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 [...]

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 [...]

An interim final rule has been issued by the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services which will prohibit employers from filing multiple H-1B petitions for a single beneficiary. This rule, however, does not prohibit parent companies or subsidiaries from filing petitions for same beneficiary for different positions.  The interim final rule will become effective when it is [...]

Who is eligible & who is not On April 1st, 2007 the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) will begin accepting new H-1B petitions (from professional with Bachelor’s degree or equivalent) that will be counted against the FY2008 Cap. Keeping in mind the fact that in 2006, it took only 56 days to reach the [...]

We have learned that the 20,000 Masters Quota H1b is still open for both the Fiscal Year (FY) 2005 and Fiscal Year 2006. The 20,000 Masters Quota is an H-1B cap exemption for foreign nationals holding advanced degrees from U.S. universities. According to reliable sources, approximately around 13 thousand visas have been used against the [...]