H1B visa max cap statistics from 1990 to 2011 with reasons changes. Visa Trend Plot until 2011
Here is timeline and statistics of H1B visas cap/limit over the years from 1990 to 2011 . All the information is gathered from USCIS Data research Web pages. It is very hard to extract the data from USCIS because the format is pdf and everything is an Image. Hope it helps you all to have a broader vision about the trend until 2011. You may also check out H1-B Cap reached dates by year from 2000 to 2010. Recession impact and Trend Analysis Plot from 2000 – 2010 for 2011 decision
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Year |
Maximum H1B visas Cap |
Description for changes |
| 1990 | 65,000 | First H1-B category enacted |
| 1999 | 115,000 | Under ACIWA( American Competitiveness and Workforce Improvement Act) in 1998, increased number of H1B visas |
| 2000 | 115,000 | |
| 2001 | 195,000 | AC21 Act ( American Competitiveness in the Twenty-first century act ) |
| 2003 | 195,000 | |
| 2004 | 65,000 | H1B Cap reverted back to 65,000 |
| 2004 | 20,000 | Additional 20,000 visas for aliens with U.S earned Masters or Higher degree. |
I have been trying to learn excel and finally, here is my first trend plot….Hope it gives a better picture of H1B visas from 1990 to 2011.
Statistics Plot of H1B visa Maximum Cap Statistics from 1990 to 2010
H1B visas Cap changes from 1990 to 2011
For complete detailed information, you may visit USCIS website and look at H1B visa Research reports
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Hi Kumar,
Is there a delay in getting LCA nowadays (post September 2010)?
My employer says despite going for Premium, the LCA itself will take 2 months to recieve and I can get it filed only in January, 2011.
Im worried that the quota shouldnt get full by then.
Thanks.
Kumar, what is your first and last name, along with qualifications? I am writing a paper and need to cite you since I am using a source from one of your pages, but cannot find this information.
Lauren, you can just quote it as Kumar. Honestly, you should not quote blogs as official references because they reflect personal opinion and not citation eligible.
Hey……Please tell us what is Master Quota and General Quota ?
MS consider in Master Quota or General Quota?
And if possible please tell us about the term ‘cap’?
It is difficult to understand those facts for newbies like me
Regards
Ankit Sharma
Ankit, I will do a post with Basics of H1B visa and terms like cap, lca, rfe…
That data doesn’t say much. The cap itself doesn’t provide any useful information.
What would be useful would be a plot of when the cap was reached in each year. In some years, it wasn’t reached at all (including the years when the cap was increased to 195K.)
Joe, Very good point, your question is answered here with this post. Let me know what you think on the article with analysis.
http://redbus2us.com/2010/01/h1-b-visa-petitions-cap-reached-dates-by-year-from-2000-to-2010-recession-impact-and-trend-analysis-plot-from-2000-%E2%80%93-2010-for-2011-decision.html