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Page Updated :  December 14, 2014.

H1B 2014 season was over on April 5, 2013 with lottery. Currently, we are in H1B 2016 season. See below for details:

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H1B 2014 Cap reached on April 5th, 2013. Read : 124,000 H1B Visas Filed. Lottery Process
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Just like previous years, we will track all the news updates and cap count numbers related to H1B visa 2014 on this page. You can check out our previous H1B visa 2013 cap count updates page to get an idea.

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All the H1B news releases by USCIS and informative articles related to applying for H1B visa 2014 will be posted below :

H1B Visa FY 2014 Cap Count updates Tracking Table:

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USCIS Update on Regular H1B Cap (65,000) Advanced Degree Cap (20,000) Analysis and Cap Count Update Article.
April 5th, 2013  65,000  20,000 USCIS news Update – Lottery
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3,409 Comments

  1. My cheque still not yet cleared req process,req quota Vermont that means my application not picked in lottorey .lost hope .if any body have idea regarding this just let me know
    Thanks

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    • same here RQ/RP, just got info from employer, didn’t receive receipt # so far, waiting…
      hope it will come soon..

      Reply

  2. I came to know that cheque not cleared that means my application not picked in lottery or still there is hope .If any body got receipt number and after that cheque cleared .lost hopes

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  3. I received receipt notice from my employer today, it is dated 8th April from USICS. RQ/RP. Good luck to you all whoever is waiting.

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    • @NK

      I understand your concern.But Hope is the only way out here.
      In our firm,Some of the folks are waiting on USCIS for receipts for AD/RP/VSC

      We been told to wait till first week of May..The algorithm which the USCIS use is RANDOM.So hang on…
      Nonetheless you can check with ur school International Advisior @ ur SEVIS receipt.

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      • Don’t wait for receipts to be delivered. Check with your employer to see if check is encashed or call your International office and check if SEVIS got updated(I did this :))

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  8. i am thru in the lottery, today morning i received my Receipt no .
    my employer had filed 3, 2 got selected………
    Guys plz dont worry, keep alll the hopes and with gods grace everyone will get it…..
    this forum is amazing and thanks to alll you guys and redbus2us.com…

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  9. Hi Guys,

    Any hopes for RQ/RP ???, any one still awaiting for RQ/RP ??? — one updates from my employer yet..

    Pls. advise.

    Thank you

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    • Lots of hope my friend! Keep it up. A lot of people were still receiving their receipts yesterday. Also USCIS officials say that they will be issuing receipts up until the second week of May.

      Good luck!

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  10. Hello a doubt. while reading through the comments, i found that its mentioned:
    Petition filed under Premium Processing shall have VISA interview appointment date in month of July
    Petition filed under Regular Processing shall have VISA interview appointment date in month of October.

    Is this fact? I thought that for all cases its October.

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    • This is not the case.

      Your Visa Interview can be scheduled before 90 Days from the Day of eligibility.

      Since if your H1 is approved, you are eligible to work in US from 1st Oct, so you can get a visa interview scheduled from 90 days before i.e starting July 2013.

      Now the Premium processing guys will already have a Approved or rejected status within 15 Days so they can get their visa stamped at that time.

      For Regular guys, if you get a approval notice before 1st July, you are also eligible for applying for a Visa interview.

      It will all depend on your Visa Status from USCIC.

      Cheers !!!

      SG

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  12. Hi,

    I have applied through a consulatant(in US) and they have filed close to 200 applications this time. So far, I havent received any updates on my application.

    Today, I called my employer who said that they have recevied 70 applications out of 200 that they have filed and they have asked me to wait for 2 more weeks to know the status of my applicaiton as they are receiving receipts batch by batch.

    This is really creating so much of frustration/anxiety becuase my application doesn’t fall under 70 selected applications.

    God only should help all of us who are anxiously waiting to hear back something!!!

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    • when I call my employer he is getting irritated and telling that he has n’t receive anything.
      is there any dead line to know whether selected in lottery or not.

