Tuesday, April 27, 2010

H1B FY 2011

USCIS started accepting application for petitions on April 1, 2010 that are subject to the FY 2011 cap. The approved petitions will have start date of October 1, 2010 or later.

Till date, USCIS has provided few updates on the number of petitions they received. As on 22 April 2010, they have received 16,025 applications that qualify under the general quota and 6,739 applications that qualify for the master's degree or more quota.

For FY 2011, USCIS can approve, 65,000 ,H-1B Regular Cap applications and 20,000 H-1B Master's exemption applications.

The rate at which the applications are received shows the economy is still slow and but recovering.

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