Wednesday, May 10, 2000 - H-1B Cap Case Processing
Courtesy of American Immigration Lawyers AssociationINS HQ advises that it has instructed the Service Centers to now process H-1B cap cases through the filing date of February 25, 2000.
This is part of an INS strategy to keep the Service Centers moving at approximately the same pace, so that companies in one jurisdiction are not advantaged or disadvantaged over others.
The INS indicates that it will continue to lurch forward from one filing date to another in this manner until the cap is reached.
February 25 is NOT necessarily the cutoff date for filings to "make it" under the cap--it is just the date to which the INS will process at this time.
Once all the Service Centers reach that date, INS will take stock of the situation and determine the next date to which processing will lurch.
In the meantime, INS HQ advises that it is urging the Service Centers to work on non-cap H-1B cases.
Particular attention is being paid to the CSC, which had fallen significantly behind on non-cap H-1B cases.
