Well, folks, we have a breaking news update from USCIS saying that H1B Visa Cap for Fiscal year 2014 has been reached. The human psychology has kicked in and many employers rushed to get their H1B petitions ahead of their schedule due to the press release by USCIS indicating that it expects more petitions. Here is a summary of the news release by USCIS on the cap completion for FY 2014.
News Summary by USCIS on H1B 2014 Cap Completion :
- USCIS has received enough number of H1B petitions for fiscal year 2014 under regular quota, which is 65,000 petitions.
- USCIS also have received enough number of petitions for masters quota cap, which is 20,000.
- USCIS will not accept any petitions for H1B Visa 2014 after today, which is April 5th, 2013.
- USCIS will conduct lottery or Random computer selection to pick the cap subject petitions filed for FY 2014. The lottery system will be exactly like we described earlier in our blog. Read H1B Visa 2014 Lottery Process – Step by Step.
- USCIS will conduct lottery for Advanced quota petitions and pick 20,000 petitions from that pool
- For all the masters quota petitions that are not selected in lottery will be placed into general quota pool
- A lottery will be conducted on the combined pool of petitions to pick the 65,000 petitions that are eligible for the FY 2014.
- USCIS is not providing an exact number to us today as they are still processing petitions received for FY 2014 that were received today.
- USCIS will give us more detail update next week, stay tuned.
Did you miss this year cap? Check out H1B Visa 2015 FAQs, it will help you get some idea.
Official USCIS reference : News Release : H1B Visa FY 2014 cap complete
Got the receipt no for master quota PP.
Here is the email confirmation.
The Vermont Service Center has received the following
I-129 Petition for Nonimmigrant Worker
that had been filed under the Premium Processing Service:
Receipt Number: EAC13***********
Date Received: 04/08/2013
Petitioner: ***************************
Beneficiary: *********************
DOB: ********************
Classification sought: H1B
The Form I-797 Receipt Notice will follow in the mail.
The Vermont Service Center will adjudicate this case within
15 calendar days of the “received date” set forth above.
If approved, you will receive e-mail notification of such.
If we require additional evidence, we will fax said request to the fax
number provided on your completed I-907 Request for Premium Processing Form.
Please do not reply directly to this message. The e-mail account used to
send this message is used by the Service Center only to send messages
notifying filers of premium processing case information.
If any of the information above is incorrect, please contact a Vermont
Service Center Premium Processing Unit customer representative by forwarding
this message with your comments to vsc-premium.processing@dhs.gov or by
calling
1-(866) 315-5718. Please note that the e-mail address and phone number
listed above are designated for premium processing issues only.
Thank you for using the USCIS Premium Processing Service.
Guys read this
Happy news it seems!
New Delhi, April 9: US Senators are working overtime to finalise the immigration bill and holding negotiations to increase cap on H1B visas to 100,000. There is a possibility that the visa cap may be raised to 1.5 lakh. The Senators are framing laws to boost visas for high-tech workers and also to punish companies that train workers in US and them overseas. One of the leading figure in this talks is Senator Dick Durbin (Democrat). He is keen to punish outsourcing firms and wants higher wages for workers brought in on the H-1B visas. According to media reports, there is overwhelming demand from companies like Microsoft, Apple and Google for the H-1B visas, which are now capped at 65,000 annually, plus 20,000 more that are reserved for foreign workers who have earned an advanced degree from a US university. Faced with that kind of a demand, the senators have contemplated lifting the cap to around 100,000, with a possibility of as high as 150,000. If the visa cap goes up, it is a clear win for the tech industry, which has been aggressively lobbying in recent years. Last week, the Homeland Security Department announced that after less than a week of accepting applications, it already had received more requests than visas available for the current year. The immigration bill will also allow permanent US residency to unlimited numbers of people with advanced degrees in Stem (science, technology, engineering and mathematics) from universities in US. The Senate talks began today in Washington after a two-week spring break. There seems to be a broad agreement on the immigration bill, so dear to President Barack Obama, but the sticky point that is holding an agreement is the question of treatment of high tech visas. The bill is likely to be passed later this week or early next week.
