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Dear Readers:  

Last week many people had difficulty reaching me because we were busy getting H-1B applications out the door. We heard the cap was going to be hit quickly and we wanted to make sure our clients had their cases filed on time. After working late hours for several nights in a row, we put the finishing touches on the applications and had them all sent by Fedex to the USCIS service centers in Vermont and California .  

This week we deliver the most unwelcome news that the H-1B cap which opened up on Monday for the 65,000 slots for fiscal year 2008 was not only reached in a few hours (we predicted that), but more than twice the number of applications predicted were received. According to estimates, the USCIS received between 200,000 and 300,000 applications. Some of them may be for cases not subject to the cap and some may be for master’s cap cases (the 20,000 set aside for graduates of US graduate degree programs). But we expect the lion’s share to be for the 65,000 cap which means that most people who filed cases will get them rejected.  

This week we present a special issue of our newsletter covering the cap.  

We include an ABCs article on the subject, a commentary I’ve written, links to a podcast and Powerpoint presentation I’ve recorded, the text of the government’s instructions on the subject and information on what you can do to make your voice heard in Congress.  

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In firm news, we congratulate Jack Richbourg, an attorney in our Memphis office, who was featured in a story in Memphis Magazine for his work in the immigrant community here in our city. You can see the article on our web site at www.visalaw.com/news/.    

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Finally, as always, if you are interested in becoming a Siskind Susser Bland client, please feel welcome to email me at gsiskind@visalaw.com or contact us at 800-748-3819 to arrange for a telephone or in person consultation with one of our lawyers.

Kind regards,

Greg Siskind

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