This year, the USCIS received roughly 172,500 H-1B petitions to fill 85,000 cap-subject slots for fiscal year (FY) 2015.  This means that those subject to the cap and not selected in the lottery will have to wait until April 1, 2015 to apply for an H-1B visa, hoping that their petition is selected in this lottery.  Over the past decade, it has become increasingly more difficult to obtain H-1B status.  The difficulty is largely due to this numerical limitation, or “cap,” imposed on Read more [...]