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Apr 22 2009
USCIS Updates Number of H-1B Petitions Received for FY 2010
USCIS has again updated the number of filings for H-1B petitions for the Fiscal Year 2010 H-1B program. According to the government agency, roughly 44,000 H-1B petitions counting toward the annual cap of 65,000 have been received as of April 20, 2009. USCIS is continuing to accept H-1B petitions subject to this Congressionally-mandated annual cap.
USCIS has, in addition received roughly 20,000 petitions for H-1B visas from aliens with master’s degrees or higher from U.S. academic institutions. Even though the cap for this exempt category is 20,000, USCIS notes that they are continuing to accept applications from individuals that meet the category’s requirements.
Finally, USCIS notes that for cap-subject H-1B petitions filed with requests for premium processing during the initial five-day acceptance window, the 15-day premium processing period began April 7. For petitions filed after the initial five-day period, premium processing begins on the day that USCIS receives the petition. |
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