Still not too late to apply for an H-1B. New quota figures as of September 10, 2010: Out of the 65,000 cases that can be approved for H-1B this year, 37,400 cases have been receipted by USCIS for the regular Bachelor’s degree H-1B quota. This is up from 36,600 cases…
Yet another update to the H-1B quota, also known as the Fiscal Year (FY) 2011 H-1B cap. Approximately 34,900 cases have been receipted by USCIS for the regular Bachelor’s degree H-1B quota. Approximately 13,000 cases have been receipted by USCIS for the advanced degree H-1B quota open to applicants who…
As of August 6, 2010, approximately 28,500 regular H-1B cap cases have been receipted by USCIS and approximately 11,900 advanced degree cases. Keeping in mind that H-1B extensions and changes of employer petitions don’t count against the cap, initial H-1B applicants are in good shape this fiscal year since the…
Thanks to USCIS, we have four H-1B quota updates to report in the month of July 2010: July 2, 2010: approximately 24,200 cap cases received; approximately 10,400 advanced degree cases received July 9, 2010: approximately 24,800 cap cases received; approximately 10,600 advanced degree cases received July 16, 2010: approximately 25,300…
As of July 9, 2010, approximately 24,800 H-1B petitions have been received. Our of the advanced degree cap, approximately 10,600 petitions have been receipted. The numbers are very, very slowly creeping upwards. Naturally, the H-1B numbers are a sign of the slow economic times, and that the unemployment rate is…
USCIS updated the H-1B quota numbers again last week. Approximately 19,600 applications have been been received for the regular cap and approximately 8,200 have been received for the “master’s degree” or “advanced degree” cap. The increase of 700 applications overall, in the past week shows that it’s still anyone’s game…
As promised, here is yet another update on the H-1B quota. On May 14, 2010, USCIS confirmed that approximately 19,000 H-1B applications have been received, and that approximately 8,100 applications were received for the advanced degree quota. If you were reading this blog on May 11, 2010, you would have…
Just today, USICS released information stating that about 18,000 H-1B applications were received. Also, USCIS has announced that 7,600 H-1B petitions were received for the advanced degree quota. For those of you keeping track of the H-2B quota, about 65,307 of the 66,000 allocated for this fiscal year have been…
The H-1B quota. “When will the quota close?” “How long do you think before the H-1B cap is reached?” These are the questions I’ve fielded for years while professional workers scrambled for jobs or while their employers are completing their forms. The USCIS has announced only receiving slightly more than…
According to CFR 214.2(r)(14), petitioners of religious workers are now required to submit a notification to USCIS when their beneficiary works less than 20 hours a week or employment is terminated before the expiration of the R-1 visa. This notification must be emailed (CSCR-1EarlyTerminationNotif@dhs.gov) or mailed to USCIS (California Service…