H-1B Cap Filings as of April 9, 2012
On April 9, 2012, USCIS announced that it had received 17, 400 H-1B visa petitions under the regular H-1B cap visa category (65,000 per year limit) and 8,200 counted towards the U.S. Master’s degree category (20,000 per year limit). Thus H-1B cap numbers should be available for many months, perhaps through the summer of 2012 , but not until Thanksgiving. The cases filed during the first 5 days of acceptance with a Premium Processing Request will begin to be processed as of April 9, 2012.