Common sense would suggest that a year's worth of pent up H-1B Cap demand will translate into USCIS receiving more H-1B Cap petitions this April 1 than they did last year. As we prepare H-1B Cap petitions for our clients, we are certainly working under the assumption that the cap will be exhausted on April 1.
However, a number of conversations with employers and individuals recently suggest the possibility that the H-1B Cap filing volumes may be down this year. Some have suggested that the sluggish economy could cause the number of H-1B Cap petitions to dip. Others suggest that many employers are hesitant to file as many H-1B Cap petitions as they might normally simply because the prospect of investing time and money into filing what essentially amounts to an H-1B Cap lottery ticket just doesn't make good business sense.
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Thursday, March 6, 2008
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Does anybody how the lottery system will work if the number of H1b petitions exceed both the 65K cap as well as the masters 20K cap on April 1st?
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