H-1B CAP REACHED ON THE FIRST WEEK

4/11/2016

Immigration (USCIS) has announced it has reached the H-1B cap for the fiscal year (FY) 2017. The H-1B season opens on April 1st each year. Within the first week of April 2016, USCIS has received over 65,000 H-1B petitions for the general category and 20,000 H-1B petitions filed under the U.S. advance degree exemption.

According to USCIS, it will first randomly select the petition for the advance degree exemption, the petitions that are not selected will go into the general "lottery". USCIS has not announced yet when it will run the lottery. The rejected petitions will be returned together with the filing fees.

USCIS still accepts petitions that are cap exempted.

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Laura Schonberg and Andrea Timerman developed their passion for immigration law through their own experience immigrating to the United States. Laura received a Bachelor of Arts in Political Science and Juris Doctor Degree from Florida International University. Andrea received a Bachelors in Business Administration from Pace University, NY, and her Juris Doctor Degree from Florida International University. Both attorneys obtained ample experience in the immigration field before partnering to work as immigration attorneys at Schonberg & Timerman, P.L.