Breaking News - H1B visa cap will be over within 5 days

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USCIS anticipates that it may receive more than 65,000 cap-subject H-1B petitions and more than 20,000 petitions filed on behalf of individuals with a U.S. master’s degree or higher between April
1, 2013, and April 5, 2013. This could be the first time since April 2008 that the H-1B cap will require a lottery.


This was posted on https://www.facebook.com/desiopt1 on march 16th 2013

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http://www.aila.org/content/default.aspx?docid=43695

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http://www.uscis.gov/portal/site/uscis/menuitem.5af9bb95919f35e66f614176543f6d1a/?vgnextoid=f537eff29cb6d310VgnVCM100000082ca60aRCRD&vgnextchannel=68439c7755cb9010VgnVCM10000045f3d6a1RCRD

USCIS - USCIS to Accept H-1B Petitions for Fiscal Year 2014 on April 1, 2013

https://www.uscis.gov

WASHINGTON—U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) announced today that it will begin accepting H-1B petitions subject to the Fiscal Year (FY) 2014 cap on Monday, April 1, 2013. Cases will be considered accepted on the date that USCIS receives a properly filed petition for which the correc...

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thanks for the information...

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I have a chance to apply this year or next year. If I apply now I would be wasting my entire opt extension period, shd I apply this time or next time?

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A little info on the H-1B lottery (if it happens) and why OPT students might want to forego a STEM extension and play the lotto this year...

http://www.hmalegal.com/2/post/2013/03/h-1b-lottery-is-it-2008.html