Moving quickly along, the US Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) informed the public that it completed data entry of all “winning” fiscal year 2017 (FY2017) H-1B cap-subject petitions (i.e., petitions
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FY2017 H-1B Cap: Premium Processing to Start on May 12, 2016
This just in…the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) issued a news release on Friday, April 22nd stating that the premium processing clock will start on Thursday, May 12, 2016.
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FY 2017 H-1B Cap: What are the Odds?
For FY 2017, the US Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) received approximately 236,000 cap-subject H-1B petitions—which is more than last year by about 3,000 petitions. Because the number of available…
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FY 2017 H-1B Cap Reached on April 7, 2016
As anticipated, the number of cap-subject H-1B petitions filed by U.S. employers exceeded the 65,000 general cap and the 20,000 master’s degree exemption for fiscal year 2017 (FY2017).
Yesterday, April…
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FY 2017 H-1B Cap Petitions: What to Expect
As you likely know, April 1st was the first day when cap-subject H-1B petitions could be accepted for Fiscal Year 2017. Now that the filings have started, here is…
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H-1B Cap Season FY 2017 is Here: Be Prepared
Demand for H-1B numbers is likely to remain high during Fiscal Year 2017 (FY2017). It remains to be seen whether proposed and actual changes to the Immigration Regulations, such as…
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