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09/04/2010United States: USCIS Posts Initial H-1B Cap Count

United States Citizenship and Immigration Services USCIS has published its first count of Fiscal Year 2011 H-1B cap filings. As of April 8, 2010, USCIS had received 13,500 petitions against the 65,000 standard quota and 5,600 petitions towards the 20,000 cap exemption for foreign nationals holding U.S. advanced degrees, for a total of 19,100 cap filings.

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