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FY 2023 H-1B Cap Initial Registration Period Opens on March 1

February 2nd, 2022
Posted By
Heather Sivaraman
Recently U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) announced that the initial registration period for the fiscal year 2023 H-1B cap will open at noon Eastern on March 1, 2022 and will close at noon Eastern on March 18, 2022. During this perio… Read More
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Categories: H-1B, Immigration News
Tags: cap, cap season, FY2023 cap season, H-1B Cap

H-1B Cap Random Selection for FY2018

April 20th, 2017
Posted By
Heather Sivaraman
According to the American Immigration Lawyers Association (AILA), USCIS received approximately 199,000 H-1B petitions during the filing period for fiscal year 2018. The filing period began on April 3, 2017, and on April 7, 2017, USCIS announced that… Read More
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Categories: H-1B, Immigration News
Tags: advanced degree, attorney, cap, employment, h1b, immigrant, immigration, lottery, masters cap, random selection, visa lottery

FY2018 H-1B Cap Reached

April 11th, 2017
Posted By
Heather Sivaraman
USCIS Reached the H-1B Visa Cap for FY2018 As of April 7, 2017, USCIS reached the 65,000 visa H-1B cap mandated by Congress for FY2018. USCIS also received enough H-1B petitions to meet the master’s cap visa exemption of 20,000. All unselected… Read More
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Categories: H-1B, Immigration News
Tags: AILA, attorney, cap, employment, fy2018, h1b, immigration, labor, reached, uscis