On April 7, 2014, USCIS announced that it had received enough H-1B
submissions to reach the congressionally mandated statutory cap for
fiscal year 2015. USCIS also received more than 20,000 H-1B petitions
categorized as advanced degree exempt. The federal agency will accept
all filings received by April 7, 2014; a computer-generated process will
randomly select enough petitions to meet the caps of 65,000 general
category submissions and 20,000 advanced degree exemption submissions.
USCIS will continue to accept and process H-1B petitions filed on behalf
of current H-1B workers who have been counted against previous years’
caps. Petitions filed for the following will continue to be accepted and
processed: extension requests for the amount of time a current H-1B
worker may stay in the U.S.; requests to change the terms of employment
for a current H-1B worker; requests for an H-1B worker to change
employers; and requests to allow a current H-1B worker to work
concurrently in a second H-1B position.
