{"377771":{"#nid":"377771","#data":{"type":"news","title":"H-1B Cap Timeline Announcements from USCIS","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EU.S. Customs and Immigration Services (USCIS) has recently announced the timeline for the 2016 H-1B cap. As expected, USCIS will begin accepting H-1B petitions for 2016 on April 1, 2015. It is expected that the H-1B cap will be met within the first five business days of opening and therefore the H-1B cap will close on April 8, 2015.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EFor more information regarding the 2016 H-1B timeline and cap, please see this article from \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.gtlaw-insidebusinessimmigration.com\/uscis\/prepare-now-for-fiscal-year-2016-h-1b-cap\/?utm_source=Greenberg+Traurig%2C+LLP+-+Inside+Business+Immigration\u0026amp;utm_campaign=d2b432da4f-RSS_EMAIL_CAMPAIGN\u0026amp;utm_medium=email\u0026amp;utm_term=0_6c774bc34a-d2b432da4f-70670701\u0022\u003EGreenberg Traurig\u003C\/a\u003E and the \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.uscis.gov\/working-united-states\/temporary-workers\/h-1b-specialty-occupations-and-fashion-models\/h-1b-fiscal-year-fy-2015-cap-season\u0022\u003EUSCIS website\u003C\/a\u003E.\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":"","field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"USCIS has announced the 2016 H-1B Cap Timeline."}],"uid":"27787","created_gmt":"2015-02-12 11:14:55","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 03:01:46","author":"Emily Dolezal","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2015-02-12T00:00:00-05:00","iso_date":"2015-02-12T00:00:00-05:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"groups":[{"id":"1297","name":"Office of International Education"}],"categories":[],"keywords":[{"id":"1808","name":"graduate students"},{"id":"63721","name":"H-1B"},{"id":"118641","name":"H-1B cap"},{"id":"1802","name":"international"},{"id":"4374","name":"international students"},{"id":"69901","name":"Postdocs"}],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[],"email":[],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}