Archive for April, 2007
H1B 2008:USCIS released Preliminary Numbers
Thursday, April 5, 2007 20:22 181 CommentsUSCIS today released the final count of number of unique pieces of mail received for H1B petitions. It received 133,000 unique pieces of mail containing H-1B petitions. I guess, each piece of mail will ‘mostly‘ contain more than one petition, as no company would send each petition in a seperate package and its most unlikely [...]
H1B Visacap for 2008 REACHED on Day1 itself
Tuesday, April 3, 2007 15:13 No CommentsUpdate: Now it is official and confirmed by USCIS. Here is the official press release from USCIS. As expected, H1B visa cap for 2008 was reached on day1 itself. On USCIS website, there is no official notification yet, but AILA has posted a PDF file that says its a notification from USCIS. Not sure why [...]
Cap On 2008 H-1B Visas Could Be Reached on Day1 itself
Tuesday, April 3, 2007 13:08 2 CommentsIt is still not yet officially confirmed by USCIS, but there is a news item here that infers, cap on H1-B visas could be reached on Day 1 itself. If that is true, then USCIS would take all applications received on 2nd and 3rd of April and use lottery system to pick eligible applications. USCIS began accepting petitions for fiscal [...]

