News Update - April 4, 2009
By Alan Lee, Esq.†‡
H-1B News - 4/4/09
There is as yet no solid information from U.S.C.I.S. on the number
of new cap-subject
H-1B's received in the first days of April. There are reports on
the Internet of scanning problems with FedEx deliveries to the California
Service Center although the packages have all been delivered and
with scanning delays with UPS at the Vermont Service Center. Last
year, U.S.C.I.S. received 163,000 H-1B petitions for the approximate
85,000 slots, but everyone expects much less volume this year due
to the economic downturn, organizations taking TARP funds not participating,
and the bad public image given to large organizations sponsoring
H-1B's while many Americans are out of work.
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