On April 10, 2007, the USCIS announced only 12, 989 H1-B cases had been filed on April 2nd and 3rd for foreign workers with advanced degrees. This means that the H1-B visa cap exemption of 20,000 for the Fiscal Year 2008 remains open. The USCIS will continue sorting the cases filed from April 4th and so on until the H1-B visa cap exemption of 20,000 is reached. These are the cases requesting exemption from the FY 2008 H1-B visa cap as they have advanced degrees, that is they hold a Master's degree or higher from a US institution.
As per the regular H1-B visa petitions, the USCIS has announced that as of April 9th, 119,193 regular H1-B cases received on April 2nd and 3rd are subject to the FY 2008 65,000 congressionally mandated visa cap. Receipt notices will be sent out once the USCIS finishes sorting out all the qualifying cases.
We will continue to provide updates on the FY 2008 H1-B visa cap.
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