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ARTICLE · 14 FEBRUARY 2018

H-1B Visa Filing Deadline: April 1, 2018

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New H-1B visa petitions for Fiscal Year (FY) 2019, which begins Oct. 1, 2018, will be accepted for filing starting on April 1, 2018, which means employers should have their H-1B visa petitions ready to be sent to USCIS...

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Tara Vance
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Tara L. Vance is a partner in Holland & Knight's New York office

New H-1B visa petitions for Fiscal Year (FY) 2019, which begins Oct. 1, 2018, will be accepted for filing starting on April 1, 2018, which means employers should have their H-1B visa petitions ready to be sent to U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) no later than March 31, 2018.

Because of the continued limited number of H-1B visa petition approvals that are statutorily available for the upcoming fiscal year, employers need to act quickly in order to have a chance to have their new H-1B visa petitions processed by the USCIS and counted against the H-1B visa cap. It is recommended that employers act now and have their H-1B visa petitions prepared, finalized and ready to be sent to the USCIS by March 31, 2018, for receipt on the first day submissions are accepted: April 1, 2018. It is still expected that the USCIS will receive more new H-1B visa petitions than available under the cap.

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