Spring is around the corner and so is a new H-1B filing period.
On Monday, April 1, 2013, United States Citizenship and Immigration Services
(USCIS), a division of the Department of Homeland Security,
will begin accepting new H-1B cases to count against the 2014 H-1B
cap. H-1B is a temporary, work-authorized
classification under which American companies and other
organizations may seek authorization to employ a foreign national
in a specialty occupation. Positions that come within a specialty
occupation are ones for which at least a bachelor's degree in a
specific field is required in order to perform the duties of the
position.
Under federal law, USCIS may accept a limited number of H-1B
cases for each fiscal year. This allocation is called the
"H-1B cap." The H-1B cap applies to most new H-1B cases
(those in which the foreign national has not been in H-1B status
within the last six years). However, there are some exceptions. For
example, cases filed by institutions
