Saturday, April 12, 2008

The H-1B Cap and the New OPT Rule

A couple of very important developments have occurred in the past few days that affect students on OPT and those who just recently filed for an H-1B petition for the upcoming fiscal year.

The first development is that USCIS has just announced that the H-1B cap has been reached. Although that is not a surprise, the big surprise is that the Masters cap of 20,000 has also been reached. At this point, USCIS has not released any numbers as to exactly how many regular petitions and how many Masters petitions were received.

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