The U.S. State Department just released the April 2011 Visa Bulletin which is the seventh Visa Bulletin for the FY2011 fiscal year. The major headline in the upcoming month’s bulletin is the slow forward movement in FB2A (after few significant backward movements), the significant retrogression in the FB1 preference visa numbers, accompanied by the continued [...]
The U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Service (USCIS) is set to begin accepting H-1B visa applications pursuant to its Fiscal Year 2012 (FY2012) quota. The first day on which USCIS will accept new, cap-subject H-1B petitions, is April 1, 2011. About the H-1B Program and the Annual Cap The H-1B visa category was created in 1990 [...]
Many of our readers are aware that as of January 26, 2011, USCIS has received a sufficient number of H-1B cap-subject petitions to fill the annual H-1B quota. All cap-subject new H-1B petitions received by USCIS on or after January 27 will be rejected. Throughout the entire H-1B cap season, our office was providing weekly [...]
USCIS released the weekly FY2011 information on the numbers of cap-subject H-1Bs filed since April 1. As of January 21, 2011, USCIS has received approximately 62,800 H-1B petitions counting toward the 65,000 cap (an increase of 2,100 over the last week). Also, as of December 24, the U.S. Masters cap (with its 20,000 limit) has [...]
USCIS released the weekly FY2011 information on the numbers of cap-subject H-1Bs filed since April 1. As of January 14, 2011, USCIS has received approximately 60,700 H-1B petitions counting toward the 65,000 cap (an increase of 2,000 over the last week). Also, as of December 24, the U.S. Masters cap (with its 20,000 limit) has [...]
The U.S. State Department just released the February 2011 Visa Bulletin which is the fifth Visa Bulletin for the FY2011 fiscal year and first for the calendar year. The major headline in the upcoming month’s bulletin is the major retrogression in family-based visa numbers, accompanied by the continued slow forward movement across the employment-based categories. [...]
USCIS released the weekly FY2011 information on the numbers of cap-subject H-1Bs filed since April 1. As of January 7, 2011, USCIS has received approximately 58,700 H-1B petitions counting toward the 65,000 cap (an increase of 1,500 over the last week). Also, as of December 24, the U.S. Masters cap (with its 20,000 limit) has [...]
USCIS released the weekly FY2011 information on the numbers of cap-subject H-1Bs filed since April 1. As of December 31, 2010, USCIS has received approximately 57,300 H-1B petitions counting toward the 65,000 cap (an increase of 1,500 over the last week). Also, as of December 24, the U.S. Masters cap (with its 20,000 limit) has [...]
USCIS released the weekly FY2011 information on the numbers of cap-subject H-1Bs filed since April 1. As of December 24, 2010, USCIS has received approximately 55,800 H-1B petitions counting toward the 65,000 cap (an increase of 1,900 over the last week). Also, as of December 24, the U.S. Masters cap (with its 20,000 limit) has [...]
USCIS released the weekly FY2011 information on the numbers of cap-subject H-1Bs filed since April 1. As of December 17, 2010, USCIS has received approximately 53,900 H-1B petitions counting toward the 65,000 cap (an increase of 1,500 over the last week). Similarly, as of December 17, there were 19,700 H-1B visas filed subject to the [...]