April 13, 2007

Verify Non-U.S. Master’s Degree Cap-Subject H-1B Approvals

USCIS Associate Director for Domestic Operations Michael Aytes informed members attending the AILA Texas Chapter Conference in Las Vegas that the H-1B random number generator was run on April 12, 2007. Adjudication of non-U.S. Master's degree cap subject H-1B petitions will not begin prior to April 13, 2007. USCIS has noted that an approval notice for a non-U.S. Master's degree cap cases were received prior to April 13, 2007, we will need to verify approvals through the Premium Processing unit which issued the notice or through the National Customer Service Center.