On March 3, The U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Service (USCIS) announced that it will temporarily suspend premium processing for all H-1B petitions starting on April 3, 2017 until further notice.
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FY 2017 H-1B Cap Reached on April 7, 2016
By Catherine V. Wadhwani on
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
By Catherine V. Wadhwani on
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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FY 2016 H-1B Cap: What Are the Odds?
By Catherine V. Wadhwani on
Last year at about this time, I published a blog post captioned, “FY 2015 H-1B Cap: What are the Odds?” (https://immigrationview.foxrothschild.com/h-1b-temporary-workers/fy-2015-h-1b-cap-what-are-the-odds/). According to my very basic calculations, I estimated that…
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