The U.S. Citizenship & Immigration Services (USCIS) reported that they have accepted about 13,600 H-1B visa applications for Fiscal Year (FY) 2011 in the 25 days that the application period has been open. In our last post on April 9, 2010, we reported that the USCIS has accepted about 13,500 applications.  It seems that the number of [...]

We at Pappas & Associates, P.A. remind the public that the U.S. Citizenship & Immigration Services (USCIS) will be accepting applications for H-1B visas for Fiscal Year (FY) 2011 beginning April 1, 2010.  The visas will become effective October 1, 2010. For the past 2 years, the number of H-1B visa applications has dwindled in light of the [...]

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 [...]

The U.S. Citizenship & Immigration Services (USCIS) says that during the initial filing window for H-1B’s it has has received less than half the number of petitions needed to reach the 65,000 H-1B cap. Charles H. Kuck, President of the American Immigration Lawyers Association (AILA) commented on the decrease in applications:  This indicates that H-1B filings really [...]

The U.S. Citizenship & Immigration Services (USCIS) issued an update a few minutes ago that it will continue to accept H-1B visa petitions for Fiscal Year (FY) 2010. It seems that the USCIS hasn’t received the requisite number of petitions to meet the congressionally mandated caps of 65,000 applications under the regular cap, and 20,000 for [...]

The U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) recently announced that it will begin accepting H-1B petitions subject to the Fiscal Year 2010 (FY 2010) cap on April 1, 2009.  Petitions will be considered as accepted on the date that USCIS processes payment of the filing fees associated with the petition, not the date that the petition is postmarked. USCIS will [...]