Read more at: http://news.oneindia.in/2013/04/09/serious-talks-in-us-to-raise-h1b-visa-cap-1189723.html
This will not affect us for sure. Plus this bill may not be passed before end of this year. Please do not build false hopes.
go through below and be happy for time being….:)
http://news.oneindia.in/2013/04/09/serious-talks-in-us-to-raise-h1b-visa-cap-1189723.html
Why do you guys think that USCIS didn’t release the advanced degree cap number? I keep trying to figure this out…. They did in 2008, why wouldn’t they this time around. If they are already sending out notifications for PP, they must know the exact number.. Could it be that they are putting all ADE through? Or that there were just a few petitions more than 20,000? Or that there were a lot more than 20,000?
Saurabh, thoughts…?
I think there are 24k ~ and yes there was a lottery for MS cap.
Reason they did not post number this year is because there was no gradual buildup of cap depletion. in 2009-2011 everytime they updated they showed numbers up until the cap was filled out, and I remember they just said that they had received enough petitions for that year.
No one is sleeping these days ,wow i thought its just me.
One thing is sure, more the uscis dealy in results, more demage for this country bcoz 20,000 + advanced cap ppl are not able to focus at office 🙂
Couldmt agree more with yoi
I think the H1b should be limited by country, because it seems to be unfair:
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/3f/HIB_by_nation_2006_to_2008.svg
2/3 of all petitions are from India, even China has less. And if just to limit the amount of petitions depending on the country, it solves all the problems.
To confirm once agn no one has received any receipt number yet including PP guys. Do anybody got a chance to know frm their employers or lawyers that their application is selected in lottery? for ex like check is accepted and money is deducted from account ?
Can you people update which lawyer you are using? My lawyer normally don’t respond!
My lawyer told me we might know everything by the end of this week. Mine is regular processing under the general quota
Actually One of my friend got confirmation receipt for H1B processing after lottery processing.
When did you friend receive the confirmation mail ? What is the content of it ?
Fuck all indians, fuck india, stay home motherfkers, cockroaches
Man I am an Indian but I cant agree with you anymore. I cant fuckin sleep because of all this. I did my bachelors from a top university and look where I am now.
Yeah, we are all in the same situation, waiting for the results 🙁
what do you do when you wait for result and anxious? Lets fight?
Thanks bro..
Where are you from Klauss?
Just wanted to reply you in the same line.
Hello if your not a citizen of USA, then you are also a mother fucking cockroaches
Moderator, i am surprised that you are allowing these kind of abusive comments…
Hi guys,
I asked this question before too.
Can I get upgrade to premium processing now? I have not received application number yet. Thanks
Sir, Kindly use your brains. Will you ask scis to search for your packet and upgrade it to PP.!?
If you are selected. You’ll receive a receipt number, using which your attorney can request for PP upgrade.
Thanks for answering me and also for being sarcastic. I knew, i just wanted to confirm it, you know.
No hard feelings bud!
Thanks Manish.
Hi All,
Now that lottery is completed ,what if The Immigration Innovation Act of 2013 (“I-Squared Act”) is passed, will the lottery be ignored? Is there any relalistic chance that it will be approved
Just accept the reality as it is man, its easier in the long run.
Life is suck big time.
Struggle at university.
Stress when looking for job.
Got job! struggling to show our skill and communication.
our and communication are acknowledge! Ah will got sponsor H1B.
Now stress again has to go through so-called lottery.
Can’t agree more!
Thanks man!
Look at your English man.And you want to get a H1B ! You struggled in your university for a reason.
– I am not struggling at university because of my English.
– Do I have to type everything correctly in here I mean grammatically?
– You are such an idiot! please don’t insult someone because of his or her English! Are you a native or grammar guru or something?
– I have been working here for almost 2 years If my English is that bad I would have not made it here in the first place.
Forget about communication skills.You mentioned you are struggling to show your skills at your current job. You are struggling to do your job even after 2 years? All I am saying is , you have got a very lenient boss/company. 2 years is a long time my friend.
I think you probably knew already that some of us-software engineer like being silent which is what I mean in bad communication skill here because silent is not good in communication. I didn’t mention that I struggled to show my skill for 2 years. Whatever you think man I am sad that is why I commented here to feel released from stress in waiting the result.
All the best CK.Sorry if I made you sad.Chin up my friend. H1B is not the end of the world.
I’d always been unlucky in my life in all aspects. Most of my friends are in US and some even returned back to india completed his/her tenure,.But atleast I was happy that I got initiated this time , but now I feel the chances are very slim.
