United States:
USCIS Reaches Statutory Limit Of H-1B Cap Cases for Fiscal Year 2018
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USCIS announced on April 7, 2017, that it has received enough
H-1B petitions to reach the statutory cap of 65,000 visas for
fiscal year (FY) 2018. USCIS also received more than the limit of
20,000 H-1B petitions filed under the U.S. advanced degree
exemption, also known as the master's cap.
The agency will reject and return filing fees for all unselected
cap-subject petitions that are not duplicate filings.
Stay tuned for additional updates regarding the FY18 cap lottery
selection.
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