For the first time in several years the H1B visa program, once the most sought after among Indian professionals, is unlikely to reach its cap of 65,000 before the start of the 2010 fiscal with nearly 20,000 slots lying vacant thanks to the tattered US economy.

The US Citizenship and Immigration Services reports as of August 7, 2009 that it has received approximately 49,400 H-1B petitions counting toward the Congressionally-mandated 65,000 cap, more than four months after it started accepting applications for visas for the 2010 fiscal year beginning  October 1st

This is in contrast to previous years when the USCIS had to resort to a computerized lottery.

We link to the article in Business Standard.  Contact us for your H-1B cases and questions.

Tags: H-1B Cap, H-1B Visas, Skilled Workers, USCIS

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