ATTENTION! H-1B cap for FY 2005 is FAST APPROACHING!

[Svetlana Boukhny]

USCIS has advised AILA (American Immigration Lawyers Association) that it has adjudicated 56,100 approvals toward the fy2004 H-1B cap so far. There remain other 2004 cases, such as those caught in IBIS checks, for which the remaining 2,100 numbers (65,000 minus the Chile/Singapore numbers) are expected to be applied. These are the numbers for which filings were cut off in 2/04.

Therefore, anyone wishing to file a H-1B petition for the first time must do so immediately if they want to have a chance of getting a H-1B approved for the next fiscal year. Otherwise, they will have to wait until October 1, 2005 before they can start employment in the United States in this nonimmigrant status.

Please let me know if anyone has questions regarding this matter.

Thanks,
Svetlana

[Cat1982]

Dear svetlana!
Hi! I didn't get the information. Do you mean if I goona marry someone i have to do it ASAP? I'm asking cause I hope to change my curent status by marriage american citizen
Please let me know,
Thanks

[Svetlana Boukhny]

No, this post has nothing to do with marriage-based petitions but only with the employment-based H-1B petitions.

[Svetlana Boukhny]

No, this post has nothing to do with marriage-based petitions but only with the employment-based H-1B petitions.

[Cat1982]

Спасибо за ответ

[Cat1982]

Светлана, может быть вы знаете.
Если я соберусь выити замуж за гражданина, как будет выглядеть етот процесс? Что нужно сделать?
Спасибо

[Svetlana Boukhny]

Esli vy vykhodite zamuzh za US citizen, vy prosto podaete na svoiu green card posle zhenit'by v vash local USCIS office i zhdete poka vas vyzovut na interv'iu. Eto mozhet byt' neskol'ko mesiatsev ili okolo 2 let, smotria na mesto prozhivaniia, tak kak eti applications rassmatrivaiutsia v local usCIS offices i u nikh raznye processing times.

Daite znat' esli budut esche kakie-libo voprosy.

[Cat1982]

Светлана, большое спасибо!