USCIS UPDATES CAP COUNT FOR H-1B WORKERS FOR FISCAL YEAR 2010

According to the latest press release issued by the U.S. Citizenship and immigration Services, as of October 25, 2009, approximately 52,800 H-1B cap-subject petitions had been filed. USCIS has approved sufficient H1-B petitions for aliens with advanced degrees to meet the exemption of 20,000 from the fiscal year 2010 cap.
 
Any H1-B petitions filed on behalf of an alien with an advanced degree will now count toward the general H1-B cap of 65,000. USCIS will continue to accept both cap-subject petitions and advanced degree petitions until a sufficient number of H-1B petitions have been received to reach the statutory limits, taking into account the fact that some of these petitions may be denied, revoked, or withdrawn.
 
More information can be found at http://www.uscis.gov/h-1b_count.