News Update - April 10, 2007
By Alan Lee, Esq.†‡
H-1B Submissions Surpass The 65, 000 CAP- USCIS to Conduct Computer
Generated Random Lottery
On April 5, 2007, the USCIS announced a preliminary number of filings
and that the tallying of H-1B petitions received April 2nd and 3rd
was underway. USCIS announced on April 3rd, that it had received
enough petitions to meet the 65,000 cap for fiscal year 2008 and
that it would conduct a computer-generated random selection of the
cap-subject submissions filed on April 2 and April 3, 2007 to determine
which cases USCIS will accept for processing. An earlier USCIS memorandum
stated that those cases not selected for processing will be rejected
and returned along with the filing fee.
USCIS Extends Validity of I-693 Medical Certifications
The USCIS has temporarily extended to January 1, 2008, its policy,
first set in a memorandum dated January 11, 2006, that extends the
validity of the civil surgeon endorsement on Form I-693 for cases
in which a visa petition and an adjustment of status application
were filed together at the same time. Normally the validity of a
medical is one year. Under the policy, form I-693 will remain valid
until adjudication of the adjustment application. This policy is
limited to applications where no disqualifying Class A or Class
B medical condition was certified.
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