The US Citizenship and Immigration Service (USCIS) announced today that it has reached the congressionally mandated H-1B cap for fiscal year (FY) 2016. The agency began accepting petitions from employers on April 1.

For more details, I invite you to read yet another excellent blog post by my colleague Catherine Wadhwani in Pittsburgh, writing for our Immigration View blog. In it, she provides a concise rundown on the latest from USCIS. And if you'd like to read more on the intersection between immigration and emerging companies, the Immigration View blog offers a Startup Companies category with relevant posts.

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