This year, USCIS received over 233,000 H-1B petitions for this fiscal year 2016, which exceeds last year’s count (172,500) by over 60,000 petitions. As you likely know, there is a general statutory cap of 65,000 for H-1B petitions in a given fiscal year, with an additional 20,000 available under the advanced degree exception known as the masters cap. Through its computer-generated lottery system, USCIS first selects petitions for the masters cap. Any unselected petitions in this category then become part of the 65,000 general cap selection. On April 7, 2015, USCIS announced that...