Friday, 28 January 2011
Bad news for those aspiring to get an onsite job in the US in 2011. Applications for U.S. H-1B visas, , have reached the cap of 65,000 for the current fiscal years with U.S. Customs and Immigration Services (USCIS) receiving an unusually high number of petitions in the first four weeks of Jan 2011.
For those not familiar with the visa types of US, the H-1B is a non-immigrant visa in the U.S. which allows American companies to temporarily employ foreign workers in specialty occupations. In 2009, the cap of 65,000 was reached on December 21. In 2008, the cap was reached on April 8 and the USCIS had to resort to computerised draw of lots to determine successful applicants.Till a couple of years ago, the cap in H-1B visas was reached in the first few days of USCIS starting to accept applications.
USCIS will reject cap-subject petitions for new H-1B specialty occupation workers seeking an employment start date in FY2011 that arrive after January 26, 2011. It will, however, continue to accept and process petitions that are otherwise exempt from the cap.
Bad news for those aspiring to get an onsite job in the US in 2011. Applications for U.S. H-1B visas, , have reached the cap of 65,000 for the current fiscal years with U.S. Customs and Immigration Services (USCIS) receiving an unusually high number of petitions in the first four weeks of Jan 2011.
For those not familiar with the visa types of US, the H-1B is a non-immigrant visa in the U.S. which allows American companies to temporarily employ foreign workers in specialty occupations. In 2009, the cap of 65,000 was reached on December 21. In 2008, the cap was reached on April 8 and the USCIS had to resort to computerised draw of lots to determine successful applicants.Till a couple of years ago, the cap in H-1B visas was reached in the first few days of USCIS starting to accept applications.
USCIS will reject cap-subject petitions for new H-1B specialty occupation workers seeking an employment start date in FY2011 that arrive after January 26, 2011. It will, however, continue to accept and process petitions that are otherwise exempt from the cap.
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