Posts Tagged ‘Master’s cap’
H-1B’s Still in a Slow Crawl
On July 20, 2010, the USCIS updated the H-1B cap count for fiscal year 2011. To date, the USCIS has received 25,300 regular petitions and 11,000 U.S. Master’s cap petitions. The regular cap is available to those with a Bachelor’s degree (U.S. or foreign) or equivalent experience or foreign Master’s or higher degree. The U.S. Master’s cap is available to individuals with a Master’s or higher degree from a U.S. academic institution. Please note that all H-1B positions must have job duties so complex that they cannot be performed without a Bachelor’s or higher degree.
The regular cap has 65,000 slots available and the U.S. Master’s cap has 20,000. As you can see, there are still many slots left for this fiscal year. Please contact our San Francisco immigration law office if you’d like to pursue H-1B status.
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Many H-1B Visas Still Available
As of June 11, 2010, the USCIS has received 22,200 regular-cap H-1B petitions for 65,000 slots. For the U.S. Master’s cap, they have received 9,400 for 20,000 slots.
The H-1B temporary worker category is used by employers seeking to employ foreign nationals in positions that require a minimum of a Bachelor’s degree or the equivalent experience (e.g. computer programmers, scientists, etc.). The foreign national must possess the requisite degree or equivalent experience to qualify for the H-1B category.
Each USCIS fiscal year, there is a limited number of H-1B slots available (i.e. 65,000 for Bachelor’s degree or foreign Master’s or higher degree holders and 20,000 for U.S. Master’s or higher degree holders). In prior years, over 100,000 applicants would apply on the first day of the filing period (April 1) and the slots were used very quickly. In recent years, due to the poor U.S. economy, far fewer companies are sponsoring H-1B employees and the quota remains open for many months (e.g. last year, the quota was open from April 1, 2009 – December 21, 2009) . So far, this year is no different. There are many H-1B slots still available.
Please contact our immigration law office if you need assistance for one or more H-1B petitions or have questions about the above.
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