6,350 unused H-1B1 for Chile-Singapore in FY2010 added to 2011 H-1B quota
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By
Verma Law Firm
INA Section 214 (g)(8)(B) allows the Secretary of Homeland Security to
set aside up to 6,800 visas from the standard H-1B quota for Chile-Singapore
H-1B1 users. This reduces the number of visas available to the general
H-1B from 65,000 to 58,200. This also allows for the visas that are unused
for Chile-Singapore H-1B1’s to be returned to the general H-1B pool
at the start of the following fiscal year. The CIS Ombudsman advised AILA
that 6,350 H-1B1 numbers went unused in FY2010 and were added to the FY2011
pool. This means that the total number of H-1B visas available to the
general H-1B quota for FY2011 is 64,550. As of December 31, 2010, USCIS
has accepted 57,300 cap-eligible petitions, which have been approved or
are still pending approval. This number does not include denials. Therefore
if the 6,350 unused H-1B1 for Chile-Singapore in FY2010 are added to the
remaining H1-B visas as of December 31, 2010 being 900 H-1B visa (58,200-57,00),
as of date, i.e January 07, 2011 there would be approximately 7,250 H-1B
visas available. The actual number of available H-1B visas would be definitely
less then 7,250 H-1B visas as there would have been the normal filing
of H-1B visas over the last week
