Only 800 H1B Visas Left for FY 2010

As of December 15, 2009, approximately 64,200 H-1B cap-subject petitions had been filed. USCIS has approved sufficient H-1B petitions for aliens with advanced degrees to meet the exemption of 20,000 from the fiscal year 2010 cap.

Looks like remaining 800 will be gone in another few days. Its already Dec 17, 2009, most likely next update from USCIS will say H1B Cap for 2010 is full.

Demand for H1B rises

WASHINGTON: After months of lackluster response, US authorities have witnessed a
sudden increase in demand for H-1B work visa, which is popular among Indian professionals.
Though the applications received so far are still over 6,000 short of the Congress-mandated cap of 65,000.

Latest figures released by the US Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) show an increase in
the number of people applying for H-1B visas in the last two months.

As a result of which, till November 27, the USCIS had received about 58,900 H-1B petitions.
This is still over 6,000 short of the Congressionally-mandated cap of 65,000 H-1B visas in the general category.

The USCIS has approved sufficient H-1B petitions for aliens with advanced degrees
to meet the exemption of 20,000 from the fiscal year 2010 cap.

According to the periodic figures released by USCIS, in the past two months
more than 12,000 H-1B visas have been filed.

In the beginning of October, more than 18,000 H-1B visas were vacant.