USCIS UPDATES 2012 H-1B COUNT ON 5/20/2011: AT 12,300

USCIS just issued an H-1B cap update. As of 5/20/2011 they have received 12,300 H-1B petitions subject to the regular cap plus 8,500 petitions subject to the master's degree cap. Only 900 regular petitions have been filed during the last week which is obviously due to the economy. The good news is that if the pace continues, numbers will be available for longer.