As many of you know the H1B Visa 2022 season started earlier this month with the H1B Registration Process starting on March 9th, 2021 until March 25th, 2021. Starting from March 27th, 2021, we have many users sharing that they have been selected in H1B Registration lottery in our social media groups and one of them (anonymous for privacy) was kind enough to share their H1B Registration Selection Notice and the submission details as well. Thanks a lot to our user who shared this with us for community benefit. We will review all of these details in this article.
If you are looking for H1B FY 2023 sample notice and lottery details, H1B 2023 Lottery Results are out, you can check all details with samples at H1B Visa 2023 Lottery Results Out – Sample Notice
H1B 2022 Lottery Results are out – USCIS Official Press Release
Starting from March 27th, 2021, we have seen many users who applied for H1B registration in the fiscal year 2022 season report that they are selected in the H1B lottery. It was shared all across our social media community platforms.
On March 30th, 2021, USCIS released an Official press note that said initial H1B registration selection process is complete for FY 2022 Season. See below screenshot. They have not given out details on the total count of numbers or anything as such. They only said that lottery is done, and all employers are informed. You can check Summary of USCIS News – H1B 2022 Registration Lottery Results Out for complete information. We need to wait and see for the total registrations count and premium processing details.
There are two stages for H1B registration selection process, one is registration submission and second is H1B Lottery. First let’s look sample of how the Registration submission confirmation looks like.
Sample H1B 2022 Registration Submission Confirmation
After the Employer submits the H1B Registration, there is an option for them to print the confirmation with details. Below is the sample H1B Registration submission confirmation that employer can print out and share it with the applicant. Not many companies share this, and they may only share a screenshot. But, if they do share, it will look like below. You can ask your employer to share the submission confirmation details that look like below, if they have not shared yet.
H1B 2022 Registration Lottery Selection Results
H1B 2022 Registration Lottery results are out since March 27th, 2021. While, we do not have official press release from USCIS, it is confirmed by many users in social media groups. Some of them shared sample selection notices as well. We will review sample notice details in next section.
Firstly, if the applicant is selected in H1B Registration lottery, the online status changes in the registration system and shows as “Selected” next to the H1B registration as shown in below screenshot. Only the employer or attorney would get a notification of the same that the applicant they submitted for was selected in the H1B registration.
The employer need to login to the USCIS H1B registration system to view the H1B registration Selection notice. They can view the same by clicking on the “View Notice” and it has all the details regarding the H1B selection like where they need to file, when they need to file, etc. Let’s look at that below.
Sample H1B 2022 Registration Selection Notice from USCIS
The H1B Registration Selection Notice will be a I-797C Notice of Action, that is similar to any other like H4 Visa I-797C Receipt Notice. It would be of Case Type “H-1BR – H1B REGISTRATION”. Below is the sample H1B Registration Selection Notice for FY 2022 Season that was shared by one of users whose details were submitted for this year H1B registration selection process. Let us look at the meaning of all fields and details on the selection notice below.
Meaning of various fields on H1B FY 2022 Registration Selection Notice
- Beneficiary Confirmation Number : This confirmation number is the long number that would have been generated when the H1B Registration was submitted by your employer or attorney. It cannot be used to check your registration status on USCIS website. It is only used for Internal tracking and lottery purposes. For FY 2022 season, it usually starts with 2022 as in below screenshot.
- Case Type : This indicates the case type of the form. In the H1B registration case, it will be “H-1BR – H1B REGISTRATION”
- Received Date : This is the date when your employer or sponsor submitted the H1B registration online in the registration system. For the below notice, it is March 25, 2021, which is the date when the employer submitted the same.
- Priority Date : This will be blank as it is not applicable.
- Prospective Petitioner : This will be the employer name or the company name that is sponsoring your H1B visa petition for the applicant.
- Notice Date : This is the date when the employer or sponsor was notified regarding the H1B Registration Selection. For the below sample notice, it is March 27, 2021. It can be anywhere from 3/27/2020 to 3/31/2020
- Page : You will see 1 of 2 on first page. There are two pages in the registration notice.
- Beneficiary : This is the actual H1B Applicant or Employee for whom the H1B visa petition has to be submitted to USCIS.
- Company Name and Mailing Address : Below these fields, you will see a box with Company Name and address of the Company
- Notice Type : It will say “Registration Selection”. It will be same on the official copy and the courtesy notice.
Under the boxes, it will say Fiscal Year 2022 Selection and has below information.
