USCIS Updates H-1B Cap Count

On April 19, 2012 the USCIS provided updated information on the number of fiscal year 2013 H-1B petitions received so far. 20,600 regular H-1B petitions have been received and 9,700 Masters degree petitions have been received, for a total of 30,300. At this rate, the total of 85,000 cases could be exhausted in 1-2 months from now.