H-1B visa cap reached for FY 2018
Today U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services has announced that it has reached the congressionally mandated 65,000 visa H-1B cap for fiscal year 2018. USCIS has also received a sufficient number of H-1B petitions to meet the 20,000 visa U.S. advanced degree exemption, also known as the master’s cap. The agency will reject and return filing […]
USCIS Now Accepts Applications for Employment Authorizations for Certain H-4 Spouses
Certain H-4 dependent spouses may now apply for employment authorization under the H-4 rule. Effective May 26, 2015, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has begun accepting applications for employment authorization from certain H-4 dependent spouses of H-1B nonimmigrants who are seeking employment-based lawful permanent resident status. Please read the announcement here. Eligible H-4 spouses […]
USCIS Reaches FY 2016 H-1B Cap
This just posted by USCIS: Release Date: April 07, 2015 WASHINGTON – U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) has reached the congressionally mandated H-1B cap for fiscal year (FY) 2016. USCIS has also received more than the limit of 20,000 H-1B petitions filed under the U.S. advanced degree exemption. USCIS will use a computer-generated process, […]
USCIS Will Accept H-1B Petitions for FY 2016 Beginning April 1, 2015
USCIS posts today that it will begin accepting FY2016 H-1B petitions on 4/1/15. USCIS expects to receive more petitions than the 65,000 H-1B cap during the first five business days of this year’s program and as in previous years will randomly select the cap-subject petitions for processing using a lottery system. All petitions not selected […]
As of 4/4/2012, USCIS has already received 22,323 H-1B visa application received
AILA Liaison learned at a CSC/VSC stakeholder engagement on 4/5/2012 that USCIS has received 22,323 cap-subject H-1B petitions as of 4/4/2012. Approximately 25% of the cases are for U.S. advanced degrees. AILA InfoNet Doc. No. 12040553 (posted Apr. 5, 2012)
