MARCH 17, 2000 -- (portugues no final)
The General Counsel of the INS informed the American
Immigration Lawyers Association today that the H-1B cap has been reached.
A notice will be published in the Federal Register on Tuesday, March 21st
announcing this fact, and detailing procedures for petitions in the
'pipeline'.

None of the 20,000 'extra' H-1B visas supposedly granted last year were
applied toward this year's cap.

Meanwhile, a new bill (H.R.3983) introduced in the House of Representatives
last Wednesday would overhaul the H-1B system, end discriminatory per
country quotas for EB visas and permit certain H-1B visaholders to extend
their stays in the U.S. past six years

Terrivel noticia para quem estava esperando visto H-1.

A cota de vistos para trabalho (h-1) para o ano 2000 ja foi alcancada. O noticia sera oficialmente publicada no dia 21 de marco. Nenhuma das 20.000 cotas extras que houveram no ano passado foram utilizadas nesse ano. Porem tem uma propostas de lei rolando no congresso, para modificar alguns pontos do visto H-1, especialmente na questao de cotas por paises.