H-1B Cap Reached for Fiscal Year 2010

Currently there is a statutory cap of 65,000 H-1B visas per year. Exempt from this cap are 20,000 applicants with advanced degrees from the United States. On December 21, 2009, the USCIS received enough H-1B visa applications to meet the statutory cap for the 2010 fiscal year. The USCIS has also received sufficient applications for the advance degree exemption. H-1B visa petitions will be accepted for the 2011 fiscal year on April 1, 2010 for an October 1, 2010 start date.