H-1B cap

October 23 2022

Avoiding the H-1B Cap
With a Little Help from the USCIS

Recently, one of our corporate clients called us to request our help in securing H-1B status for a person they wished to hire. The question was whether the employee was subject to the H-1B cap. Mr. Reddy was working as a contractor at their facility through a software consultancy firm. He was engaged in developing […]

August 23 2010

H-1B Cap

Prior to the Immigration Act of 1990, the number of H-1B workers entering the U.S. each year was not subject to any numerical limitation. The act set the H-1B cap to 65,000 workers annually. In 1998, the numerical cap was raised to 115,000, and in 2000, the cap was again increased, this time to 195,000. […]