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CITIZENSHIP AND IMMIGRATION SERVICES REACHES H-1B EXEMPTION CAP FOR FISCAL YEAR 2006

The U.S. Department of Homeland Security's U.S. Citizenship & Immigration Services issued the following press release:

U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) announced today that it has received enough H-1B petitions that qualify for the exemption from the H-1B numerical limitations for foreign workers with a U.S.-earned master's or higher degree (the number of aliens exempted from the H-1B cap on this basis may not exceed 20,000 per fiscal year). Consequently, USCIS has determined that the "final receipt date" for these 20,000 cap-exempt H-1B petitions is January 17, 2006. Petitions received on January 17th are subject to the random selection process described below. USCIS ...

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