H-1B FY-2011.
FY 2011 H-1B Cap Count (Updated 8/6/10)
USCIS updated its count of FY 2011 cap-subject H-1B petitions and advanced degree cap-exempt petitions receipted.
As of August 6, 2010 USCIS has receipted 28,500 H-1B cap-subject petitions. This cap will be reached when USCIS receives 65,000 H-1B cap-subject petitions.
USCIS has receipted 11,900 H-1B petitions for aliens with advanced degrees. This cap will be reached when USCIS receives 20,000 H-1B petitions for aliens with advanced degrees.
Our office is currently filing petitions for the FY 2011 H-1B Quota.
iCert LCA processing time is 7 days.
H-1B Quota / Cap Exemptions:
The following H-1B petitions are not subject to the annual quota:
- An amended H-1B petition.
- An H-1B Renewal/Extension petition.
- An H-1B Transfer petition.
- The employer is an institution of higher education (College or University).
- The employer is a nonprofit organization or entity related to or affiliated with an institution of higher education (Hospital affiliated with a University) and the Foreign National Beneficiary (Worker) is enrolled in the jointly managed program.
- The employer is a nonprofit research organization or a governmental research organization.
- The Foreign National Beneficiary (Worker) has been previously granted status as an H-1B nonimmigrant in the past 6 years and not left the U.S. for more than a year after attaining such status.