USCIS has issued a news release on the current number of H-1B visas that it has received for the FY 2013. As of May 11, USCIS has received approximately 36,700.00 H-1B regular cap visa applications. This number does not include the Master’s cap H-1B visas applications. Of those Master’s cap H-1B visa petitions, USCIS has received 14,800 applications as of May 11, 2012.
USCIS received almost 20,000 H-1B applications in just one month. As of April 6, 2012, for example, USCIS had only received 17,400 H-1B cap visa applications at that time.
For the H-1B regular cap cases, there are approximately 28,300 H-1B visas still remaining, for a total of 65,000 regular cap H-1B visas allowed for FY 2013. For the H-1B Master’s cap, there remains about 5,200 H-1B visas available, for a total of 20,000 master’s cap H-1B visas allowed. As you can from above, the H-1B visas may well run out within a month or two, so be sure to apply sooner than later if you are eligible.