With a staggering number of 172,500 H-1B petitions filed with USCIS in 2014, the H-1B annual cap of 85,000 was well exceeded this year with an increase of nearly 50,000 petition applications since 2013.
U.S. Attorneys are saying that H-1B petition applications are just going to keep increasing exponentially in the coming years, however supply will remain low. "About 87,000 applicants didn't hear their number called in last year's lottery; many of them will likely try again in 2015, whether with the same prospective employer or a new one."
In the past, the window for filing H-1B petitions from April 1 has be open for weeks and sometimes even months, however next year this window of opportunity is set to be limited to merely days due to the large volume of applications being submitted.
Please see the following link for the full article: http://www.informationweek.com/strategic-cio/team-building-and-staffing/h-1b-visas-what-to-expect-in-2015/a/d-id/1317529
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