H-1B FY 2010 Quota – Filled on December 21, 2009:
The H1B cap for FY 2010 was reached on December 21, 2009. The USCIS made the final FY10 cap announcement on December 22, 2009. This announcement states that sufficient cases were filed to meet the cap as of December 21, 2009. Any cap-subject cases filed after December 21, 2009 will be returned to the filer.
An unspecified number of the December 21, 2009 filings will also be rejected (returned to the filer). The USCIS will conduct a random lottery of the cases filed on December 21st, since there are not enough cap numbers for all cases filed as of that date. This marks the end of the FY 2010 H1B cap filings, which began on April 1, 2009.
H-1B Cap petiitons may now be prepared for the FY 2011 first day of filing on April 1, 2010.