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Allocation of Additional H-1b Visas Created by the H-1b Visa Reform Act of 2004 (U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services Regulation) (Uscis) (2018 Edition) The Law Library

The Law Library presents the complete text of the Allocation of Additional H-1B Visas Created by the H-1B Visa Reform Act of 2004 (U. S. Citizenship and Immigration Services Regulation) (USCIS) (2018 Edition).

Updated as of May 29, 2018



This interim rule implements certain changes made by the Omnibus Appropriations Act for Fiscal Year 2005 to the numerical limits of the H-1B nonimmigrant visa category and the fees for filing of H-1B petitions. This interim rule also notifies the public of the procedures U. S. Citizenship and Immigration Services will use to allocate, in fiscal year 2005 and in future fiscal years starting with fiscal year 2006, the additional 20,000 H-1B numbers made available by the exemption created pursuant to that Act. This interim rule amends and clarifies the process by which U. S. Citizenship and Immigration Services, in the future, will allocate all petitions subject to numerical limitations under the Immigration and Nationality Act. This interim rule also notifies the public of additional fees that must be filed with certain H-1B petitions.



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- The complete text of the Allocation of Additional H-1B Visas Created by the H-1B Visa Reform Act of 2004 (U. S. Citizenship and Immigration Services Regulation) (USCIS) (2018 Edition)

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- A table of contents in introduction presenting a general overview of the structure