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By: Beth Robertie, Esq. 最近在USCIS的会议内容中了解到，今年USCIS可能不会像去年一样对于部分F1或J1的持有者实施H1B Cap-Gap Relief的政策。请看以下有关消息： Based on conversations with the USCIS at a recent conference, it is unlikely that students facing the expiration of their F1 or J1 status will be issued “cap gap” relief to help them transition into their H1B status, as they have in the past. Although a memo on the matter has yet to be issued, all indications are that such relief will be unavailable this year. In past years, J1 and F1 students whose status expired sometime during the summer were allowed to stay in the United States pending the beginning of their H1B status on October 1. The cap-gap relief provided a bridge between the end of student status and the start of H1B status. Although beneficiaries were not permitted to work without authorization during that time, they were permitted to remain in the country. In essence, this new policy means that many students will have to leave the country at the end of their student status and process their H1B visas at the consulates abroad in order to return to their H1B employers on October 1. Employers and beneficiaries alike should prepare for this seeming eventuality. Watch this space for further developments on this issue. 本文由范毅禹律师事务所提供 本律师事务所精办各类劳工应聘及专业移民申请 (包括H-1，L-1，EB-1，EB-2，NIW，劳工卡，绿卡等申请)。所有申请由多位美籍律师及拥有15年经验的范毅禹律师亲自处理，我所并特设中英移民网站。内有最新移民新闻资讯及由律师主持的移民问答集，欢迎读者流览查询。 www.fan-law.com (Chinese) www.fanuslaw.com (English) CALIFORNIA : Fan, Fitzpatrick & Thompson, LLP. 370 E. Glenarm St., Pasadena , CA 91106 Tel: [phone] Fax: [phone] MARYLAND : Fan, Fitzpatrick & Thompson, LLP. 230 North Washington Street, Suite 400 , Rockville , MD 20850 Tel: [phone] Fax: [phone]