H1B Cap, H1B Visa Cap Count and Updates
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Published on 02-17-2013 12:29 AM
What is H1B Cap? - Meaning of H1B Cap Count and Reaching of H1 Cap Countfor FY XXXX. Difference between General H1B Cap and Masters H1B Cap. USCIS H1B Cap Updates.
What is H1B Cap?
The number of H1B Visas issues in a Year is called H1B Cap. Regular H1B visa cap has 65,000 visas available in a year. Master and Higher degree students from US University will have special cap of 20,000. Together there are 85,000 H1B Visas available though Cap.
H1B Visa Cap count
Number of applications received till date is Cap Count. USCIS starts receiving H1B applications from April first of every year. Suppose if 30,000 applications received by April 10th, Cap count on that date is 30,000. Regular Cap count increases as the applications are received and ends at 65,000. Masters cap end at 20,000 once it reaches maximum cap count of 20,000.
H1B Cap Updates
H1B Cap updated will be released by USCIS once or twice a week. There are no specific schedules when the cap count will be release. You can check USCIS website for the cap count updates.
H1b Cap count 2013
On June 12th 2013, For the Year 2013 Cap Count is reached.
| Cap Count |
Regular Cap |
Master Cap |
Total |
| 06/12/2012 |
65,000 |
20,000 |
Regular and Masters CapReached |
| 06/07/2012 |
55,600 |
20,000 |
Maters's Cap Reached |
| 06/01/2012 |
55,600 |
18,700 |
74,300 |
| 05/25/2012 |
48,400 |
17,500 |
65,900 |
| 05/18/2012 |
42,000 |
16,000 |
58,000 |
| 05/11/2012 |
36,700 |
14,800 |
51,500 |
| 05/04/2012 |
32,000 |
13,300 |
45,300 |
| 04/27/2012 |
29,200 |
12,300 |
41,500 |
| 04/20/2012 |
25,000 |
10,900 |
35,900 |
| 04/13/2012 |
20,600 |
9,700 |
30,300 |
| 04/09/2012 |
17,400 |
8,200 |
25,600 |
H1b Cap count 2014
USCIS will release cap count once after April 2013 for the year 2014 H1B Quota. Keep tuned to
H1B Visa Cap Count 2014 page for the cap updates this year.
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