| Less than 400 H-1Bs still available for persons with U.S. advanced degrees | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) just released an updated count on the FY 2006 usage for the special 20,000 H-1Bs reserved for individuals who hold Master's degrees (or other advanced degrees) from a U.S. university or college. These numbers represent the USCIS count as of January 10, 2006, and are on the USCIS website at http://uscis.gov/graphics/services/tempbenefits/cap.htm. As shown on the attached chart, only 378 of these H-1Bs are available for the rest of the fiscal year. The cap may be reached at any time, and it is likely that CIS will not announce the cap until after it has been reached. Jackson & Hertogs urges employers who may need one of these H-1B visas to contact our office immediately. Once the cap is reached, no new H-1B petitions will be accepted by USCIS until April 1, 2006, and the earliest validity date that will be available on those petitions will be October 1, 2006. Current cap count for non-immigrant worker visas
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