Nov 29, 2011

According to USCIS, "[o]n November 22, 2011, USCIS received a sufficient number of petitions to reach the statutory cap for FY 2012 ... USCIS will reject cap-subject petitions for new H-1B specialty occupation workers ... that are received after November 22, 2011."

For your information, below are the length of time taken to reach the 20,000 and 65,000 quotas for th...e past 5 years:

--- FY 2008: 2 days / 3 days
--- FY 2009: 3-4 days / 6-7 days
--- FY 2010: 8-9 days / 8 months and 3 weeks
--- FY 2011: 8 months and 3 weeks / 9 months and 3 weeks
--- FY 2012: 6 months and 3 weeks / 7 months and 3 weeks