Now every thing has already been decided(lottery is completed), its just we need to hear from our employer.
If we are thru lottery this time, I next year it is going to be more difficult.
More or less the case is same with me… I don’t know its not in my hand.. but could not sleep peacefully thru nights since 1st April…
All the best…. me to consider myself as one those unlucky fellow who thinks all negative energy is coming to them however positively I try to deal with though… but finally what I think is Whatever is happening is for good for me!! Mind tricks.. what else..
2011 – h1 application reached one day later than USCICS declared the final date
2012 – L1 was applied so could not apply for H1.. policies… L1 rejected…
2013 – lottery..
Tell you one thing, you will be fine this time 🙂 good luck
Same is case with me too…
But Lets hope for the best this time…
Anyways we will get to know something from employers/lawyers by the next week
Hitesh
Noway of getting EAC number today itself or en-cashing the check..
Guys don’t listen false news.. I am the employer, we applied for around 30 premium and 10 master quota premium( I am just saying about premium quota h1bs)…none of the check encashed so far.. i don’t think, none of our h1bs get selected.. Our applications gone to both California and Vermont.. I been in this business for more than 10 years.. For premiums, we used to get email prior to check encashed, once they assign receipt numbers ( couple of times only, we missed receipt emails so far).. the day they assign the receipt number, they deposit in to the bank.. Any banking check transaction used to update after 3AM EST..yesterday was Sunday, I am 100% sure that There won’t be any check en-cash today.. Probably, you guys will know from tomorrow onwards.
Finally – It’s upto you whether you believe false news or not..
Guy please either click on support this bill from Congress website:
Innovation Act 2013 which will increase h1b cap to around 115k and Market-based H-1B visa limits which means if market demand h1b is high there will be addition 30k added to meet the market demand. There is a button to support. Currently 75% and lots of Congress member in the list.
http://www.opencongress.org/bill/113-s169/show
TITLE I–EMPLOYMENT-BASED NONIMMIGRANT VISAS
Sec. 101. Market-based H-1B visa limits.
Sec. 102. Employment authorization for dependents of H-1B nonimmigrants.
Sec. 103. Eliminating impediments to worker mobility.
TITLE II–STUDENT VISAS
Sec. 201. Authorization of dual intent.
TITLE III–EMPLOYMENT-BASED IMMIGRANT VISAS
Sec. 301. Elimination of per-country numerical limitations.
Sec. 302. Recapturing lost employment-based immigrant visas.
Sec. 303. Aliens not subject to direct numerical limitation.
TITLE IV–STEM EDUCATION FUNDING
Sec. 401. Funding for STEM education and training.
Sec. 402. Promoting American Ingenuity Account.
Sec. 403. STEM education grant application process.
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Hi All,
Any one who is in general quota and got his file number or got information from his lawyer or got the receipt amount deducted from your employer’s bank account please post we can call our prospective employers. Any help will be appreciated. Request you to please stay away from putting forward false information and make me and people like me more tensed :). Hope you will play fair.
Everything is over but we don’t know anything
WTF …USCIS you are doing?
Cannot tolerate this pain
Evening my friend came to know that USCIS deducted money through his lawyer for his filing
is your friend master quota?
Guys don’t listen false news.. I am the employer, we applied for around 30 premium and 10 master quota premium( I am just saying about premium quota h1bs)…none of the check encashed so far.. i don’t think, none of our h1bs get selected.. Our applications gone to both California and Vermont.. I been in this business for more than 10 years.. For premiums, we used to get email prior to check encashed, once they assign receipt numbers ( couple of times only, we missed receipt emails so far).. the day they assign the receipt number, they deposit in to the bank.. Any banking check transaction used to update after 3AM EST..yesterday was Sunday, I am 100% sure that There won’t be any check en-cash today.. Probably, you guys will know from tomorrow onwards.
Finally – It’s upto you whether you believe false news or not..
Thank you . You sound genuine. I will choose to trust you.
‘xyz’, can you share your email id pls? Or how do we connect(If you agree)?
Guys do not panic…. Remember this “God always give his best to those who leave the choice with him.”
I wish all of you and me too best of luck…. (All who are in the brink of End of Status specially OPT Ext. students )
I am projecting 24k Masters cap, simply by using the fact that when there were total 163k applications in 2008, they had 31200 in MS cap. Anyone agrees? What do you think?