- Company ID, Name : You will see the details telling that Company XYZ with Employer ID number ABC submitted a registration for XXX ( Date of Birth XXX) and it was selected for FY 2022 H1B cap, …It will have conformation number 2022-…
- Filing Dates – It will indicate the filing dates for H1B Petition from 4/1/2021 to 6/30/2021 and tell the location to file H1B
- Service Centre Details : This is the service centre that you need file H1B petition in the dates given above. They indicate that you need to submit a copy of this notice as well along with the petition. It is important to file it at the same location listed in the registration notice. For the below sample, it is Texas Service Center.
- Validity of the Registration : It clearly would tell that the registration for h1B is valid for FY 2022 season and for XYZ company. It will also have applicant name XXX with the passport and date of birth of the applicant in it. It will also tell that you cannot substitute the registration for other or transfer the registration to others. It will tell that they may reject the petition if not properly filed.
Below is the actual H1B Selection notice for Fiscal Year 2022. Page 1 has most of the information that is important.
Page 2 of the Registration selection notice with information for people with disabilities.
You may also watch the below YouTube Video that cover the summary of the article
Comparison with H1B Selection Notice from FY 2021
This year’s H1B FY 2022 selection notice looks pretty similar to the H1B Visa 2021 Selection Notice Sample. There is one extra piece of text that is added at the bottom. It reads like below.
“Ensure that any information provided during the electronic registration process matches the information provided on the petition. If any information does not match, you should provide an explanation with your petition and supporting documentation as to why there was a change or why the information does not match. If the information on the registration and petition does not match, USCIS may reject or deny the petition.”
Let’s look at some commonly asked questions now.
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Common FAQs
No, only your employer can check that using their login info online on USCIS website. Read more at H1B Registration Vs Petition – Check Status Online ?
If you have not heard anything in first round by end of the day March 31st, 2021, then you are very likely not selected in first round. Your registration would be held in a pool and maybe used for Second round lottery, if next round happens. We do not know, if there will be a second round…Last year, they had second round.
No one knows this for sure on how the process of notifications work for H1B registrations selected in FY 2022 lottery. Based on experience from previous year, we have seen that some users got their H1B registration selection notification on March 31st as well. So, you need to wait until March 31st to be sure, if you were not selected in Lottery or not. Check with your employer or attorney.
That is something USCIS gives to each beneficiary for tracking. It cannot be verified online, it is only used by USCIS for internal purposes to run the lottery selection.
No one knows at this point, if there will be second round lottery. The concept of H1B registration was introduced last year and we only had second round lottery once and that too it was in August of 2020.
Also, one of the reasons they had second round lottery was because many employers with selected registrations did not file H1B petition for the same due to bad economy with COVID situation and job losses. This year, it may be slightly different as H1B employers clearly know the hiring needs and would file the H1B petition if the lottery is selected for the submission. So, we cannot take it for granted that there will be second round lottery for sure this year as well. We need to wait and see for USCIS guidance on this.
No, you do not get OPT cap gap extension automatically with H1B selection Notice. You need to file the H1B petition before your OPT expires to get the OPT Cap gap extension. Talk to your employer and file the petition before expiration to avoid issues and continue working.
No, it is an electronic Notice that is generated online. Your employer can get it by downloading it online from the selected status location. You need click on “View Notice” to download the same.
As of March 30th, 2021, USCIS has not released any official numbers on the total H1B Visa 2022 Registrations count. The press release from USCIS on March 30th, only talks about completion of the selection process, but does not give any numbers. As of now, you can check H1B Visa 2022 Lottery Predictions to get idea on the total number we may expect based on past history, economy, analysis of various factors. We need to wait for USCIS data.
If you were lucky and selected, you might wonder next steps, you can read Steps after H1B Registration Lottery ? Flow Chart – Process
What do you think of the Selection Results, What do you expect the number is going to be ?
my employer applied through fragomen. just saw the status on fragomen portal where my application for H1B application has been closed and another application with “H1B USCIS CAP MAST NTO” has been opened. No official response has still been communicated till now.
How to interpret this?
How many received receipt numbers after filing petition for the FY 2022 ?
Kumar,
In my I-797 , which I received from employer after lottery, it was mentioned employer as xxx INC and claiming that so called xxx INC is the sister company of yyy INC. but yyy INC is listed as employer in H1Bgrader.com but not the xxx INC for the past 3 years. How can I assume and trust my current employer(xxx INC) in my I797 notice as genuine and also the sister of yyy INC ?
