WASHINGTON—U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) announced on March 15, 2013 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 correct fee has been submitted; not the date that the petition is postmarked. The cap (the numerical limitation on H-1B petitions) for FY 2014 is 65,000. In addition, the first 20,000 H-1B petitions filed on behalf of individuals with U.S. master’s degree or higher are exempt from the fiscal year cap of 65,000. Based on feedback from a number of stakeholders, USCIS anticipates that it may receive more petitions than the H-1B cap between April 1, 2013 and April 5, 2013 . USCIS will monitor the number of petitions received and notify the public of the date on which the numerical limit of the H-1B cap has been met. This date is known as the final receipt date. I...
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Visa Bulletin For December 2011 FAMILY F1 : There is a forward movement for all chargeability areas, China, India and Philippines and a week of movement for Mexico (01APR93 to 08APR93). F2A: Forward movement for MEXICO (01DEC08 to 08FEB09) and for all others (15FEB09 to 22MAR09). F2B: Same forward movement for all chargeability areas, China and India (01AUG03 to 15AUG03)and also forward movement for the Philippines (15JUL01 to 15AUG01). No movement for Mexico. F3: Same forward movement for all chargeability areas, China and India (22SEP01 to 08 OCT01), also forward movement for the Philippines (22JUN92 to 08JUL92) and slight movement for Mexico (08DEC92 to 15DEC92). F4: Same forward movement for all chargeability areas, China and India (15JUN00 to 15JUL00), also slight forward movement for the Philippines (22AUG88 to 08SEP88) and Mexico (22APR96 t...