That means 4/5 MS petitions should be initially chosen, and then on to 1/1.62 for remaining.
According to this news report there will be lottery only among IT professional
http://ibnlive.in.com/generalnewsfeed/news/us-uses-lottery-to-choose-recipients-of-h1b-visas/1236512.html
Not too sure if its correct!
Not true. I am Aerospace major and my application is part of lottery as well. Every petition is part of the lottery as long as it is capped (vs exempt like universities etc.)
How do you know your application is part of Lottery? There is no way to check, right?
They said so, right. All petitions were subject to lottery as per news alert, and the current laws applicable.
any way, it’s nothing in our hand.. don’t get panic.. All the best..
Guys do not worry who applied in Master Quota…
1) May be in 2008 the people who are not selected in lottery USCIS introduce the OPT extension of 17 month for student who are not selected in Lottery.
so may be the reason for not showing the number of petition in master quota is because they might have selected all MS application and not have done lottery for Master’s people… and only done for the regular people…..
In 2008 they helped ms people by intorducing the opt extension rule now they will choose without showing the number….
I may be wrong but lets hope for best….. all the best guys….
Sorry but I think you misunderstand the lottery system. They did two separate lotteries, and the leftover from the first (20K) are added onto the second. OPT extension was introduced to help MS students who did not get lottery selected, but if you think about it, it only makes things worse for the next cycle…so it was not really a solution.
I pray with god that ur right
hc i know uscis post that they done two lottery system but only uscis and god knows since there is nothing we can see so its all in the air….. and thinking about next cycle i agree it can be worst but USCIS can do anything whatever they want……who knows …
Nirav: USCIS has no reason to misrepresent themselves or the truth. That is what they say they did, and it is for all we know. No need to be cynical here, try to be hopeful 🙂 I understand the stress we all are going through but remember 4/5 of MS cap applications (according to my humble predictions) will make it through. Plus there is alos your second chance with the 1/1.62 percentage success. Keep your fingers crossed!
I pray with god that ur right.
I am crossing my fingers..
anyone knows how many AD applicants were not selected in 2008 lottery? this might give some idea and hope..
None…the people who couldn’t make it through lottery were automatically placed into Opt-STEM extension
Thanks so much for answering.. This is a ray of hope!!
Hope for the best… You guys work real hard to come to this stage…and definitely all MASTER’s degree holders need an edge compared to H4 or people filing from India…it doesn’t make a difference for them..but for you guys its u r bread and butter….
K,
Not correct. One can apply for OPT STEM extension only under certain scenarios. So there were probably applicants who didn’t qualify for OPT STEM extension and didn’t make through the random selection.
OPT extension is an option to some, do make plans to make use of it if lottery does not work for you. Good luck.
I’m telling what happened in the year 2008, when there was no STEM extension
OK I misunderstood. But those guys got lucky since 2009 recession slowed H1B quota depletion. Next year you will have a ton of backlog from this year, in addition to another 165k ++ (expected with a stronger economy) so unless new immigration laws are passed it will not be too pleasant in 2015 lottery.
good luck to all! please guys post here when you hear back your results…this will help others know what to expect!
I am a PhD and therefore worried so much 🙁
But thanks so much for the response..i do see some ray of hope.
And good luck to all of us 🙂
if u didn get thru lottery u have to apply for stem opt.u do not get it automatically. N if ur in ur final yr of stem like many here. Then this yr lottery is ginal chance. Total possible opt is 27 months. Do not frget that ther are lot of us stem opt ppl n its our last chance
I understand. For some this will be the last train to catch. Some work for non E-Verify businesses and STEM not an option altogether. I personally will not be able to make use of STEM extension so I need this to work. Praying and hoping now.
Yes I agree wid u n hope the best fr u. Bt u shud convince ur comp to get everifief its xtremely easy system to use n get started with.
WASHINGTON—For the first time since 2008, U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) has reached the statutory H-1B cap of 65,000 for fiscal year (FY) 2014 within the first week of the filing period. USCIS has also received more than 20,000 H-1B petitions filed on behalf of persons exempt from the cap under the advanced degree exemption.
