2020财年允许美国公司聘用外国劳工的
H-1B工作签证申请，已于当地时间4月1日开始。当地时间4月5日，美国移民局(USCIS)发布通知，宣布已收到65000个H-1B工作签证的常规名额。美国移民局接下来将统计20000个高学历(硕士及以上学位)豁免名额是否也达到申请上限。
据了解，如果移民局收到超过85000份申请，则需要启动抽签制度。但2019年的抽签顺序发生了变化，从先抽取高学历豁免名额、再抽取常规名额，改为先进行常规名额抽签，没中签的高学历申请者再进入二轮抽签。美国移民局表示，总名额不变的情况下，新规可让高学历申请者的中签率增加16%。这也意味着，在美获得学士学位、在外国获得高学历的申请人，中签及获取H-1B工作签证的人数将减少。
目前，美国移民局已不接受2020年的H-1B工作签证申请，但将继续接收和处理其他已获得H-1B工作签证持有人的申请要求，其中包括：延长现有H-1B工作签证持有人的留美时间、变更现有H-1B工作签证持有人的就业条件、允许现有H-1B工作签证持有人变更雇主、允许现有H-1B工作签证持有人同时在第二个职位工作、美国企业使用H-1B工作签证雇用外国劳工从事专业职业等。
查看美国移民局文章原文：
USCIS Reaches FY 2020 H-1B Regular Cap
USCIS has received a sufficient number of petitions projected as needed to reach the congressionally-mandated 65,000 H-1B visa regular cap for fiscal year 2020. USCIS will next determine if we have received a sufficient number of petitions to meet the 20,000 H-1B visa U.S. advanced degree exemption, known as the master’s cap.
The agency will reject and return filing fees for all unselected cap-subject petitions that are not prohibited multiple filings.
USCIS will continue to accept and process petitions that are otherwise exempt from the cap. Petitions filed for current H-1B workers who have been counted previously against the cap, and who still retain their cap number, are exempt from the FY 2020 H-1B cap. USCIS will continue to accept and process petitions filed to:
Extend the amount of time a current H-1B worker may remain in the United States;
Change the terms of employment for current H-1B workers;
Allow current H-1B workers to change employers; and
Allow current H-1B workers to work concurrently in a second H-1B position.
U.S. businesses use the H-1B program to employ foreign workers in specialty occupations. We encourage H-1B applicants to subscribe to the H-1B Cap Season email updates located on the H-1B Fiscal Year (FY) 2020 Cap Season page.
时间：2019-04-08