US CIS Reaches FY2016 H-1B Cap

April 9th, 2015
Posted By
Laura Edgerton
U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (US CIS) announced on April 7, 2015, that it had received enough petitions to meet the FY2016 H-1B statutory cap (65,000) and the U.S. advanced degree exemption (20,000). Before completing the random selectio… Read More
Read More
Categories: Immigration Blog
Tags: 2016 h1b petitions, h1b statutory cap, USCIS advanced degree exemptions, USCIS lottery, USCIS random selection process

FY2015 H-1B Cap Expected to be Rapidly Reached

January 20th, 2014
Posted By
Laura Edgerton
US CIS will begin accepting H-1B petitions on Monday, April 1st, for the new fiscal year starting on October 1, 2014. It is expected that USCIS may receive more petitions than the allowable H-1B cap during the initial acceptance period. If this occur… Read More
Read More
Categories: Immigration Blog
Tags: cap- subject H-1B, cap-subject H-1B petitions, cap-subject h1b, FY2015 H-1B, FY2015 h1b, H- 1B, H-1B petitions, H-1B premium processing, h1b, h1b premium processing, USCIS lottery, USCIS random selection process