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Updated July 21, 2010

FY 2011 H-1B Cap Count (Updated 7/20/10). USCIS updated its count of FY 2011 cap-subject H-1B petitions and advanced degree cap-exempt petitions receipted. As of 7/16/10, approximately 25,300 H-1B cap-subject petitions were receipted. USCIS has receipted 11,000 H-1B petitions for aliens with advanced degrees.

For more information please visit http://www.uscis.gov/.

Updated July 16, 2010

FY 2011 H-1B Cap Count (Updated 7/14/10). USCIS updated its count of FY 2011 cap-subject H-1B petitions and advanced degree cap-exempt petitions receipted. As of 7/9/10, approximately 24,800 H-1B cap-subject petitions were receipted. USCIS has receipted 10,600 H-1B petitions for aliens with advanced degrees.

For more information please visit http://www.uscis.gov/.

Updated July 7, 2010

FY 2011 H-1B Cap Count (Updated 7/7/10). USCIS updated its count of FY 2011 cap-subject H-1B petitions and advanced degree cap-exempt petitions receipted. As of 07/02/10, approximately 24,200 H-1B cap-subject petitions were receipted. USCIS has receipted 10,400 H-1B petitions for aliens with advanced degrees.

FY 2010 H-2B Cap Count (Updated 7/7/10). As of 7/2/10, USCIS receipted 29,374 H-2B petitions, including approved and pending, toward the 47,000 beneficiaries target for the 2nd half of FY 2010. Beneficiaries target is the estimated number of petitions needed to reach the cap and is higher than the actual cap.

For more information please visit http://www.uscis.gov/.

Updated July 1, 2010

New Schedule of Consular Fees to Take Effect on July 13, 2010. On 6/28/10, DOS published its Schedule of Fees for Consular Services in the Federal Register. The schedule includes fees for passports, immigrant visas and other consular services. The changes will take effect on July 13, 2010.

For more information please visit http://www.state.gov/

FY 2011 H-1B Cap Count (Updated 6/29/10). USCIS updated its count of FY 2011 cap-subject H-1B petitions and advanced degree cap-exempt petitions receipted. As of 06/25/10, approximately 23,500 H-1B cap-subject petitions were receipted. USCIS has receipted 10,000 H-1B petitions for aliens with advanced degrees.

For more information please visit http://www.uscis.gov/.

Updated June 26, 2010

FY 2011 H-1B Cap Count (Updated 6/25/10). USCIS updated its count of FY 2011 cap-subject H-1B petitions and advanced degree cap-exempt petitions receipted. As of 06/18/10, approximately 22,900 H-1B cap-subject petitions were receipted. USCIS has receipted 9,700 H-1B petitions for aliens with advanced degrees.

For more information please visit http://www.uscis.gov/.

Updated June 12, 2010

USCIS Proposed Rule to Hike Fees for Immigration Benefits. USCIS released a proposed rule to increase fees for immigration benefit applications and petitions.

USCIS Seeks Public Comment on a proposed federal rule that would adjust fees for immigration benefit applications and petitions.  The proposal, posted to the Federal Register for public viewing on June 9, 2010, would increase overall fees by a weighted average of about 10 percent but would not increase the fee for the naturalization application.

For more information please visit http://www.uscis.gov/.

Updated June 3, 2010

FY 2010 H-2B Cap Count (Updated 6/2/10). As of 5/28/10, USCIS received 26,737 H-2B petitions, including approved and pending, towards the 47,000 beneficiaries target for the 2nd half of FY 2010. This count includes 25,570 approved and 1,167 pending petitions. Beneficiaries target is the estimated number of petitions needed to reach the cap; it will always be higher than the actual cap.

For more information please visit http://www.uscis.gov/.


Immigration and Customs Enforcement publishes a National Detainee Handbook outlining detainee’s rights and responsibilities.  Click here for a copy.
 



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