The USCIS has just announced that it received 172,500 H-1B cap-subjectpetitions for this year’s H-1B cap. The H-1B cap is 85,000, of which20,000 are reserved for graduates of US Masters Programs. Essentially theUSCIS received 200% of the H-1B cap allocation. Put another way, only 50%of the H-1B petitions will be accepted under the H-1B lottery.
The USCIS has inputted all 172,500 and processed the H-1B lottery for boththe H-1B masters cap and the H-1B regular cap. The USCIS has not yetannounced when it will notify H-1B lottery winners and losers, although thePremium Process Service petitions should start being notified by April 28.
A higher percentage of masters cap H-1B petitions are accepted than H-1Bregular cap petitions because H-1B master cap petitions that do not win theH-1B masters lottery are re-submitted into the H-1B regular cap lottery.
As soon as MU Law begins receiving confirmation of H-1B lottery winner andlosers will immediate contact our clients.
| Employment- Based |
All Chargeability Areas Except Those Listed
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China – mainland born | INDIA | MEXICO | PHILIPPINES |
| 1st | C | C | C | C | C |
| 2nd | C | 15APR09 | 15NOV04 | C | C |
| 3rd | 01OCT12 | 01OCT12 | 01OCT03 | 01OCT12 | 01NOV07 |
| Other Workers | 01OCT12 | 01OCT12 | 01OCT03 | 01OCT12 | 01NOV07 |
The USCIS has issued their annual H-1B Cap press release. The most notable news is that USCIS announced that it will start the processing of Premium Processing petitions no later than April 28, 2014. The press release also confirms that USCIS expects to receive in excess of the H-1B cap for both the masters and regular H-1B cap. All told, many more than the Congressional mandated cap of 85,000 H-1B petitions will be filed by employers and receipted by USCIS.
A second notice marks the H-1B cap filing “tips”. This page advises the public on filing addresses, the order of documents, LCAs, and other key elements of a properly-filed H-1B cap-subject petition.
The Philippine Overseas Employment Administration (POEA) is the Philippine government’s agency tasked with protecting Philippine workers rights when they travel to work outside the Philippines. The POEA also promotes the development of overseas workers. Employers who seek to recruit and hire Philippine workers must obtain a POEA licence before recruiting Philippine workers.
The POEA has just issued a warning that a “Sandra M. Lim” has been representing herself as an Asst. Supervisor with the POEA. The POEA confirms that there is no POEA official or employee with that name.
