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US to accept H1B visa applications from Thursday
Lalit K Jha
Washington, Apr 1 (PTI) The US would start accepting
petitions from Thursday for the H-1B visa applications, the
most sought after work visa by Indian IT professionals, for
the fiscal 2011 without any cutoff date as in the past.
As mandated by the US Congress, the fiscal year cap
(numerical limitation on H-1B petitions) for 2011, begining
October 1, 2010, is 65,000.
Additionally, the first 20,000 H-1B petitions filed on
behalf of individuals who have earned a US master's degree or
higher are exempt from the H-1B cap.
The US Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS)
has not announced any cutoff date for accepting the visa
petitions; as was the practice till the year before when the
US agency used to receive applications several times the
number mandated by the Congress and had to resort to
computerised draw of lots to identify successful applicants.
"USCIS will monitor the number of petitions received
and will notify the public of the date on which USCIS received
the necessary number of petitions to meet the H-1B cap," an
official media release said.
Even as there is signs of revival of US economy, but
the continued high unemployment rate is likely to result in
much longer time to fill up the pool of 65,000 H-1B visas for
2011 could, similar to last year's scenario in which the
number of petitions for 2010 H-1Bs didn't get near the cap
until December 2009.
"If needed, USCIS will randomly select the number of
petitions required to reach the numerical limit from the
petitions received on the final receipt date. USCIS will
reject cap-subject petitions that are not selected, as well as
those received after the final receipt date," it said.
The USCIS said petitions for new H-1B employment are
exempt from the annual cap if the beneficiaries will work at
institutions of higher education or related or affiliated
nonprofit entities, nonprofit research organisations or
governmental research organisations.
Petitions filed on behalf of beneficiaries who will
work only in Guam or the Commonwealth of the Northern Marianas
Islands are exempt from the cap until December 31, 2014. PTI
Washington, Apr 1 (PTI) The US would start accepting
petitions from Thursday for the H-1B visa applications, the
most sought after work visa by Indian IT professionals, for
the fiscal 2011 without any cutoff date as in the past.
As mandated by the US Congress, the fiscal year cap
(numerical limitation on H-1B petitions) for 2011, begining
October 1, 2010, is 65,000.
Additionally, the first 20,000 H-1B petitions filed on
behalf of individuals who have earned a US master's degree or
higher are exempt from the H-1B cap.
The US Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS)
has not announced any cutoff date for accepting the visa
petitions; as was the practice till the year before when the
US agency used to receive applications several times the
number mandated by the Congress and had to resort to
computerised draw of lots to identify successful applicants.
"USCIS will monitor the number of petitions received
and will notify the public of the date on which USCIS received
the necessary number of petitions to meet the H-1B cap," an
official media release said.
Even as there is signs of revival of US economy, but
the continued high unemployment rate is likely to result in
much longer time to fill up the pool of 65,000 H-1B visas for
2011 could, similar to last year's scenario in which the
number of petitions for 2010 H-1Bs didn't get near the cap
until December 2009.
"If needed, USCIS will randomly select the number of
petitions required to reach the numerical limit from the
petitions received on the final receipt date. USCIS will
reject cap-subject petitions that are not selected, as well as
those received after the final receipt date," it said.
The USCIS said petitions for new H-1B employment are
exempt from the annual cap if the beneficiaries will work at
institutions of higher education or related or affiliated
nonprofit entities, nonprofit research organisations or
governmental research organisations.
Petitions filed on behalf of beneficiaries who will
work only in Guam or the Commonwealth of the Northern Marianas
Islands are exempt from the cap until December 31, 2014. PTI
