As a further update to our ongoing posts regarding the number of H-1B visas remaining under the cap, the USCIS has once again updated its tally of the number of H-1B visa petitions it has received and counted towards the H-1B visa cap for this year. Today’s press release provides that as of December 15 (two days ago), the USCIS had received 64,200 H-1B petitions counting toward the cap of 65,000 petitions.
Clearly, we are in the final days of availability of H-1B visas under the FY 2010 cap. While it may already be too late at this juncture, we strongly urge you to contact us immediately if you would like to sponsor a prospective employee for an H-1B visa under the cap. Otherwise, you will have no choice but to wait until April 1, 2010 to sponsor cap-subject H-1B workers, with a start date of October 1, 2010.