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H-1B Cap Exhausted 01/26/2011

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On January 26, 2011 the H-1B cap was met and no further H-1B numbers are available for fiscal year 2011. Petitioners may file cases for the 2012 fiscal year cap starting April 1, 2011.
 

USCIS confirmed last week that the H-1B cap was reached on January 26, 2011.  The H-1B visa, created through the Immigration Act of 1990 became a staple of the tech industry in the early oughts.  Studying the demand and speed of consumption of H-1B visa numbers gives insights into long term trends in US job markets from offshore labor to real demand for IT workers.

Below is a table showing the H-1B cap for each USCIS fiscal year from 1992 to 2011 and the speed with which

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