The U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) announced
that it received a sufficient number of H-1B petitions on January
26, 2011 to reach the annual cap limit for fiscal year (FY) 2011.
USCIS will reject cap-subject petitions received after January
26.
For petitions received on January 26, USCIS will apply a
computer-generated random selection process to select the remaining
petitions needed to meet the cap. It will reject and return those
petitions not randomly selected and all cap-subject petitions
received after January 26 with the accompanying fees. USCIS will
continue to accept and process petitions that are otherwise exempt
from the cap, including H-1B petitions filed on behalf of foreign
nationals who (1) have previously held H-1B status in the last six
years, (2) have not used up their entire six years of H-1B status,
or (3) will be employed at an institution of higher education, a
related or affiliated nonprofit entity, or a nonprofit
