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H-1B NEWS
- H-1B cap may not be as close as feared.
The American Immigration Lawyers Association is telling its members that the H-1B cap has not been reached and that a reliable source at the Immigration and Naturalization Service says the cap may not be hit until March (i.e. cases filed by March, not just finished by then). AILA cautions, however, that the INS is still analyzing the numbers and it remains possible the cap could be reached sooner.
- NSC makes modest progress in H-1B backlog
AILA is also reporting that the Nebraska Service Center is now working "cap" cases with receipt notices of November 2, 1999 and non-cap cases receipted November 1st.
- Eastern US LCA Faxback on Track Again
Last week we reported that the Department of Labor's Philadelphia Faxback system for Labor Condition Applications filed in the eastern half of the US was having major problems. We are told the system is working again and that the DOL now has to work through 2,500 LCAs that have piled up since the system went down. The DOL promises to be caught up early in the week.

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