What is H-1 visa annual cap?
Ans. This is the limited number of H-1 visas offered by US INS every year and the fiscal year starts from October 1st each year. If you need to get H-1 visa for residency, which usually starts in July each year, either you will have to wait unless your H-1 visa is processed or you have to go to some other visa as J-1. The program has to agree on all these conditions like waiting for you till October. For insyance if the annual cap for H-1 visa is finished for year 2000-2001 then, to get a new H-1 for residency applicant will have to wait till October. You need to have your step-3 scores in April when the program starts paper work after you match and then if the annual cap is not over you might be able to start your residency on time (that is July or August) but if the annual cap is reached then you will file your paper work and the H-1 visa status would be issued/started in October when the annual cap starts for next year.
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