H1b cap update for fiscal year 2013

The below information is copied from AILA.  Given that a large number of H1B petitions have been received already, it does seem like that the cap will be filled sooner than previous years - Tahmina

H-1B Cap-Subject Petitions Received by USCIS

Cite as "AILA InfoNet Doc. No. 12040553 (posted Apr. 5, 2012)"

USCIS informed participants at the CSC/VSC stakeholder engagement in Laguna Niguel, CA, on April 5, 2012, that 22,323 cap-subject H-1B petitions have been received as of April 4, 2012. Approximately 25% of these cases are for U.S. advanced degrees. According to USCIS, the number of filings received in the first few days of the H-1B season is almost double the number of filings received by USCIS during the same time last year.