FY2006 H-1B PROCESSING STATUS

Within FY2006 (Oct 1, 2005 ~ Sep 30, 3006), 417665 cases have been filed and 381240(91.3%) of them have been approved. Here is the detailed case distribution among service centers and months of FY2006:

Oct,2005
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...CSC Filed---5545 Approved---3817(68.8%)
...NSC Filed---5308 Approved---4808(90.5%)
...TSC Filed---5815 Approved---5212(89.6%)
...VSC Filed--10102 Approved---9546(94.4%)
SUB_TOTAL-----26770-----------23383(87.3%)

Nov,2005
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...CSC Filed---5084 Approved---3463(68.1%)
...NSC Filed---4274 Approved---3903(91.3%)
...TSC Filed---4915 Approved---3492(71.0%)
...VSC Filed---9360 Approved---8721(93.1%)
SUB_TOTAL-----23633-----------19579(82.8%)

Dec,2005
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...CSC Filed---5580 Approved---4888(87.5%)
...NSC Filed---4814 Approved---4441(92.2%)
...TSC Filed---5804 Approved---5066(87.2%)
...VSC Filed--10653 Approved--10239(96.1%)
SUB_TOTAL-----26851-----------24634(91.7%)

Jan,2006
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...CSC Filed---5253 Approved---4772(90.8%)
...NSC Filed---4926 Approved---4583(93.0%)
...TSC Filed---5084 Approved---4481(88.1%)
...VSC Filed---9887 Approved---9194(92.9%)
SUB_TOTAL-----25150-----------23030(91.5%)

Feb,2006
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...CSC Filed---5398 Approved---4943(91.5%)
...NSC Filed---5793 Approved---5439(93.8%)
...TSC Filed---5760 Approved---5186(90.0%)
...VSC Filed--10113 Approved---9537(94.3%)
SUB_TOTAL-----27064-----------25105(92.7%)

Mar,2006
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...CSC Filed---6333 Approved---6012(94.9%)
...NSC Filed---6761 Approved---6372(94.2%)
...TSC Filed---5703 Approved---5234(91.7%)
...VSC Filed--12655 Approved--11772(93.0%)
SUB_TOTAL-----31452-----------29390(93.4%)

Apr,2006
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...CSC Filed---9753 Approved---9234(94.6%)
...VSC Filed--28326 Approved--26721(94.3%)
SUB_TOTAL-----38079-----------35955(94.4%)

May,2006
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...CSC Filed--19923 Approved--18892(94.8%)
...VSC Filed--56981 Approved--52457(92.0%)
SUB_TOTAL-----76904-----------71349(92.8%)

Jun,2006
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...CSC Filed--18347 Approved--16812(91.6%)
...VSC Filed--29812 Approved--27168(91.1%)
SUB_TOTAL-----48159-----------43980(91.3%)

Jul,2006
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...CSC Filed--17897 Approved--16474(92.0%)
...VSC Filed--17414 Approved--15266(87.6%)
SUB_TOTAL-----35311-----------31740(89.9%)

Aug,2006
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...CSC Filed--19271 Approved--17954(93.1%)
...VSC Filed--12205 Approved--11092(90.8%)
SUB_TOTAL-----31476-----------29046(92.3%)

Sep,2006
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...CSC Filed--17368 Approved--15386(88.5%)
...VSC Filed---9448 Approved---8663(91.6%)
SUB_TOTAL-----26816-----------24049(89.7%)

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TOTAL--------417665-----------381240(91.3%)

Let's just pay attention to the total case filing trend:

FY2006:
-> 2005 Oct: 26770
-> 2005 Nov: 23633
-> 2005 Dec: 26851
-> 2006 Jan: 25150
-> 2006 Feb: 27064
-> 2006 Mar: 31452
-> 2006 Apr: 38079
-> 2006 May: 76904
-> 2006 Jun: 48159
-> 2006 Jul: 35311
-> 2006 Aug: 31476
-> 2006 Sep: 26816

Observations:

1) 26,000 is quite consistent number as to the average cases filed each month, which will serves as a very good base or reference when we count any increase.

2) A huge soar of files starting from Apr 1, 2006, followed by the peak of 76,904 cases filed in May, 2006. Apparently, the increases are those early birds who compete with the FY2007 65,000 cap. No wonder they quickly exhausted the cap by May 26, 2006, 16 months ahead of the end of FY2007.

( Source: http://www.immigrationwatch.com/?ref=131560 )