On April 1, 2011, USCIS will begin accepting H-1B petitions subject to the annual cap for Fiscal Year 2012. All cases will be considered accepted on the date that USCIS receives a properly filed petition with the correct fee. The postmark date will not be considered the accepted date.
U.S. businesses that employ foreign workers engaged in specialty occupations that require technical or theoretical expertise, such as scientists, engineers and computer programmers, may use the H-1B program.
The cap for 2012 is 65,000; the first 20,000 petitions filed on behalf of people with U.S. master’s degrees or higher will be exempt from this 65,000 cap.
Please note that petitions filed on behalf of a current H-1B worker who has previously been counted against an annual cap will not count toward the 2012 annual cap. USCIS states that it will continue to process petitions filed to extend the amount of time a current H-1B worker may remain in the U.S., change the terms of employment for an H-1B worker; allow a current H-1B worker to change employers or allow a current H-1B worker to work concurrently in a second H-1B position in the U.S.
U.S. businesses that employ foreign workers engaged in specialty occupations that require technical or theoretical expertise, such as scientists, engineers and computer programmers, may use the H-1B program.
The cap for 2012 is 65,000; the first 20,000 petitions filed on behalf of people with U.S. master’s degrees or higher will be exempt from this 65,000 cap.
Please note that petitions filed on behalf of a current H-1B worker who has previously been counted against an annual cap will not count toward the 2012 annual cap. USCIS states that it will continue to process petitions filed to extend the amount of time a current H-1B worker may remain in the U.S., change the terms of employment for an H-1B worker; allow a current H-1B worker to change employers or allow a current H-1B worker to work concurrently in a second H-1B position in the U.S.
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