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USCIS Updates H-1B Cap Count

Jennifer Hermansky — Tue, 18 Jan 2011 22:19:58 +0000

On January 14, 2011, USCIS updated its H-1B cap count and confirmed that it has received 60,700 H-1B petitions for FY 2011. In addition, USCIS already has reached the 20,000 H-1B Master’s exemption cap for FY 2011. Therefore, any H-1B petition filed as a Master’s degree will be counted towards the regular 65,000 H-1B cap.

The last update from USCIS on January 7, 2011 confirmed that 58,700 H-1B petitions had been received. Given that USCIS is receiving at least 2000 petitions per week, H-1B numbers for FY 2011 are expected to run out within the next two weeks.

Contact your Klasko Law attorney immediately if your organization wishes to sponsor a cap-subject H-1B nonimmigrant in FY 2011.

USCIS Updates H-1B Cap Filing Numbers

kkalmykov@klaskolaw.com — Thu, 29 Apr 2010 18:29:40 +0000

USCIS has issued updated figures for the FY 2011 H-1B Cap. The Service reports that as of April 22, 2010 a total of 22,764 H-1B cap-subject petitions have been filed. 16,025 of these filings count towards the 65,000 general cap and 6,739 of the filings are for the Master’s cap which allots an extra 20,000 H-1B numbers for individuals with advanced degrees from U.S. institutions of higher education.

H-1B Cap Numbers Remain Available

kkalmykov@klaskolaw.com — Fri, 09 Apr 2010 17:42:07 +0000

Today USCIS issued an emailed press release indicating that it would continue to accept H-1B petitions subject to the 2011 cap. USCIS announced that they had received approximately 13,500 H-1B petitions counting towards the 65,000 cap and only 5,600 petitions for individuals with advanced degrees.

Klasko Law will continue to monitor the situation and will provide updates regarding how many H-1B spots continue to remain.