Over 22,000 H-1B cap-subject petitions were filed at beginning of April 2012

In the first three days that H-1B cap-subject petitions can be filed for fiscal year 2013, over 22,000 such petitions were received. About 25% of these petitions were for the advanced degree exemption.

The rate of submission of petitions is far ahead of that from last year. The total number of approvals is “capped” at 65,000, with an additional 20,000 for those with at least a master’s degree in a field related to the occupation. While I cannot, of course, say exactly when the cap will be filled up, I believe it will happen soon. 就是，我不能预测，配额什么时候满额，但是我觉得，是很快。Almost certainly it will happen ahead of when it did last year.

If you are interested in having H-1B status, and your job is subject to the cap, I recommend that you talk about it with your boss as quickly as possible.

Please see information below. This information, through Sunday, April 8, was NOT available from USCIS web site.

www.aila.org/content/default.aspx?docid=39175
H-1B Cap-Subject Petitions Received by USCIS
Cite as "AILA InfoNet Doc. No. 12040553 (posted Apr. 5, 2012)"
USCIS informed participants at the CSC/VSC stakeholder engagement in Laguna Niguel, CA, on April 5, 2012, that 22,323 cap-subject H-1B petitions have been received as of April 4, 2012. Approximately 25% of these cases are for U.S. advanced degrees. According to USCIS, the number of filings received in the first few days of the H-1B season is almost double the number of filings received by USCIS during the same time last year.