H-1B VISA 2014: Predictions and Preparations

H-1B VISA 2014: Predictions and Preparations

Its March 1st today and exactly in one month the USCIS would start accepting H-1B Visa Petitions. That is from 1st of April 2013. This Year, it is expected that the H-1B Visa Cap would fill in the first two weeks of April.

Are you filing H-1B Visa this year? 

Did you already have an employer who is ready to file a H-1B? 

Did you gather all the documents necessary to submit to your employer while filing H-1B? 

This post talks in brief what preparation you may require to file H-1B. Also, I would like to focus on the predictions for this year.

An Employer to file H-1B

For you to get your H-1B visa, an employer needs to file a petition on behalf of you. At this point of time, you should already have an employer who is ready to sponsor your H-1B Visa. If not, you need to act quick. There are plenty of employer’s around United States who sponsors H-1B visa.

If you are searching for an H-1B Sponsor, Check the H-1B Sponsor Search Application by H1BWiki and find your sponsor

Gather documents

You need to submit  all the required documents to your employer to file H-1B petition on your behalf.  You need to get with your employer well ahead and make sure you got all the documents your company attorney wants to file your H-1B petition.

 Check out the H-1B Visa 2014 Q&A to learn more on the procedure and process

H-1B Visa 2014 Predictions

As per the predictions for this year, the H-1B visa cap is expected to finish in the first two weeks of April for the Fiscal Year 2014, once the USCIS starts accepting application from the 1st of April. Currently, there is a 65,000 H-1B visa cap each year, with an additional 20,000 visas dedicated for master’s category.

Check out H-1BWiki post on H-1B Visa 2014 – Cap Count Updates, Predictions and Tracker

H1B Wiki would suggest you to plan ahead and let your H-1B Employer know regarding the predictions, so that the employer could file your H-1B petition as soon as the USCIS starts accepting applications from the 1st of April, 2013.