H1B visa 2012 Cap count update – July 5, 2011

by admin on July 8, 2011

USCIS updated H1B visa petitions count received by them until July 1st, 2011. Here are the numbers : July 1st,  H1B cap count updates by USCIS :   Regular H1B Cap H1B filings 18,400 of total 65,000 Advanced degree cap filing count 11,900 of total 20,000 Total H1B visa petitions received 30,300 of total 85,000 [...]

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H1B visa 2012 Cap count update – May 23- 1700 Petitions filed

by admin on May 23, 2011

USCIS released updated H1B cap count numbers earlier today,  Here are the numbers: New 1,100 cap eligible petitions were filed for Regular quota New 600 cap eligible petitions were filed for Advanced degree quota. May 20th,  H1B cap count updates by USCIS : Regular H1B Cap H1B filings 12,300 of total 65,000 Advanced degree cap [...]

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H1B visa 2012 Cap count update May 12th- 1700 petitions filed

May 11, 2011

USICS released H1B visa cap count number  earlier yesterday, i.e. 5/10/2011 . The numbers represent petitions filed until May 6th, 2011. 1000 petitions filed for for Regular quota 700  petitions were filed for Advanced degree quota ( MS or MBA from USA) May 11th H1B cap count updates by USCIS : Regular H1B Cap H1B [...]

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April 27, 2011 – H1B visa 2012 cap count update – 1700 filed

April 27, 2011

USICS released H1B visa cap count number  earlier today, i.e. 4/27/2011 . The numbers represent petitions filed until April 22nd, 2011. 900 petitions filed for for Regular quota 800 petitions were filed for Advanced degree quota ( MS or MBA from USA) April 27th H1B cap count updates by USCIS : Regular H1B Cap H1B [...]

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H4 visa to H1B visa Conversion – Can you do Change of Status (COS) ?

April 19, 2011

Often working professionals in USA on H1B visa get married to either educated or working professionals in their home country. After getting married, they bring in their spouses to America on H4 visa…For those of you not familiar with H4 visa, it is nothing but US visa status given to spouse of H1B visa holder…In [...]

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H1B visa 2012 Cap count update April 18th by USCIS

April 18, 2011

USICS released H1B visa cap count number  today. The numbers represent petitions filed until April 15th, 2011. 1,200 petitions filed for for Regular quota 600 petitions were filed for Advanced degree quota ( MS or MBA from USA) April 18th H1B cap count updates by USCIS : Regular H1B Cap H1B filings 7,100 of total [...]

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H1B visa 2012 Cap count update – April 8th, 2011

April 11, 2011

USCIS Updated H1B visa cap count number for fiscal year 2012. Below are the number released by them on April 8th. The numbers are counted by USCIS until April 7th, 2011. Regular H1B Cap H1B filings 5,900 of total 65,000 Advanced degree cap filing count 4,500 of total 20,000 Total H1B visa petitions received 73,600 [...]

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What is H1B Visa Lottery ? How does it work ?

March 21, 2011

  H1B Visa Lottery is nothing but randomly choosing the required H1B visa petitions from received set of H1B visa applications by computer generated algorithm. Why does USCIS conduct lottery ? USCIS conducts lottery to give fair chance to everyone applied to H1B petition on the same day, as they cannot time stamp petitions received [...]

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When does H1B visa Season Start ?

March 20, 2011

USCIS generally accepts H1B visa petitions for the next fiscal year on April 1st of the previous year. For instance, USCIS will start accepting  H1B visa applications for fiscal year 2012 starting from April 1, 2011.  Also, if the H1B petition applied on April 1st gets approved, the person with approved petition can start working [...]

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What is H1B visa Cap Count ?

March 13, 2011

Some of you new to the immigration jargon, might be wondering…what is cap count ? Is there something like a Cap named H1B ? Do everyone who file for H1B get a Cap ? Do they count the Caps of every H1B visa ? May be some might sound ridiculous, but honestly, if you do [...]

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