WASHINGTON—U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) announced on Nov. 23, 2011 that it has received a sufficient number of H-1B petitions to reach the statutory cap of 65,000 for fiscal year (FY) 2012.
USCIS is notifying the public that Nov. 22, 2011, was the final receipt date for new H-1B specialty occupation petitions requesting an employment start date in FY 2012.
Properly filed cases will be considered received on the date that USCIS physically receives the petition; not the date that the petition was postmarked.
USCIS will reject cap-subject petitions for new H-1B specialty occupation petitions requesting an employment start date in FY 2012 that arrive after Nov. 22, 2011.