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US Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) has announced that enough H1-B applications filed under the exemption category have been received, with a final receipt date of April 30 (30APR07).
20,000 H1-B visas are set aside every year for “foreign workers who have earned a master’s degree or higher from a US institution of higher education”.
Any applications for a FY 2008 cap exemption for “workers with a master’s or higher degree earned from a US institution of higher education” received on or after May 1, 2007 will be automatically rejected.