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H-1B VISA CAP 2016

Ilexlaw Pllc is a premier law firm providing the best immigration services to individuals and MNCs. The attorneys of Ilexlaw are highly experienced in US Immigration Law. They also specialize in processing H1B visa. The H-1B visa regulations have not changed since the 90ies. USICS will process the H-1B cases based on the lottery. The H-1B visa limit is 85,000 slots whereas 20,000 of the slots are allotted for the applicants with US Master’s degrees. For more information regarding H-1B VISA CAP 2016 visit http://www.ilexlaw.com/h-1b-visa-cap-2016/

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H-1B VISA CAP 2016

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  1. H-1B VISA CAP 2016

  2. CONTENTS • INTRODUCTION • H-1B VISA CAP 2016 • H-1B VISA LIMITS • CONCLUSION

  3. INTRODUCTION • Today is the first day USCIS accepts filings for the H-1B VISA CAP 2016 and 2017. The regulations have not changed since the 90ies and the limits are still the same, totaling to 85,000 open slots • 20,000 will be set aside for the applicants that have US Master’s degrees. The USCIS will continue accepting H-1B cases for 5 business days (until April 6th, 2016).

  4. H-1B VISA CAP 2016 • H-1B visas allow companies to tap into the foreign talents. Most of the H-1B applicants are in the IT and from India. The good news is that almost all of our clients’ employees who have not been selected for the CAP in 2014 and 2015 managed not only to stay in the US, but also remain employment authorized. • Remember, that last year 233 thousand petitions were received during the first 5 days, which means that the acceptance rate in the lottery was about 33%. • Well, this year we expect to see more H-1B petitions as the IT sector continues to grow and the American workforce still aims toward the legal and medical field instead of joining the lucrative computer software sector.

  5. H-1B VISA LIMITS • There has not been much friction in Congress regarding raising the H-1B visa limits. Even though, the employment based H-1B immigration is pretty much bipartisan, the recent scandals with Disney and large Indian IT companies contributed to the stagnation in the discussion regarding increasing the H-1B numbers. • USICS will conduct a lottery within a week or two after April 7 and will select random H-1B cases for processing. Last year we started receiving first H-1B receipts in May. • We continued getting acceptance acknowledgements (I-797 Receipt Notices) till June and by the end of June the rejection packages poured in.

  6. CONCLUSION • The biggest hurdle over which our experienced immigration attorneys do not have any control is getting selected for the CAP. • Once the case is accepted for processing, we make our H-1B petition approved even if complex Requests for Evidence are issued.

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