JoeF Posted April 5, 2013 Report Share Posted April 5, 2013 http://www.uscis.gov/portal/site/uscis/menuitem.5af9bb95919f35e66f614176543f6d1a/?vgnextoid=5051f359827dd310VgnVCM100000082ca60aRCRD&vgnextchannel=e7801c2c9be44210VgnVCM100000082ca60aRCRD Link to comment
pontevecchio Posted April 7, 2013 Report Share Posted April 7, 2013 Why do you think this happened since it took much longer for the last few years? Link to comment
JoeF Posted April 8, 2013 Author Report Share Posted April 8, 2013 Well, the economy has picked up. Unemployment is at the lowest level in 4 years. I also think lots of people who filed are on OPT and OPT STEM extension. In any case, if they increase the H1 quota, as some legislation proposes, they also need to increase the GC quotas, otherwise, the GC delays would grow even larger. Link to comment
wiweq Posted April 8, 2013 Report Share Posted April 8, 2013 Yes, it is unbelievable to me. This means 124,000 new fulltime jobs available from Oct 2st in USA !! Link to comment
catx Posted April 9, 2013 Report Share Posted April 9, 2013 Also, the USCIS 'spooked' a lot of employers when they stated toward the end of March that there maybe enough H-1B petitions submitted in the first 5 days to trigger the lottery selection. In response to that statement employers rushed applications out to get them into the lottery. In other words, the USCIS statement became a self fulfilling prophesy. Link to comment
Mr_Roy Posted April 9, 2013 Report Share Posted April 9, 2013 Also I think there has been a recent trend of a lot of L1 rejections for major Indian IT employers. Therefore adding to the rush for the H category. Link to comment
rahul412 Posted April 9, 2013 Report Share Posted April 9, 2013 Yes, it is unbelievable to me. This means 124,000 new fulltime jobs available from Oct 2st in USA !! My guess is that, most of the beneficiaries are already working( OPT and STEM-OPT). Link to comment
omshiv Posted April 9, 2013 Report Share Posted April 9, 2013 Yes, it is unbelievable to me. This means 124,000 new fulltime jobs available from Oct 2st in USA !! thats not entirely true..most of them are filed by indian consulting firms from india, where they are already on FT...the very few are from the real product based companies here in the US..but even they wouldnt want to apply for H1B now and want their employees to start from Oct 1st...so the remaining would be the shady desi consulting companies who normally takes money from the candidates and then would file for their H1b...remember not everybody comes and posts their experience on this forum. Link to comment
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