Time is running out!

The Department of Homeland Security and Citizenship and Immigration Services (CIS) released new data regarding the current FY2010 H-1B quota. There were 58,900 filings against the fiscal year cap of 65,000. In order to qualify for the H-1B quota, an employer must file its H-1B petition before the numbers run out. CIS counts an H-1B petition against the quota when the case enters the mailroom, and not when the petition is approved. When CIS determines that the H-1Bquota may have been reached, then all petitions received on that day and the following day, will be placed in a lottery for the remaining slots. Hurry to the Post Office!