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The Many Faces of Stern Elkind Curray & Alterman LLP

Since 1985,Stern Elkind Curray & Alterman has limited its practice to immigration law, with a special emphasis on matters relating to the employment of foreign professionals. Mr. Stern and Ms. Elkind founded the firm with the goal of providing the very best immigration advice and representation to our clients. As the firm has grown, we have continued our commitment to maintaining a high level of expertise combined with an understanding that our clients are individuals whose lives are deeply affected by the work we do. Over the years, we have developed expertise and wide-ranging experience in all facets of immigration law.

We continue to be deeply affected by our clients, some of whom are introduced within this web site.

FY2007 H-1B Advanced Degree Cap Usage Figures Surpass 17,000

July 21, 2006

On July 19, 2006, USCIS updated the current cap count with new data gathered as of July 18. The number of approved and receipted pending petitions has now reached 16,991. Approximately 360 H-1B Advanced Degree petitions have been received but have not yet been data-entered and receipted. As of July 19, the combined approximate total is 17,351.

Data gathered on July 11 and posted to the USCIS website on July 12 showed that approximately 16,008 petitions had been approved, data-entered, or received but not yet processed as of July 11. Thus, USCIS received approximately 1,343 petitions in the course of 5 business days

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