Sharon Scheidhauer from the United States Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) in New York City has encouraged more skilled workers to get their American work permit applications in for processing while their chances are still high for approval.

"We are still accepting petitions, so folks who are interested should apply and get their petitions in," she said.

In the past, the H1B quota used to fill up within a week, yet this year, because big companies have decreased their overseas recruitment programs, the American work visa quota is far from being filled. 

This trend favors smaller companies willing to bring in outside workers through the American work visa scheme, who are usually pushed out by the larger US companies and Indian software companies.