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May 14th H1B 2013 Cap count Update – 5,300 filed. Spike in petitions, Prediction ?

May 15, 2012
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Yet another Monday, USCIS has been very prompt with its weekly H1B cap count updates…Earlier today, they released the cap count updates for fiscal year 2013 . The numbers include all the H1B petitions that USCIS received until Friday, May 11th, 2012. Here is the summary of the update: 4,200 new H1B petitions were filed [...]

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May 8th H1B 2013 Cap count Update – 4,700 visa petitions. Less filings, Analysis

May 8, 2012
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As usual, USCIS updated its weekly summary of H1B cap count numbers for fiscal year 2013 earlier today. The numbers include all the H1B petitions received until Friday, May 4th, 2012. Below is the summary of the update: 3,300 new H1B petitions were filed under Regular quota 1,400 new H1B petitions were filed under Masters [...]

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H1B 2013 Cap count Update April 30th – 5,600 visa petitions. High Volume ?

May 1, 2012
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USCIS released its weekly update of H1B cap count numbers for fiscal year 2013 earlier today. The cap count update includes H1B petitions received until Friday, April 27th, 2012. Below is the summary of the update: 4,200 new H1B petitions were filed under Regular quota 1,400 new H1B petitions were filed under Masters degree quota [...]

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April 23rd H1B Visa 2013 Cap count Update – 5,600 petitions, Prediction

April 24, 2012
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USCIS has released its weekly H1B cap count updates for FY 2013 yesterday. The cap count update includes petitions received until April 20th, 2012. Below are the numbers: 4,400 new H1B petitions were filed under Regular quota 1,200 new H1B petitions were filed under Masters degree quota H1B Visa 2013 cap count updates by USCIS [...]

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H1B Visa 2013 Cap count Update – April 17th – 4,700 New petitions – Prediction

April 18, 2012
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USCIS has released its weekly H1B cap count updates for FY 2013 earlier today. They have considered all the petitions received until April 13th, 2012. Below are the numbers: 3,200 new H1B petitions were filed under Regular quota 1,500 new H1B petitions were filed under Masters degree quota April 17th H1B Visa cap count updates [...]

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USCIS Official H1B Visa 2013 Cap Count update April 9th – 25,600 Analysis

April 10, 2012
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USCIS has released its first official H1B cap count updates for fiscal year 2013 earlier today. We had some unofficial H1B cap count numbers released by AILA on April 4th, which are pretty close to the current numbers ( 22,323). First Official H1B Visa cap count updates by USCIS in April : H1B Petition Filings [...]

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H1B Visa 2013 Cap Count update USCIS – CSC 22,323 – April 4, 2012

April 5, 2012
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All of you might be curious to know about the H1B cap count updates for the fiscal year 2013. The reality is that we do not have an official H1B cap count update from USCIS on their website. But, American Immigration Lawyers Association (AILA), has informally announced on their membership network that they have received [...]

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H1B Visa Rejection Rate, RFEs, 2012 Report – History from 2003 to 2011

March 29, 2012
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With USCIS official press release, all prospective H1B applicant for fiscal year( FY) 2013 are eagerly waiting for their petitions to be filed. If you have not, check out the H1B visa 2013 lottery prediction article, it has some insights with past date. Anyways, National foundation for American Policy (NFAP), which is a non-profit organization, [...]

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Official News : USCIS to accept H1B Visa 2013 petitions from April 2nd, 2012

March 27, 2012
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We have been expecting this official news for about few weeks now, finally USCIS did a press release earlier today stating that it would accept H1B visa petitions for the fiscal year ( FY) 2013 starting from April 2, 2012. It is pretty similar to the press releases of H1B visa 2012 and H1B visa [...]

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Flash News : H1B visa FY 2012 Cap reached. Next filing April 1, 2012

November 23, 2011
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USCIS  released a press note saying that they have received enough number  of H1B petitions for fiscal year (FY) 2012. i.e, they have notified that  November 22, 2011, will be  the final receipt date for H1B petitions filed towards FY 2012 quota.  Also, as you know, Masters degree quota cap was reached on October 19, [...]

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