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Laner Muchin, Ltd.

Now Is The Time To Initiate H-1B Cap Petitions For Foreign Students Or National Candidates Currently Abroad

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The United States Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) will begin accepting new H-1B petitions for Fiscal Year 2016 starting April 1, 2015. The allotted number of H-1B petitions that the USCIS will accept, known as...more

Proskauer Rose LLP

H1-B Cap 2016 Filings Due In April, Competition Remains Steady

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Time to start preparing for the H-1B Cap for Fiscal Year 2016! Demand for the H-1B visa category has steadily increased. Last year, USCIS received 172,500 petitions for 85,000 H-1B spots. Although USCIS issues receipts in...more

Miller Canfield

Time to Plan for the FY 2016 H-1B Cap Season

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On Wednesday, April 1, 2015, U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) will begin accepting H-1B petitions subject to the Fiscal Year 2016 cap (FY 2016). Beneficiaries of successful FY 2016 H-1B petitions will be...more

Shumaker, Loop & Kendrick, LLP

H-1B Season is Almost Upon Us

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As a reminder to all U.S. employers, H-1B season is on the horizon! United States Citizenship & Immigration Services (“USCIS”) will start accepting new H-1B petitions for fiscal year 2016 on Wednesday, April 1, 2015. As such,...more

Franczek P.C.

Annual H-1B Visa Quota Available But Expected to Be Exhausted in Early April

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On April 1, 2015, the United States Customs and Immigration Services (USCIS) will begin accepting petitions for H-1B visas that are subject to annual quotas for the 2016 fiscal year (which would allow employees to start...more

Morgan Lewis

H-1B Filing Season Is Here - January 2015

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Now is the time for employers to assess their FY2016 H-1B needs and to start preparing their petitions for submission on April 1. On April 1, 2015, the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) will begin...more

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