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 […]
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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 […]
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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 […]
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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 […]
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