USCIS received approximately 124,000 H-1B petitions during the filing period, including petitions filed for the advanced degree exemption. On April 7, 2013, USCIS used a computer-generated random selection process (commonly known as a “lottery”) to select a sufficient number of petitions needed to meet the caps of 65,000 for the general category and 20,000 under the advanced degree exemption limit. For cap-subject petitions not randomly selected, USCIS will reject and return the petition with filing fees, unless it is found to be a duplicate filing.
The agency conducted the selection process for advanced degree exemption petitions first. All advanced degree petitions not selected were part of the random selection process for the 65,000 limit.
As announced on March 15, 2013, USCIS has temporarily adjusted its premium processing practice. To facilitate the prioritized data entry of cap-subject petitions requesting premium processing, USCIS will begin premium processing for H-1B cap cases on April 15, 2013. For more information on premium processing for FY 2014 cap-subject petitions, please see the related USCIS Alert.
USCIS will continue to accept and process petitions that are otherwise exempt from the cap. Petitions filed on behalf of current H-1B workers who have been counted previously against the cap will not be counted towards the congressionally-mandated FY 2014 H-1B cap. Accordingly, USCIS will continue to accept and process petitions filed to:
extend the amount of time a current H-1B worker may remain in the U.S.;
change the terms of employment for current H-1B workers;
allow current H-1B workers to change employers; and
allow current H-1B workers to work concurrently in a second H-1B position.
U.S. businesses use the H-1B programto employ foreign workers in specialty occupations that require theoretical or technical expertise in specialized fields including, but not limited to: scientists, engineers, or computer programmers.
For more information on USCIS and its programs, please visit www.uscis.gov or follow us on Twitter (@uscis), YouTube (/uscis) and the USCIS blog The Beacon
Hoping ur right
According to this news article selection is made only among IT professional:
http://ibnlive.in.com/generalnewsfeed/news/us-uses-lottery-to-choose-recipients-of-h1b-visas/1236512.html
not too sure if its correct.
S,
The news article assumed that all H-1 applicants are IT professionals. So not true.
If possible, can i know how many weeks it takes to get receipt number for regular processing applications? I have to contact my lawyer tomorrow morning. Do all of you guys got response from your lawyers that your application is picked in lottery?
Thanks
if you are on regular petition then it might take anywhere from 1-4 weeks. best thing is not to panic and just be patient. nothing you can do anyway.
They should make this lottery algorithm open source. I hope they are using some sort of reservoir sampling.cant trust, problems include implementation errors, seeding, and a modulo bias caused due to incorrect division of range of the random generator. MAKE it open source or am i just over reacting in this state of anxiety.
Over reacting
Dude, Even if the algorithm has “problems”, correcting the problem does not solve our “problem”. The total number will never go above 65k+. So the probability of getting a H1 will never increase (And it will no way help you/us). As long as the program runs, and selects 65k applications, and is not biased, it should be fine. The only thing your correction will do is change the beneficiary of random selection. Hope u get my point.
To answer your question, Yes, u r overreacting.
We dont know what they did. There is no transparency in their lottery system.
they already did the lottery.. total 124,000 application received..
Source: ” http://www.uscis.gov/portal/site/uscis/menuitem.5af9bb95919f35e66f614176543f6d1a/?vgnextoid=c91dea8c9eadd310VgnVCM100000082ca60aRCRD&vgnextchannel=a2dd6d26d17df110VgnVCM1000004718190aRCRD “
The quickest way to figure out if you were selected in lottery is to keep an track of the check you/your company send to USCIS.
If the check gets deducted that means your application has been selected.
This is how my friends figured out in 2008.
Would you mind telling how much time does they normally take to encash the Check?
Back when I applied for OPT it took longer for my check to be cashed than to receive an email and then a letter saying that my application was received. Guess it might not be different here.
This article says the answer will be given via US mail.
Is that true or will we also get emails?
http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/04/08/usa-visas-h1blottery-idUSL2N0CV1I320130408
Not sure. They usually send email notifications. But to do that, they have to do data entry of all the petitions. Considering the volume of the total number of petitions, they might just send the US mail. We shall wait and see.
Jaa,
If the petition was applied w/ PP, then they will be notified via email. Otherwise, snail mail.
Thanks!!
Please stop spreading rumors.It is too early to receive receipt numbers.
It will take atleast 3-7 business days to receive the receipt numbers by mail.
