3,500 H-1B Visas Left as of 12/8/2009
Dec 10th 2009, 1:30 pm
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3,500 H-1B Visas Left as of 12/8/2009
Dec 11th 2009, 8:04 pm
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Dec 11th 2009, 8:19 pm
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Interesting article here:
http://www.worldwideerc.org/Resource...-20091120.html
"BAL has learned that USCIS will follow its prior practice and, for the current fiscal year, set aside approximately 700 Chile-Singapore H-1B1 numbers. The remaining 6,100 Chile-Singapore H-1B1 numbers will be available for regular H-1B use. This means that, out of an overall number of 64,300 available H-1B numbers (i.e. 65,000 minus the 700 set aside for Chile-Singapore), 55,600 have already been utilized."
So - with 700 set aside for the FTA, there was 2,800 remaining as of last Tuesday....
http://www.worldwideerc.org/Resource...-20091120.html
"BAL has learned that USCIS will follow its prior practice and, for the current fiscal year, set aside approximately 700 Chile-Singapore H-1B1 numbers. The remaining 6,100 Chile-Singapore H-1B1 numbers will be available for regular H-1B use. This means that, out of an overall number of 64,300 available H-1B numbers (i.e. 65,000 minus the 700 set aside for Chile-Singapore), 55,600 have already been utilized."
So - with 700 set aside for the FTA, there was 2,800 remaining as of last Tuesday....
Dec 13th 2009, 7:01 pm
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As of December 10th - 62,500 received. Minus 700, means 1,800 remaining...
Dec 14th 2009, 10:53 pm
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I filed a cap case on Thursday, received on Friday and accepted.
Dec 15th 2009, 1:12 pm
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As of December 11th - 62,900 received. 400 Applications received in one day... Perhaps one of them was my wiifes 
Dec 15th 2009, 1:25 pm
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Is this likely to be a growing trend - as in seeing more and more free slots every year from now on? 
Dec 15th 2009, 1:31 pm
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Unfortunately not approved yet. I just meant that it was accepted into this year's cap, not rejected because CIS had reached the limit.
Dec 15th 2009, 2:21 pm
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Thanks very much for the info.
Based on your recent experiences how long it may take to get approved? CA?
Cheers,
K.
Based on your recent experiences how long it may take to get approved? CA?
Cheers,
K.
Dec 15th 2009, 2:46 pm
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Dec 18th 2009, 4:39 pm
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"As of December 15, 2009, approximately 64,200 H-1B cap-subject petitions had been filed."
100 visa's remaining taking into account the reserved 700
+ i guess any of the 700 that were not used last year....
100 visa's remaining taking into account the reserved 700
+ i guess any of the 700 that were not used last year....
Dec 18th 2009, 8:50 pm
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So, is there still time to file ? I have an application on its way via fedex to the California center as I type - what are my chances ?