Federal Agencies, Agency Memos & Announcements

USCIS Reaches H-1B Exemption Cap For FY2006

1/18/06 AILA Doc. No. 06011899. Business Immigration, H-1B & H-1B1 Specialty Occupation
USCIS announced that it has received enough H-1B petitions that qualify for the exemption from the H-1B numerical limitations for foreign workers with a U.S.-earned master’s or higher. The “final receipt date” for these 20,000 cap-exempt H-1B petitions is January 17, 2006.
Cite as AILA Doc. No. 06011899.