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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