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    • Hi
      I talked with my employer he filed 3 emplyee file .one file he got back ,mine file is at in USCIC. He didnot get any reply from Lawyer for it. but he told your file is in PP .so how much i should wait for it? and he is fees ammount also not diduct from his account. so when i get result lottery systerm for PP.

      Please any body Help for it .

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      • Hi,

        I advice you to take some crash course of communication skills by the time your H1B is approved. Just don’t go to US because everyone told you to go.

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        • you knw how gud u were in English, pl. do the same thing first for us as well. Hurting and talking harsh to somebody will reflects.

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          • Well, this is an advice. When you land for a job there in US and you can’t write a mail clearly you will end up in issue.
            A desi never takes advice of another desi, you want it from a phirangi go ahead and take it.

          • Well Mr Patel. Chances of you getting is not that great, just because of your last name. There seems to be -ve sentiment of USA consulates towards “Patel”, so I would recommend caution and be prepared even if your case got selected in lotterry and approved.

          • yes but we need to explain it in other way nt straight way. He is holding nerves for his application selection in lottery and u saying won’t go as if everyone told you to go.

            He can improve there as well. And also we can’t judge him with those few lines :).

          • Dear Friends,

            We are no where to judge anyone in life that too not over here. Please understand the situation and feelings of others in this forum who were waiting to see some +ve updates and tips not personal revenge or tit-tat chat.

            This is an humble request. Hope you people understand.

            Thanks in Advance

          • Indian,

            I guess, even you need to improve your English a bit. It’s actually an “email” and not a “mail”. Mail refers to a package sent out through post in US and for the others whose feelings are hurt by Mr. Indian’s comments, need to realize that they need to improve their English a lot. It’s a must if you want to come and work in US. If you end up writing and speaking such English you will embarrass yourself in front of others in US.

          • Nobody is perfect/master in English as I see here even white people as well who speaks butler English excluding pure brit. Everybody needs to learn a lot. Before pointing or giving suggestions to others please question yourself how perfect u were first.

            No indian should discourage other indian. I feel bad abt it.

            Poor guy. He holding nerves for his application and we keep on talking abt him regarding some other topic.

          • Indian – Another correction for you:

            A desi never takes advice FROM a desi (NOT of a desi). And your punctuation is all over the place. So please refrain from hurting somebody else who is in great tension already. And please do not use the name “Indian”, you are an embarrassment.

            Rajendra – there is still time. Call USCIS and find out.

          • Ha ha… Very True!!

            “he is fees ammount” and “diduct” are to be highlighted. And furthermore; he is waiting for reply from USCIC 🙂

            Mr.Patel use Google Chrome. At least use its spell-check feature.

    • Hi thr, this is the response we got from my lawyer.

      Update on Receipt Notices for FY2014 H-1B Cap Cases

      Cite as “AILA InfoNet Doc. No. 13041600 (posted Apr. 16, 2013)”

      USCIS has started the data entry process for H-1B petitions selected in the lottery. Premium processing cases are being handled first and data entry for those cases should be completed by April 15. USCIS announced on March 15, 2013, that the 15-day premium processing clock will start on April 15. (AILA Doc. No. 13031549)

      At the AILA Spring CLE conference on April 12, 2013, Donald Neufeld, Associate Director of the Service Center Operations (SCOPS) Directorate, informed the audience that data entry for non-premium processing cases will begin after the premium processing cases are entered. Data entry for non-premium cases will likely not be completed until sometime in May, and rejection notices for petitions not selected in the lottery will be sent out after that. Please note that when the cap was reached on the first day in 2008, USCIS did not complete data entry and issue receipt notices until late in May. (AILA Doc. No. 08061261)

      Non-premium processing cases can only be converted to premium processing after a receipt notice is issued.

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    • When I call my employer getting irritated and telling that he hasn’t yet receive any thing.
      What is the end date to know rejected or not.
      mine is RQ/RP.iam getting more tensened.