Kumar , can you help me on this ?
Can we expect slight or reasonable improvement in H1B petition approval in bidens regime atleast from April 1st (when compared with his predecessor )
Heard that the rejected cases earlier can be reopened . How long earlier we can go ? Even 6 years ago ?
Sivabalan,
No. Once rejected, they are done. What you are saying is someone applying after approved once and then trying to do transfer. In such cases, they can again, reapply with new employer. But for first time lottery, it will not work..
How can we know the registartion notice received is genuine or not ? My employer didn’t speak to me yet but sent me the i797 document. How can I trust him ? Is there any link from uscis to check indeed the employer is recognized by uscis ?
Ganeshan,
There is no way you can verify that online. You have to trust the employer based on what you know about them. There are a lot of shady consultancies, that may forge these….so, be careful
Kumar,
can we trust myvisajobs portal for checking the employer genuinity ?
Or official employer listing from uscis like below:
https://www.uscis.gov/tools/reports-and-studies/h-1b-employer-data-hub/h-1b-employer-data-hub-files
Ganeshan,
You can use USCIS Employer hub or https://h1bgrader.com/
Kumar,
In my I-797 , which I received from employer after lottery, it was mentioned employer as xxx INC and claiming that so called xxx INC is the sister company of yyy INC. but yyy INC is listed as employer in H1Bgrader.com but not the xxx INC for the past 3 years. How can I assume and trust my current employer(xxx INC) in my I797 notice as genuine and also the sister of yyy INC ?
I got selected in H1-B for FY 2022. But my salary is lower than the Prevailing Wage. Am I going to get rejected? What options I’ve to go through it?
Anybody from Deloitte heard back, because i don’t see anybody who are known to me got any update.
whats your caribou status
I have checked in my connections no one got any communication regarding the same.
Did anyone from Deloitte got any communication regarding the result?
yes got update from lawyer . Not selected . 🙁
Can we track LCA online with any reference number from our employer after he does with DOL. So we can check our name in it ?
Rajesh,
It will not have name on it. You can check the status though.
Has anyone filed LCA who got through the lottery FY 2022. Is premium available this year ?
Ravindran,
So far, yes, we have the premium processing option available.
Is there a 2nd lottery for H1B this year also?
yes
No
Hi Kumar,
Can we expect second lottery for this year?
Did anybody from Deloitte heard back today.
Not yet? Did you get any updates? Have any from Deloitte got updates?
No updates yet.
Whoever got selected got updates rest probably they will inform slowly. So no luck this time .
Are you referring deloitte? Cause no one i know of got a mail. Does that mean very less selection ratio?
whats caribou status any idea?
No Communication till now, Let me know, In case you hear anything
Did anyone get notified today (05-Apr-2021) of being selected?
Did you get notified? Mine is still submitted and attorney said it’s over don’t wait anymore, see other options.
Any one applied through Ana Data consulting and got selected?
anyone applied through Trinity Enivsion and got selected.
I did no reply guess dint gey selected
Will the employer share H1B selection notice if asked for or they can reject such a request?
Hi, What is ur status mentioned in Glomo portal.
Mine is still ‘open’. No email yet.
Infy results are out. All would have received email from Glomo. Mine not selected.
I got email, you can contact me on ms team
Hey Brinda can I contact you over teams ..your employees I’d pls
Give me ur employee id I gonna contact u on teams
1086081
691314
What was the lottery status you had got from Infy Glomo
In waiting
I don’t see any in progress transaction in my Infy Glomo.For new h1b initiation,Assignment has created?
For me,the status is still showing as ‘open’ and pending for registration result but ideally it should have been something like SELECTED/NOT SELECTED.The last transaction happened still shows 18 March 2021.Probably GI team is not updating the GLOMO with exact status for people who are not selected and just holding in the name of ‘Awaiting status update from USCIS’ email.God should know how the backend team operates.
Mine is also waiting..which means not selected
No updates for me in Glomo portal
Call glomo helpdesk and they will give you exact status. Mine is not picked in initial lottery.
Helpdesk won’t say anything clearly and read same email that we got Thu night. This is the update they have to say…”Please note, lottery results are still not updated in Glomo. GI team will update the status selected in the lottery. You may track your application status in Glomo”
GI Team will be using the same record in Glomo if and when the second round occurs sometime later this year and will update the ones which are open to either Selected or Not selected then like last year. So the ones which are still in waiting state has to wait till the second round occurs.
