Apr
12
US Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) has announced a preliminary number of H-1B visa filings as the thousands of applications received at the beginning of April (02/03APR07) continue to be processed.
During those two days, USCIS received 133,000 H-1B petitions, 17,000 lower that the original estimate of 150,000 made by USCIS. The updated number of 133,000 was reached after the applications were physically counted.