As we predicted last night the Cap was met today. As of December 21, 2009, USCIS has received sufficient petitions to reach the statutory cap for FY2010. USCIS has also received more than 20,000 H-1B petitions on behalf of persons exempt from the cap under the advanced degree exemption. USCIS…
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H1B Visa Lawyer – Will the cap be met this week?
So what do you think, will the cap be reached today, or maybe tomorrow, surely by Friday. With the snow storms hitting the east coast, delivery of H1B packages and processing at the Vermont service center have been delayed. As of December 15, 2009, approximately 64,200 H-1B cap-subject petitions had…
H-1B Cap updates: 64,200 as of December 15, 2009
We like to share that the H1B cap is extremely close to being reached. The count as of December 15, 2009 is 64,200. This is 1300 cases more than the count from December 11th. This count is very close to the total cap of 65,000 which is actually somewhat reduced…
400 more H-1B Cap subject applications were filed in 1 business day
USCIS has just released the latest H-1B visa information on December 15, 2009. As of December 11, 2009, USCIS reported that 62,900 cap-subject petitions had been filed. From December 10 to December 11, 400 more applications were filed. As mentioned in all other previous H-1B updates, spots for advanced degree…
H-1B Cap count for FY 2010-1000 more applications filed in 2 business days
USCIS has just released the latest H-1B visa information on December 11, 2009. As of December 10, 2009, USCIS reported that 62,500 cap-subject petitions had been filed. On December 8, 2009, USCIS reported that 61,500 cap-subject petitions had been filed. From December 8 to December 10, 1,000 more applications have…
H-1B Cap count for FY 2010: 400 more applications filed in two business days
USCIS has just released the latest H-1B visa information on December 9, 2009. As of December 8, 2009, USCIS reported that 61,500 cap-subject petitions had been filed. On December 4, 2009, USCIS reported that 61,100 cap-subject petitions had been filed. From December 4 to December 8, 400 more applications have…
Visas for Nurses – H-1C Visa Program to expire 12-20-2009
Effective December 21, 2009, the Nursing Relief for Disadvantaged Areas Reauthorization Act will sunset. The Nursing Relief for Disadvantage Areas Act (NRDAA) established the H-1C Program in 1999 to reduce the shortage of qualified nurses in health professional shortage areas. The Program was reauthorized until December 20, 2009 under the…
H1B Visa Cap Update 12/8/2009
With predictions that the H1B cap will be reached any day now, employers and employees are rushing to beat the cap. United States Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) announced that, as of December 4th, it had received approximately 61,100 H-1B petitions counting toward the congressionally-mandated 65,000 limit. Additionally, USCIS has…
H1B Visa Lawyer – USCIS Representatives Discuss Recent Increase in FY 2010 H-1B Filings
This update is provided by AILA and we are happy to share. At the New York CLE on December 1, 2009, USCIS representatives discussed H-1B usage. Without revealing the exact number of H-1B petitions have been received, nor providing an estimate of the number of H-1B visas remaining, USCIS indicated…
H1B Visas, a few more days and it will be over…..
So this may be the last week of H1B visa filings, as of November 27, 2009, approximately 58,900 H-1B cap-subject petitions had been filed. USCIS has approved sufficient H-1B petitions for aliens with advanced degrees to meet the exemption of 20,000 from the fiscal year 2010 cap. Any H-1B petitions…