MBBP Immigration Alert: H-1B Cap for 2013 Reached and Further Retrogression of Employment-based Immigrant Visa Availability in the Second Preference Category

FY 2013 Cap for H-1B Visas Reached On June 12, 2012, the Citizenship and Immigration Service ("CIS") announced that the “Regular” and “U.S. Master’s Degree” H-1B caps for the 2013 fiscal year had been reached on June 11, 2012. Any “Regular” or “U.S. Master’s Degree” cap subject H-1B cases received by the CIS after June …