03/28/2005 IMMIGRATION ALERT

UPDATE: 20,000 EXTRA H-1B VISAS?

 

Recently many immigration news sites have inaccurately reported that the CIS shortly will authorize 20,000 new FY2005 H-1B visas. Actually, the CIS may reauthorize as many as 20,000 FY 2005 H-1B visas. (See: http://www.hammondlawfirm.com/alerts/12.09.2004alert.htm).

Currently the CIS is delaying the implementation of the reauthorization while it audits all of its FY2005 H-1B cases and computes the number of US Masters degree holders. During the re-count, the CIS discovered that it inadvertently approved 10,000 more H-1B cases than it should have. (See: http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/T/TOO_MANY_VISAS?SITE=OHCIN&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT). The CIS is not committing to a time-table for the Notice of the release of the additional visas, nor how the over-approval will impact the reauthorization.

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