impact 2008 H-1Bs will have on K1s?

[MissingHer 0]

Anyone know or suspect that our K1 processing times will be taking a big hit (big enough to notice) once April 1st comes around and H-1Bs visas are being accepted again?

[psiprez 3]

I don't know anything about H-1B's. Please elaborate...

[Chris Future 0]

I don't know anything about H-1B's. Please elaborate...

Probably - H1-Bs are employment visas, which tend to get processed faster - businesses tend to get better service than citizens from the US Government. Not sure where they are processed, but you can be sure that anything thats in the news on a regular basis gets a lot more attention than we do, such as Bill Gates saying we need more H1-B workers, or anything on illegal immigration. Our fiances are at the bottom of the priority list, seems to me.

[MissingHer 0]

I don't know anything about H-1B's. Please elaborate...

sure, here a clip from an article

The number of new H-1Bs issued each year in the United States is subject to an annual congressionally-mandated quota. Each H-1B quota applies to a particular Fiscal Year, which begins on October 1. Applications for the upcoming Fiscal Year are accepted beginning on the preceding April 1 (or the first working day after that date).

All employers who are thinking about filing for an H-1B visa, for fiscal year 2009, must do so as early as April 1, 2008; otherwise, they are taking the chance that the quota will run out for 2009. In 2007, The U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services ("USCIS") received approximately 120,000 petitions, and the quota of 65,000 petitions (which were randomly selected) was filled on the first date filing was permitted, April 1