      Reply

      • I don’t understand why u r frustrated? It seems that u r in India right now and have applied from there. You have already got a job there then y r u tensed? If u were in US n had applied here then the situation would be different as u would have had to leave if u were not selected. u will lose just one year nothing else will happen if u don’t get selected. US is not a very great country my friend, so be patient and even if you don’t get selected just wait for another year then apply again. And first of all please improve your English communication skills (even if u don’t get chance to come to US of A).

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        • sk,

          Don’t talk nonsense.
          and shut ur mouth.
          First of all you correct ur English and be in your limits.
          It seems ur BC/SC/ST reservation candidate.
          who are you to ask me.use less fellow.reservation candidate be in ur limits.

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  15. Hi, my H1B has been approved. RQ/RP/CSC. I have a few questions.

    1) is there any chance of rejection when i go for stamping?
    2) can i travel to USA before 1st oct (not to start work)?

    Pls repond. Thanks

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    • There are three stages this year before you get your H1B stamped on your passport:
      Hurdle 1) Getting selected in Lottery
      Hurdle 2) Getting your application approved – This is verification of documents.
      Hurdle 3) Clearing the VISA interview – This is F-2-F verification of yourself and your credentials; You ought to convince the consulate interviewing you, else denied/rejected.

      The last Hurdle whoose probality to deny you permission is as good as 0.1 % is.
      Hurdle 4) Homeland security immigration officer at port of entry giving you I-94 (Admission to USA).

      Responding to your second question: You can travel to USA only after you have your VISA stamped on your passport. If you are a PP, then mostly your interview will be held in July, for RR its during October, so you cannot fly to USA till you have your VISA stamped.

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  16. Guys, first i would like to thank all those who are delivering hope to others.

    I would like to share some good news that i received my receipt notice through e-mail from my attorney today which they received it through ordinary mail.

    Receipt Number : WAC-13-139-*****
    Received Date : April 8, 2013
    Notice Date : April 22, 2013
    Mail Received Date : April 25, 2013
    Type : RC/RP

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    • I am following the comments in this forum from 1st April. Please go through this forum comments. I saw one person among the lot commenting that his file is returned as he was not selected in lottery.

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  18. Hi all, my employer filed my h1b file application on april 1st for RQ/RP — so far no news regarding my case ..

    Guys — is it like everything done ?? or still we’ve to wait , my tension is mounting up daily. I’m getting to hear different news from different people. Please advise.

    Thanks

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    • I got my receipt today (RP/RQ).
      USCIS has said they would finish all the regular processing applications by second week of may. So please do not lose hope.
      They may have even mailed you.. You never know 🙂

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      • @RJ – Congrats..!

        I called my employer,and they said that they haven’t heard any updates from USCIS for my case so far….they’ll update me as soon as they hear something from USCIS .

        Are you sure that we’ve to wait till 2nd week of May ??? . Do you still want me to keep my hopes alive ??

        daily sleepless nights …..highly tensed..

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  20. Hi all,

    I have commented this forum till now with different names.
    And I was very worried till some time back. But really want to convey all of you not to loose hope.

    I just got call from my employer that I am selected in lottery.

    THANKS A LOT ALL OF YOU FOR KEEPING ME ALIVE 🙂 LAST 25 DAYS.

    Wishing everyone good luck.

    RQ/RP/CSC

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  21. One question:
    If breaking down the Receipt Number you have the following sequence:
    For example Receipt Number WAC-13-128-51234
    where:
    WAC/EAC = Processing Center (Vermont or California)
    13 = Current Year
    128 = The day, where the count starts from October 1st. Therefore 128 = April 8th
    51234 = Case number.

    Here comes the question: If the case number starts with 5, means, 50.000 applications, correct? and the maximum would be 85.000, correct?
    As I see, the receipt numbers received so far starts with case number 5, which meas, 50.000, so there are about 35.000 receipts to be sent out still, correct?
    doing this math, it seems like we still got some chance!!!!

