USCIS has updated its website with the figures for H-1B usage for fiscal year 2007 as of May 12, 2006.  Since it began accepting applications on April 1, USCIS has approved 6,033 H-1B beneficiaries with an additional 28,775 applications pending, for a total of 34,808 applications either granted or pending.  In this same period, USCIS has approved 1,392 H-1B Advanced Degree beneficiaries with 3,246 applications pending, for a total of 4,638 applications either granted or pending.  The respective caps are 58,200 for H-1B visas (with an additional 6,800 set aside for the H-1B1 program until October 1, 2006) and 20,000 for H-1B Advanced Degree visas.  USCIS estimates the number of beneficiary applications needed to reach the cap, with an allowance for denials and revocations, at 61,000 for H-1Bs and 21,000 for H-1B Advanced Degrees. 

	Cap	Beneficiaries Approved	Beneficiaries Pending	Beneficiary Target 1	Total	Date of Last Count
H-1B	58,200 2	6,033	28,775	61,000	34,808	5/12/2006
H-1B Advance Degree Exemption	20,000	1,392	3,246	21,000	4,638	5/12/2006
H-1B (FY 06)	58,200	------	------	------	Cap Reached	8/10/2005
H-1B Advance Degree Exemption (FY 06)	20,000	------	------	------	Cap Reached	1/17/2006