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| USCIS runs random selection process for H1Bs |
| April 13, 2007 |
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| U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) announced today that on April 12 it conducted the computergenerated random selection process to determine which H1B petitions, subject to the congressionally mandated H1B cap for fiscal year 2008 (FY 2008), would continue to final processing. USCIS completed this determination ahead of the preliminary schedule noted on April 3, when it announced it had received enough petitions to meet the cap for FY 2008. |
| USCIS Announces Extension of Filing Time for O & P Nonimmigrant Petitions |
| April 11, 2007 |
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| U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) give petitioners more time to bring foreign workers with extraordinary abilities to the United States. Petitioners can file nonimmigrant petitions “O” and “P” up to one year before a scheduled event, competition or performance, under normal processing procedures. USCIS is making the change through a final rule that was transmitted to the Federal Register for publication on April 16, 2007. |
| USCIS updates count of FY 2008 H1B Cap Filings |
| April 10, 2007 |
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| U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) announced an updated number of
filings today as the counting of H1B petitions received on April 2 and 3 continues. On April 3, USCIS
announced that it had received enough petitions to meet the congressionally mandated cap for fiscal year
2008 (FY 2008) and that it would conduct a computergenerated random selection of capsubject petitions
filed on Monday (April 2) and Tuesday (April 3) to determine which cases would be accepted for processing. |
| USCIS releases preliminary number of FY 2008 H1B Cap Flings |
| April 06, 2007 |
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| U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) announced a preliminary number of filings today as the tallying of H1B petitions received on April 2 and April 3 continues. On April 3, USCIS announced that it had received enough petitions to meet the congressionally mandated cap for fiscal year 2008 (FY 2008) and that it would conduct a computergenerated random selection of capsubject petitions filed on Monday (April 2) and Tuesday (April 3) to determine which cases USCIS will accept for processing. |
| USCIS Reaches FY 2008 H1B Cap |
| April 03, 2007 |
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| U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) announced today that it has received enough H1B petitions to meet the congressionally mandated cap for fiscal year 2008 (FY 2008). USCIS will use a random selection process (described below) for all capsubject filings received on April 2, 2007 and April 3, 2007. USCIS will reject and return along with filing fee(s) all petitions received on those days that are not randomly selected. |
| Update: USCIS to accept H1B Petitions for FY2008 on April 2 |
| March 30, 2007 |
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| U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) will begin accepting H1B petitions subject to the fiscal year 2008 (FY08) H1B cap on Monday, April 2, 2007. USCIS will not reject cases delivered during the weekend (March 31 or April 1). Instead, USCIS will treat those petitions as if they arrived on April 2. The deciding factor for USCIS is when the agency takes possession on the petition and not when the petition was postmarked. |
| USCIS to accept H1B Petitions for FY2008 on April 2 |
| March 27, 2007 |
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| U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) will begin accepting H1B petitions subject to the fiscal year 2008 (FY08) H1B cap on Monday, April 2, 2007. USCIS will not reject cases delivered during the weekend (March 31 or April 1). Instead, USCIS will treat those petitions as if they arrived on April 2. The deciding factor for USCIS is when the agency takes possession on the petition and not when the petition was postmarked. |
| USCIS Reaches H2B Cap For Second Half of FY 2007 |
| March 23, 2007 |
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| U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) has announced today that it has received a sufficient number of petitions to reach the congressionally mandated H2B cap for the final six months of fiscal year 2007 (FY 2007). The USCIS has notified the public that March 16, 2007 is the “final receipt date” for new H2B worker petitions requesting employment start dates prior to October 1, 2007. The “final receipt date” is the date on which USCIS expects that it would have received enough capsubject petitions to reach the limit of 33,000 H2B workers for the second half of FY 2007. |
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