    Lets keep faith on it guys. I am going crazy cuz mine never arrived yet.
    I applied for Premium Process at Vermont center.

    Good luck everyone!!!!

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    • The receipt numbers daily start from 50000 (last 5 digits)
      The number representing the day (128, 129, 130…) keeps incrementing.

      So you will find receipts with numbers
      WAC-13-128-50000
      WAC-13-129-50000
      WAC-13-130-50000
      .
      .
      WAC-13-140-50000

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    • What do you mean by this

      128 = The day, where the count starts from October 1st. Therefore 128 = April 8th

      Is this like from today number of days till October 1st.

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      • Please refer the following link for more details: http://redbus2us.com/received-h1b-2014-receipt-number-with-eac-wac-what-next-check-status/

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      • @ ASV
        Thank you for your explanation.

        @Anonymous
        http://redbus2us.com/received-h1b-2014-receipt-number-with-eac-wac-what-next-check-status

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  22. Got news from my employer today afternoon:
    Got my Receipt.
    Received date: 04/08
    Notice date:04/20
    Received the receipt from employer: 04/25
    Receipt no : EAC131415****
    Regular Process/Regular Cap

    Dont Lose hope guys. Believe that you have already got it. I did the same. 🙂
    All the best!!

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  23. Is it all over for RQ/RP/CSC …?? or they are sending receipt for those for whom they received application on 1st. My application was send on 2nd and courier got received on 3rd .

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  24. My employer told that couple cheques cleared and he will know the exact applications by tomorrow …. No idea why need to wait to till tomorrow.. any ideas guys !!!

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    • When was it cleared?
      I am still waiting for my Receipt PP/Vermont
      About to loose faith!!
      Any good news can bring back the hope!!!
      Good Luck to all of us!!!

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      • Cleared Today (RP/RQ/No idea of Service Center)… Am not sure what he mean by “Cleared” and need to wait till tomorrow to know the exact application… I was under the impression that when the cheque is cleared then one can immediately map & find out the individual application.. why wait till tomorrow…? Have no idea man..

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        • If the employer applied multiple H1 applications, they are suspecting that there may be possibility that checks may not be accurately cleared for the same individual. They are not revealing the details until they receive the receipt number in e-mail/mail for that individual. My employer says, one of my collegue’s check got cleared, but he don’t want to reveal that information to him until he get receipt in hand. Hope this make sense.

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    • Hi Watchdog…Can you please confirm from your employer that your check was cleared today itself? Or was it cleared on some previous day and they just let you know today?

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          • Are you sure HB????
            Is there anyone in this forum proof HB wrong???
            Heart breaking.. 🙁 I am still hoping to get a receipt. RP/GQ/California

          • Hello,

            Can My employer call USCIS and get some information? Or Can I call USCIS to get some receipt related information?

          • Hi pal,
            Don’t worry! the USCIS DOES NOT Stop Giving Receipt numbers, I will give you an example: today I’ve got my receipt number from my university by checking the SEVIS number, but till now I did not receive it from USCIS.
            So what I am saying is be patient and you will get your receipt within the next few days !

            Good Luck

    • If not received by this friday- as for as my knowledge the hope is bleak & need to just depend on Wait List pick process….which is 0.1% chance and takes too much time with lot of uncertainities…

      This is just my feeling /analysis….

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  27. Finally got receipt today at 2.00pm .. RP/RQ/VSC.. My employer receive the packet today.. My application has reached on 01 April 13 at 10.30 am.

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  28. Hi All,

    With god’s grace, Finally I got the mail from my employer

    Applied date: 04/01
    Received date: 04/08
    Notice date:04/19
    Received the receipt from employer: 04/25

    Regular Process/Regular Cap

    Wish you all the best for everyone who is waiting.

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  29. I think receipt start with EAC and WAC denotes for Easten (Vermont) /Western (Calif.) Application Center, Is there any other difference ??

