News: H1b 2008

The United States Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) has completed the selection process on nearly 200,000 H-1B petitions received this month. More than 31,000 of the petitions received were for the Advanced Degree Exemption, reserved for graduates of U.S. universities at a Masters degree or higher. Everyone selected should receive notification by June 2nd and will eligible to begin work on 01 October, the first day of the 2009 fiscal year.