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H1B Visa Cap for Fiscal Year 2013 (Oct 2012 – Sept 2013)

Hello. I wanted to change to H1B visa but I heard that they’ve all been used up. Is this true or can I still apply? US Immigration law provides for 65,000 H1B visas for each fiscal year. H1B holders filing for extension or transfers are not counted against this annual cap. There is an additional 20,000 H1Bs available for […]

Posted on August 13, 2012 at 10:16 pm by Immigration Lawyer Peter Messersmith · Permalink · Leave a comment
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FY2011 H1B Visa Cap Count as of August 20, 2010

USCIS has updated its FY 2011 H1B cap count and reports that, as of May 11, 2010, 33,900 regular cap petitions filed and 12,600 Master’s degree cap petitions filed.  The H1B cap for FY 2011 is 65,000 for regular cap filings and 20,000 for Master’s cap filings.

Posted on August 26, 2010 at 1:55 pm by Immigration Lawyer Peter Messersmith · Permalink · Leave a comment
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FY 2011 H1B Visa Cap Count as of May 11, 2010

USCIS has updated its FY 2011 H1B cap count and reports that, as of May 11, 2010, 18,000 regular cap petitions filed and 7,600 Master’s degree cap petitions filed.  The H1B cap for FY 2011 is 65,000 for regular cap filings and 20,000 for Master’s cap filings.

Posted on May 14, 2010 at 10:01 am by Immigration Lawyer Peter Messersmith · Permalink · One Comment
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USCIS Providing Some Flexibility With LCA Issues in H1B Visa Applications

On July 1, 2009 the Department of Labor (DOL) mandated that all LCA filings must be filed through the iCert portal and that individual officers would review filings prior to certification.  While estimated processing times were initially 7 days, human error and other systemic problems resulted in filing taking three weeks or longer.  Because USCIS […]

Posted on February 9, 2010 at 4:22 pm by Immigration Lawyer Peter Messersmith · Permalink · Leave a comment
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FY 2010 H1B Visa Cap Met

USCIS has just announced that as of December 21, 2009, they have received sufficient H1B visa petitions to meet the 65,000 general cap.  Petitions received on December 21 will be subject to a random drawing and petitions received after December 21 will be rejected. USCIS will continue to accept non-cap subject H1B petitions for FY […]

Posted on December 24, 2009 at 1:53 am by Immigration Lawyer Peter Messersmith · Permalink · Leave a comment
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FY 2010 H1B Visa Cap: December 2009 Update

As of December 12, 2009, USCIS has received 62,900 H-1B Visa petitions and are only 2,100 away from hitting the 65,000 H1B Visa cap for FY2010.  USCIS representatives have confirmed the uptick in applications and have indicated that the cap will be met very soon.  USCIS also confirmed that there is weak demand for visas […]

Posted on December 16, 2009 at 12:33 pm by Immigration Lawyer Peter Messersmith · Permalink · One Comment
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FY 2010 H1B Visa Cap

Current regulations provide for 65,000 H1B Visas to be made available for fiscal year 2010.  Fiscal year 2010 or FY2010 covers the period of October 1, 2009 through September 30, 2010.  There are exceptions such as the 20,000 visas reserved for Master’s degree holders but the majority of applicants will fall under the general 65,000 […]

Posted on November 30, 2009 at 4:36 pm by Immigration Lawyer Peter Messersmith · Permalink · Leave a comment
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Obama’s Stimulus Plan and Its Effect on H-1B Visa Applications

On February 17, 2009, President Obama signed the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 containing the Sanders H-1B amendment.  The Sander H-1B amendment prohibits the sponsoring of H-1B visas by organizations that received funding of through the Emergency Economic Stimulus Act of 2008 (TARP money) unless the organization complies with the requirements of H-1B […]

Posted on February 25, 2009 at 10:30 pm by Immigration Lawyer Peter Messersmith · Permalink · Leave a comment
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