In a surprise to no-one, U.S.
Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) has reached the congressionally
mandated H-1B cap of 85,000 visas for fiscal year (FY) 2017.
As
in the last few years, USCIS will use a computer-generated process (H-1B
lottery) to randomly select H-1B petition “winners”. The agency will reject and return filing fees
for all unselected cap-subject petitions.
USCIS’
press release indicates that it cannot yet determine when it will conduct
the random selection process. USCIS will
begin
premium processing for H-1B cap-subject petitions requesting premium
processing no later than May 11, 2015.
International
workers who are working in the U.S. on an H-1B visa with another cap-subject
employer are not subject to H-1B cap. These cases are commonly referred to as
“H-1B transfer” cases and may be filed at any time throughout the year.
Likewise,
H-1B extensions and amendments are also not subject to the H-1B cap. MU Law recently posted a blog on alternatives
to the H-1B cap, which
you can access here.
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