<p>The USCIS has announced that about 15,200 of the annual allotment of 65,000 total H-1B visas have been filed with the USCIS as of this date.  Since the H-1B allotment has been exhausted for this year, the new H-1B visas are for 2012 and start on October 1, 2011.   In related news, it was announced by the State Department that the quota for the employment based permanent residence application for the first and second preferences are current and the third preference quota date has moved to October 5, 2008.</p>