Btw mine got selected in first attempt luckily and have received email from GI to initiate assignment and submit docs by 30 Apr
Is there a 2nd lottery for H1B this year also?
Whats your status Awaiting/Not Selected?
How do you confirm that you’re not selected RK. Did you receive not selected email from.glomo ?
If you have received email from GloMo saying – yet to get status on your H1B application or it is still waiting, it means you are not selected in lottery.
Congratulations :).
I am still waiting for the result. Status is still ‘Open’. Any chance of getting information from GloMO team?
My status says N/A. what does that mean? Do i have to wait for i am not eligible for lottery?
According to my lawyer, mine says the same. Apparently, this means our applications didn’t make it into the lottery pool because there were too many applicants and the system kicks random applications out. But I want to come here and see if this is true.
Did any body from Deloitte got any news
No not yet, did you get any update?
nopes
TCS, Infosys, Wipro, CTS folks chill down. you will get email before 5/6th April
its not a dozen update its huge they will only start this activity by today april 1.
Thank you for the update and lets hope for the best.
and also heard that TCS Chennai and Noida will get updates first.
hope so. Can we drop mail to GMS team for update?
You can but I don’t see them replying to any of us yet
Right.. Not replying.. still waiting from their side
Hi anyone got ANY mail from GMS CTS
Nothing as such, Bangalore team is getting it
I have received the selection mail 😊
I m from tcs Gurgaon
Can you pls tell the subject of mail and from which team we can expect this mail?
From which account
Did any of the CTS associates received any update from Global mobility for the selected candidates
Not Yet… still waiting… did any one get the updates from CTS?
Expecting in next couple of days. Manager saying will take 2 weeks. Hoping to see something this week.
Got email from GM CTS at 4 pm today to upload required docs in H1B Nomination portal. But It doesnt show selection status inside.
Hey Rakesh,
Is H1B nomination app opening for you? If that’s opening it indicates you are selected. I am still waiting.
I just an email stating that my case wasn’t picked.
same here 🙁
Anyone from TCS got the Update ?
Not yet… still waiting from TCS Noida 2
System shows only In Process.. . Don’t know when they will start sending email or notifications in GMS
Already started process of sending emails from yesterday evening
who got the emails and which team is sending mails?
Did any one have update from hyd TCS gms
anybody from TCS HYD got update on 1/04
mine is not selected, I have raised ticket in help desk
How did u confirm that it is not selected ? did it change in GMS
Did anyone get selected today? 3/31??
Yes, I got the notification from my lawyers around 10:00am PST today. I believe that they (lawyers or the companies) are gathering all the selection notifications together and send it out in one shot. I asked for my status update yesterday, they told me that they will let me know in the next day or two and I got the notification today. So you might hear from them (lawyers or the company) tomorrow as well. Good luck!!
Zey,
Agree, attorney take time and inform at once.
Then How other people are getting notified Kumar?
Does Deloitte started sending notifications about the lottery or not. I haven’t heard anything from them yet.
I have not heard anything, let me know in case u hear anything
Hi Kumar
Still we see status as submitted as per employer.
Do we get second list
Can we still hope
Hi Guys,
can we predict the volume based on # of selection from your employers. please advise.
my organization take few weeks to declare the result
The statistics show approx 1 in 3 people got picked up. I checked with few employers.
Nobody that I know in my organization has received any thing from global mobility team regarding lottery team
SO , IS IT REALLY OVER?
Have your colleagues started getting intimation in india
I am working in Biggest of Big4.
Yes Over, the lottery is done and employers are notified already
Traveller,
Check with your company, they should have got it yesterday as USCIS confirmed that they have notified everyone. Maybe your team is not updating yet as they work with attorney and large firms take time to give updates.
Anyone from IBM got any information if they got selected ?
anybody from TCS got an update?
Not yet..
Nope !!
Nope
I think in TCS also they will take more time to update the status to the employees.
That’s creating so much tension for us
Got update from tcs, as got my was selected
Best of luck to all who yet to receive update
But one of my friend told TCS will may update status very late even in May or june.not sure in which manner they will update.mine is still is in progress or will they update on daily basis
Yes. GMS request updated for me. Selected in Lottery.
Really ?
My GMS status still showing as “in process “
yes MY GMS request is showing as in process
Same here
You need to Open the GMS request. See the workflow and when was it last updated. And just below that you would see if you have been selected or not. If not then it will read ‘Your request is in process’ or something. Otherwise it will read SELECTED IN LOTTERY.
i got email that selected but gms status still shows “In process” Does it take time to reflect ?
