Sunday, March 27, 2011

FY 2012 H-1B Visa period starts on April 1, 2011.

USCIS Announces FY 2012 H-1B Work Visa Petitions Will Be Accepted Starting April
1, 2011.

USCIS announced that it will start accepting cap-subject H-1B petitions for
FY2012 on April 1, 2011, noting that cases will be considered accepted on the
date USCIS receives a properly filed petition, not the date that the petition is
postmarked.

The cap (the numerical limit on H-1B petitions) for FY 2012 is 65,000.

The first 20,000 H-1B petitions filed on behalf of individuals with U.S.
master's degrees or higher are exempt (subject to a separate cap).

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