Immediately after the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) announced the need for a random lottery of H1B cap-subject filings, the Murthy Law Firm began receiving questions asking when H1B filers would know if their cases were selected for processing. Following is an explanation of...
As predicted by many, including the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS), the fiscal year 2014 (FY14) H1B cap limit was exceeded during the first five business days in April 2013. The USCIS has confirmed in a series of announcements that 124,000 H1B cap-subject filings...
On April 7, 2013, the USCIS announced that approximately 124,000 cap-subject H1B petitions were received during the first week of April. This includes cases filed under both the regular 65,000 H1B cap limit and those requesting the 20,000 advanced-degree cap exemptions (Masters' Cap).The USCIS held...
The USCIS has confirmed that a random computer selection lottery process will be conducted to select H1B cap-subject cases for processing. This lottery will consist of all cap-subject H1B cases filed with the USCIS between April 1 and April 5, 2013. The USCIS will first...
As expected, the USCIS received a sufficient number of H1B petitions during the first five business days of April 2013 to meet the cap limit for the 2014 fiscal year. The USCIS has also received more than 20,000 petitions filed under the advanced-degree cap exemptions ...
Although there has been no confirmation directly from the USCIS, FedEx reported some delays in delivering packages at both the California Service Center (CSC) and the Vermont Service Center (VSC) on Monday, April 1, 2013. The delays were apparently due to the volume of H1B...
The U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) recently announced an end to the use of paper I-94 arrival / departure cards for most travelers. A March 21, 2013 press release states that the CBP will go live with this plan in the near future. This...
As readers of MurthyDotCom were informed in our NewsFlash! USCIS Expects H1B Cap Limit by April 5, 2013 (18.Mar.2013), the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) is preparing for a large influx of H1B cap-subject cases between April 1 and April 5, 2013. These preparations...
The U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) has released a prediction, based on external feedback, that the fiscal year (FY) 2014 cap limit may be exceeded during the minimum required, five-business-day filing period of April 1-5, 2013. We at the Murthy Law Firm, therefore, once...
The USCIS anticipates that the H1B annual limit, or "cap," for fiscal year 2014 (FY14) could be met by April 5, 2013. This expectation applies to both the regular cap of 65,000 as well as the additional 20,000 cap exemptions under the advanced-degree cap. As...
