the 65,000 strong H1B quota. Unlike previous years, when getting the petition through on the first few days meant surety of reciept if nothing else, this year it didn’t matter who sent the applications earlier and [...]