The annual cap for new H-1B visas is set by Congress at 65,000 new visas per year, not including the 20,000 H-1B visas available under the U.S. advanced degree cap exemption. As of April 1st, the “filing season” for new H-1B visas was officially underway.
USCIS has recently announced that, as of June 18, only 22,900 H-1B petitions filed under the regular cap and 9,700 H-1B petitions filed under the Master’s exemption cap have been received.