As of April 5, 2019, United States Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) reported it had reached the congressionally mandated 65,000 H-1B visa regular cap for fiscal year 2020. While the program fills rapidly every year, this is the sixth year in a row that the cap filled within four days of the application portal opening.

The H-1B program will award 65,000 visas to foreign-born tech workers, and an additional 20,000 to foreign national talent with advanced degrees. The USCIS feels it has enough applications to fill all spots in the general pool, and as of April 10, it appears there are enough applicants to also fill the “master’s cap” pool. It took only a few days for the USCIS to feel confident it could award all available H-1B visas, which may itself be problematic, according to Dice.com.

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