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> Government Speakers Provide H-1B Numbers Update at AILA's Annual Conference Thomas Esparza, Jr., Board Certified Specialist in Immigration and Nationality Law recently attended that annual conference of the American Immigration Lawyer's Association held this year in Salt Lake City, Utah. He reports that government Officials speaking at the Salt Lake City AILA Annual Conference announced that the USCIS has approximately 8,300 H-1B petitions approved or in the pipeline that will count against the new exemption cap of 20,000 for FY05, as established by the H-1B Visa Reform Act of 2004. Note that, on May 24, 2005, the USCIS issued a press release announcing that they had received more than 6,393 H-1B petitions in this exempted category by that date. Further, the USCIS announced that they currently have approximately 27,300 H-1B petitions approved or in the pipeline for FY06. |
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