Business Immigration Alert: H-1B Cap Reached

Category: Client Alerts
Date: Nov. 29, 2011
Title: Business Immigration Alert: H-1B Cap Reached

U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) announced on November 23, 2011 that it has received a sufficient number of H-1B petitions to reach the statutory cap for fiscal year (FY) 2012 (October 1, 2011 - September 30, 2012). USCIS notified the public that the preceding day - November 22, 2011 - was the final receipt date for new H-1B specialty occupation petitions requesting an employment start date in FY 2012.