USCIS Reaches FY 2009 H-1B Cap
WASHINGTON – U.S. Citizenship and
Immigration Services (USCIS) announced today that it has received
enough H-1B petitions to meet the congressionally mandated cap for
fiscal year 2009. USCIS has also received more than 20,000 H-1B
petitions filed on behalf of persons exempt from the cap under the
“advanced degree” exemption. Before running the random selection
process, USCIS will complete initial data entry for all filings
received during the filing period ending on April 7, 2008. Due to the
high number of petitions, USCIS is not yet able to announce the precise
day on which it will conduct the random selection process.
USCIS will carry out the
computer-generated random selection process for all cap-subject
petitions received. USCIS will select the number of petitions needed to
meet the caps of 65,000 for the general category and 20,000 under the
“advanced degree” exemption limit. USCIS will reject, and return filing
fees for all cap-subject petitions not randomly selected, unless found
to be a duplicate. USCIS will handle duplicate filings in accordance
with the interim final rule published on March 24, 2008 in the Federal
Register.
The agency will conduct the selection
process for “advanced degree” exemption petitions first. All “advanced
degree” petitions not selected will be part of the random selection
process for the 65,000 limit.
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