Am i selected or not ?
mail from which team? and the subject pls?
CTS Global Mobility team said today, they are receiving selected notifications on daily basis and haven’t started communicating to employees yet. So need to wait for few more days.
did u raise GSD to get this info?
Hope this has been confirmed via GSD.
Yes via GSD over phone call.
Hi,
Any updates from CTS GSD so far? did they start to communicate the H1 selection results to employees?
You got any mail on 29th from Global mobility for documentation.
Yes. That is sent for all registrants. Just to be ready with the required documentation in case selected.
Correct.
Few of my fellow project mates didn’t receive it yet
I realized that US H1B lottery is worst process of the world.
Because of you kind of people, the deserved are not getting chance.
Correctly said. Many simply exploited with 3 to 5 employers and got it and stolen others choice indeed. That’s why ex president trump is dead against these technical busters. They should not get the approval for simply exploited and stolen others choice
Any one from TCS NOIDA?
Any one from LnT infotech India got selected ?
Hey Hen, I am also waiting for the update from LTI
Hi Myra ,
Got any update ?
Anyone heard from Larabee and Albi Immigration Lawyer heard about their results?
Anyone from Infosys Pune ?
just got a mail that your application is still waiting for an update from USCIS. Not sure what does it mean!
Just got an email from Fragomen saying H1B 2022 picked, but they did not mention regular or advanced degree cap. I am on OPT 2nd yr at INTEL after my PhD and initially was not selected in 2021 H1B Fiscal yr Lottery. I am actually preparing material for O1 assuming my H1B wont get picked up though. Wish more advanced degree cap candidates working in USA get picked-up. USCIS should revert back to old system where you need to pay and send full H1B packet instead current 10$ and applicant name lower threshold which encouraging IT companies inundate USCIS with their employees with multiple sponsors.
Also got selected today around 3pm, Fragomen didn’t email me but updated their portal with the results , Still don’t know my selection date as they haven’t shared the notice yet
Yes. This way Freshers who joined yesterday are given equal importance as Full stack developer with 9 years experience.
Prasad,
If you get O1, go for it. Better for your green card as well.
No need of old system, USCIS should mandate the end Client column while registration process. Now USCIS algorithm should check for the duplicates based upon the end client. so that all this bullshit Staffing companies will be wiped out.
I got a update from my employee and still showing submitted. Any lucky to get a update on April 1st or it is over?
Even mine as well.. can anyone please clear out doubt ?
Mine is still submitted as well. I am very stressed out, Is there still chance to be selected?
Anybody from Deloitte?
Any update for u till now
no not yet
Not yet….
My employer sent me a screenshot…
Mine is still remained as ” submitted”, but there is “n/a” under the “action” section.
What does that mean?
Is it over or…. do I have to wait more?
May be wait for second round !
same i am confused
did u submitted with stem?
So is it over now? For the ones not selected ? Official communication from USCIS is also updated on the site now.
Will it show not selected or submitted if my employer see the status now?
If it was put in draw and not picked the it would be in submitted status
seems to who ever applied from India as independent those are not picked , out of 20 no one petition picked .
Got picked today. I belong to regular cap non US masters and was my second attempt. I was following the comments on this blog and I was getting nervous as days passed. Stay positive and wish you luck.
Which company?
Congrats rohit
You are very lucky fellow two got picked, choose any one has good record.
Has anyone picked from skillmaze inc
Received mail from uscis, that the lottery process completed.
My h1b picked from two employers, kindly advise how to processed?
Thanks
Krishna
Just because of persons like you, the deserved is not getting chance! Why are you so greedy !
I think the slot that is not filled will be open for the next lottery. It shouldn’t hurt anyone.
Of course it hurts other people. It reduces other people’s chance in the 1st lottery and increased his own chance. The damage was already done before the extra slots were given back. Is it that hard to figure this out?
Finally, thank you for acknowledging this on this forum! I’m seeing so many posts that proudly declare multiple applications and was wondering how they think its totally okay. I applied in my 3rd and last attempt this year (I’m on OPT) and didn’t get picked.
Hey, what a funny you are using word Deserved , he is not getting a Govt job with reservation 🙂
he seems frustrated many years even though having high qualification and experience
How can I check whether my registartion selection notice is genuine or not ? Till now my employer hasn’t come in touch with me and spoke
Drop both and apply through one employer next time , that’s how you proceed
USCIS just announced that the initial lottery process is complete. No numbers yet.