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    • Can you tell us when exactly between 1st and 5th april had your application got received ? I am just trying to understand if for RQ/RP, they are sending receipt confirmation based on the date on which they received the application…

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  33. Whats the deal for the below categories:
    Regular=General=65K bucket

    Option 1) Regular Quota/Premium Processing (RQ/PP)
    Option 2) Regular Quota/Regular Processing (RQ/RP)

    Both options are done deal ? OR Still some hopes left for option 2? My employer got receipts for 2 out of 7 (all were RQ/RP).. No news on my application as of yet…..

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  34. This is really unbelievable “”” On April 25, 2013, the 15-day Premium Processing clock stopped on your I129, PETITION FOR A NONIMMIGRANT WORKER. “”””

    I sent out client letter , vendor letter , educations , experience , ID from the client side ,,,

    what elseeee they wantt ??????????????

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    • Did he receive the e-mail or mail from USCIS. If yes, please tell us what is the exact date that he received the info from USCIS?

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  40. Hi,

    Do we have any updates from TCS?
    Still i didn’t get any updates from TCS visa group.

    Is anyone got the receipt number from TCS pls let us know…….

    Thanks

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  43. Any one filed through MAARKOVERSEAS? Can you please comment on feedback received? alternatively you can communicate at voidofdeath ‘at’ gmale ‘dot’ come. Would appreciate if all group together so as to know if they are a genuine consultant or a fake.

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    • There is a site called My Visa Jobs. They have the details of the companies who all have applied for H1B visa till 2012. Try searching your consultant details in that site. Hope this helps 🙂

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  45. @Anon,
    Thanks for your response.My consultancy firm said they have recieved the post on monday saying my petetion is not selected in computer generated lottery.Mine was under Regular Quota/Regular Processing.Did anybody else recieved their petetion back?

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    • Harsha,

      sorry for you bro. Dnt loose your hope, this is not the end of the world. Try again next year.. all the best for the next year Bro…

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  46. Anyone applied through MAARKOVERSEAS, please share ways to communicate, as I seriously doubt if they had actually applied? They say “Lotterry will be in June”, even though USCIS officially announced its done on 7th April. Contact me at voidofdeath at gmail dot com

    Need to find out, so kindly share contact!

    Thanks and appreciate the support from this forum.

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  47. I had been informed by my HR last week that i was selected but as it turned out there was some confusion between the attorney and HR. I am still hoping i will get lucky soon. 🙂

    Based on the comments here, i advised my employer and attorney to call USCIS and ask the case update. As per my attorney “We cannot follow up with USCIS regarding a specific case especially if there is nothing wrong with the process.”.

    Can someone point me to some official link which mentions that the attorney/employer can call USCIS and enquire the status. I can share same with my attorney.

    I belong to the group who think that the attorney/employer should call the USCIS and not the employee impersonating as employer. Hopefully i keep my patience, especially because my HR would be on leave for 3 weeks starting next week and the attorney is not too accomodating when it comes to answering my concerns. Despite couple of reminders, my attorney never shared the tracking number for my petition but insists that it was delivered.

    Can someone share such official link?

    Also, to update this is what my attorney said:

    We have been informed that the data entry for regular processing cases will likely not be completed until sometime in May. Please note that when the cap was reached on the first day in 2008, USCIS did not complete data entry and issue receipt notices until late in May.

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    • Just wait and watch. Don’t bother the attorney. If it has to happen it will happen, just be little patient. Don’t even think of calling USCIS, they won’t entertain your call. All the best.

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  48. hi guys

    I am in Regular non master degree. My status is not changing from “Intial Processing”. I am outside U.S. how my process will be done ?

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  49. Guys,

    Got the mail I was waiting for…

    Applied date: 04/01
    Receipt date: 04/08
    Received the receipt from employer: 04/24

    Regular Process/Regular Cap
    Receipt #: WAC131375xxxx
    Thanks all for sharing updates, gives you an idea of whats happening and what to expect.
    I will share my updates as and when i get em.

    All the best for everyone waiting.

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