H1B visa cap reached
The USCIS announced that 150000 H1B visa petitions were received on April 2nd. They will reject H1B visa petitions received after April 3rd (except for the cap exempt petitions) and the petitions received on April 2nd and April 3rd will be subject to a lottery drawing to determine which petitions will receive a visa number.
Cap exempt applicants may still apply all others will have to apply on April 1, 2008 for an October 1, 2008 start date.
If you are adversly effected by this situation it would be a good idea to have your employer or prospective employer contact their representative in Congress to ask that this situation be remedied. Congress will be working on immigration reform this summer and H1B visa cap relief will be a part of what they are working on.
