When Immigration Matters

Here is the latest H-1B cap count released (June 11, 2010).  More information can be found at the USCIS H-1B Fiscal Year (FY) 2011 Cap Season Page.

Here is the latest H-1B cap count released (May 21, 2010).  More information can be found at the USCIS H-1B Fiscal Year (FY) 2011 Cap Season Page.

The United States Citizenship and Immigration Service (USCIS) has updated the count of H-1B petitions received and counted towards the 65,000 cap as of May 6, 2010.

WASHINGTON - U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) today announced it continues to accept H-1B nonimmigrant petitions subject to the Fiscal Year 2011 (FY 2011) cap. USCIS will monitor the number of petitions received for both the 65,000 general cap and the 20,000 U.S. master's degree or higher educational exemption.

The U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) will begin accepting H-1B applications for applicants beginning employment on October 1, 2010 or later.  Don't delay because the volume of H-1B petitions filed at the end of 2009 (October-December 2009) increased substantially and it's likely that this trend will continue into 2010 meaning the H-1B cap could be met and exceeded on or shortly after April 1st.

A friendly reminder that the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) will begin accepting H-1B petitions subject to the fiscal year (FY) 2011 cap on April 1, 2010.  Cases will be considered accepted on the date that USCIS takes possession of a properly filed petition with the correct fee; not the date that the petition is postmarked.