Immigration Alert: USCIS Announces Fiscal Year 2011 H-1B Cap Reached
1/28/2011
On January 27, 2011, U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) announced that, as of January 26, it has received more than enough H-1B petitions to meet the numerical limit for Fiscal Year (FY) 2011 cap-subject H-1B visas. In addition, USCIS announced that it has also received more than 20,000 “U.S. Masters” H-1B petitions, filed on behalf of individuals with U.S. advanced degrees. No more cap-subject H-1B petitions will be accepted by USCIS for this fiscal year, which expires September 30, 2011.
