Immigration Reminder: Filing Date for H-1B Petitions for FY 2009

 

December, 2007 - As a reminder, H-1B petitions for fiscal year 2009 can be filed on April 1, 2008.  This would include cases falling under the 20,000 H-1B cap exemption for foreign nationals holding advanced degrees from U.S. Universities. 

 

The standard H-1B cap of 65,000 will be reduced by the U.S.-Chile and U.S.-Singapore Free Trade Agreements which set aside 6,800 H-1B numbers for professionals from these two countries each fiscal year.   Therefore, it is critical that all H-1B petitions for cap-subject foreign workers be submitted no later than April 1, 2008.

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