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Update on H-1B Visa Cap: Employers May Be Waiting for News on Their H-1B Petition
Employers who have filed cap-subject H-1Bs during the first week of April 2013 are eagerly awaiting a Receipt Notice from the USCIS, which would definitively confirm that their H-1B petition was counted towards the annual cap and will be adjudicated....
Update: USCIS Received 124,000 FY 2014 Cap-Subject H-1B Petitions, Conducted Lottery on April 7, 2013
The U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) has announced that it has conducted the computer-generated random selection process (commonly known as the “H-1B lottery”), to select H-1B petitions for processing to meet the caps of 20,000 for the H-1B U.S....
USCIS Announces FY 2014 H-1B Cap Has Been Met; Lottery to be Conducted
The U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) announced this afternoon (Friday, April 5, 2013) that it has received a sufficient number of H-1B petitions to reach the H-1B numerical limitation of 65,000 (commonly known as the “H-1B cap”) for fiscal...
H-1B Cap Filings Update
On April 1, 2013, the United States Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) began receiving H-1B petitions filed by employers for fiscal year 2014. USCIS has announced that it anticipates it may meet the numerical quota between April 1, 2013, and...
Company Options After the H-1B Cap is Reached
H-1B visas are capped at 65,000 annually, with an additional 20,000 set aside for those with master's degrees from U.S. colleges and universities. With the April 1st H-1B filing date rapidly approaching, and the uncertainty of knowing when the H-1B...
USCIS Adjudication of Certain Premium Processing FY-2014 Cap-Subject H-1B Petitions To Be Delayed
The filing period for H-1B Petitions subject to the H-1B Cap for the fiscal year beginning October 1, 2013 (FY-2014), will begin on April 1, 2013. However, the USCIS has announced that Premium Processing adjudications for these types of cases...
LCA Obligations for Employers Who Hire H-1Bs, H-1B1s, and E-3s
Employers who wish to sponsor foreign national employees in H-1B status (specialty occupations requiring at least a Bachelor’s degree or equivalent), H-1B1 status (specialty occupations for those from Singapore and Chile), or E-3 status (specialty occupations for those from Australia),...
H-1B Season Fast Approaching!
The H-1B is one of the most common visas used to employ foreign nationals in professional occupations in the United States. April 1, 2013 is the first day to file new H-1B petitions for the 2014 fiscal year. If the...
