US Reaches 65,000 H-1B Visa Cap For 2023: Immigration Department

Washington:

The US has received sufficient number of applications needed to reach the Congressionally mandated 65,000 H-1B visa cap for the fiscal year 2023, the country's federal agency for immigration services said on Tuesday.

The H-1B visa is a non-immigrant visa that allows US companies to employ foreign workers in speciality occupations that require theoretical or technical expertise.

Technology companies depend on it to hire thousands of employees each year from countries like India and China.

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USCIS Reaches Fiscal Year 2023 H-1B Cap

USCIS has received a sufficient number of petitions needed to reach the congressionally mandated 65,000 H-1B visa regular cap and the 20,000 H-1B visa U.S. advanced degree exemption, known as the master’s cap, for fiscal year (FY) 2023.

We have completed sending non-selection notifications to registrants’ online accounts. The status for registrations properly submitted for the FY 2023 H-1B numerical allocations, but that were not selected, will now show:

• Not Selected: Not selected – not eligible to file an H-1B cap petition based on this registration.

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HSI announces crackdown on firearms, ammunition smuggling to Haiti, the Caribbean

MIAMI – Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) Miami announced Aug. 17 efforts to curb the increased flow of weapons, weapon parts and ammunition to Haiti and the Caribbean. Anthony Salisbury, special agent in charge of HSI Miami, along with Department of Homeland Security (DHS) partners made the announcement. “HSI and our partners will investigate and seek to prosecute any individuals involved in illegal arms trafficking,” said Salisbury. “Today we make it very clear that the United States, and in particular south Florida, is not open for business regarding the illegal trafficking of weapons.”

Read more at: https://www.ice.gov/news/releases/hsi-announces-crackdown-firearms-ammunition-smuggling-haiti-caribbean Contact Darren Heyman, immigration attorney, for more information.