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H-1B Visas Continue to be Available Despite Economic Slump

H-1B Visas Continue to be Available Despite Economic Slump

The Wall Street Journal on October 30th reported that despite the current economic downtrend, H-1B visas continue to be available.
Since 1990, when the H-1B program was implemented, companies of all sizes from Silicon Valley, Wall Street, and everyone else in between, have used this program to bring highly skilled foreign workers such as computer programmers from India or engineers from China to the [...]

H-1B Visas Continue to be Available

H-1B Visas Continue to be Available

The U.S. Citizenship & Immigration Services (USCIS) reported recently that H-1B visas for Fiscal Year (FY) 2010 continue to be available.
As of August 28, 2009, about 45,100 H-1B applications subject to this fiscal year’s annual numerical cap and about 20,000 applications subject to the advanced degree cap have been received.  The USCIS will continue to accept both types of applications until they determine that enough H-1B applications have [...]

H-1B Visas Still Available

H-1B Visas Still Available

The US Citizenship & Immigration Services (USCIS) reported today that as of their last count on June 5, 2009, approximately 44,400 H-1B visa petitions for Fiscal Year (FY) 2010 have been received by USCIS and counted towards the 65,000 quota.
The USCIS will continue to accept both cap-subject petitions until the number of H-1B petitions have been received to reach the statutory [...]

USCIS Continues to Accept H-1B Visa Petitions

USCIS Continues to Accept H-1B Visa Petitions

The U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) announced yesterday that it has received approximately 44,000 H-1B petitions towards the Congressionally mandated 65,000 cap.
The USCIS will continue to accept petitions subject to the general cap.
Historically, the general H-1B visa cap has been reached within the first one to two days of the application period.Â
However, last year, the USCIS kept the application period [...]