In case your attorney filed G1145 application.It will take around 1-3 business days to receive the email notification from the service center.
At this point it is too early to receive the receipt numbers.Please do not panic.
I got the EAC from my lawyer. If you are selected, your lawyer can tell you the number now. Contact your lawyer to find out the lottery result and get the EAC.
Did you go for regular or premium processing?
Premium processing. Master Cap.
Did your attorney receive the receipt number by Mail or email or text?
By email.
K: Are you serious about receiving your EAC already? I am sorry but this does not make too much sense. My lawyer said it would be at least a week before we start hearing back from uscis, and I am on premium. Regular applications might have to wait a bit longer.
Yeah, you are right. There is no way you can have any reliable information at the moment. I am on premium too but I think we might hear something back by next friday.
I have no reason to lie. You may think that I am telling a lie. It is up to you. I just wanted to share my case to help my colleagues to know what is going on with the visa and the lottery.
By the way, the “K” in the upper thread (who discussed STEM and OPT with S and hc) is not me. Please don’t be confused.
Who is your lawyer?
Congrats!
What’s EAC? Will it lead to your lottery result ? If you received your EAC, what’s ur result?
It is your receipt number. If you get this recepit number, it means that you are selected
Are you in premium? My lawyer told me should take a couple of weeks…
Yes, mine is premium…
What ?? It take weeks to figure out the lottery result if you on regular processing???
Man, this is toxic..
Yes… USCIS is really… I felt we are not treated as people…
Wow..congratulations!
Congrats. Do you fall under Advanced Degree exemption?
There are four service centers …Vermont is for Masters
EAC = Eastern Application Center = VSC
WAC = Western Application Center = CSC
SRC = Southern Resource Center = TSC
LIN = Nebraska Service Center = NSC
You are wrong.
There are only 2 service centers which do the H1B filings
1.VSC
2.CSC
Based on the Job location your applications are sent to the appropriate service centers.
Ex: If your job is located in California or Nevada or Oregon etc your application is sent to CSC
It is too early to receive receipt numbers .Please do not get panic.
My BAD…yes its just two centers …. !!
Please don’t spread rumors. My lawyer told me that it will take atleast 2 to 3 days for premium and 2 weeks for regular..
Please vote for this petition and spread the word
https://petitions.whitehouse.gov/petition/introduce-company-level-cap-temporary-work-permits-h1-b/tF8QSBhJ
Reply I received from my HR and Attorney….
So, we will come to know by end of the week whether our case is selected or not.
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USCIS is now starting to send out rejection notices on cases that were not selected, as well as receipt notices for cases that were selected directly to
expects to start receiving electronic receipt and rejection notices this week on the H-1B premium processing cases it filed.
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Wow, redbus2us.com eliminates contents put inside angle brackets.
TO prevent SQL injection 😉
Not SQLInjection but to avoid XSS cross site scripting
NEWS from USCIS: USCIS received approximately 124,000 H-1B petitions during the filing period, including petitions filed for the advanced degree exemption. On April 7, 2013, USCIS used a computer-generated random selection process (commonly known as a “lottery”) to select a sufficient number of petitions needed to meet the caps of 65,000 for the general category and 20,000 under the advanced degree exemption limit. For cap-subject petitions not randomly selected, USCIS will reject and return the petition with filing fees, unless it is found to be a duplicate filing.
It is making me laugh, whatever we are predicting everything is wrong. First people said lottery will last longer then they said there will be max 100k cap.
Now, can anyone please guess when will we start getting the receipts?
Not sure.
I just asked my lawyer and she said that we will know in less than 2 weeks, but I guess it will happen before that …
same here
I am based in the US and about to resume duties for a multinational. I have been told that we will be informed about the status of our application by the end of this month.
Gary,
If your employer applied for H-1, then they should know the result of random selection process within next few weeks. Once the petition has made through the cap, USCIS will adjudicate the petition, which can take another 2-6 months (or less in case of PP).
80% chance is there that you have selected in the gambling.
It’s not 80% chance for the normal applications, it’s 62.5% which is very low.
65000 / (124000-20000)
That is if you are not a MS. Also, you didn’t include those MSs who were not selected in their lottery.
I did include them.
We don’t know what the situation is for the MS because they didn’t specify how many applied for MS. We only know that more than the 20000 applied. That means we can safely say that the normal lottery will be made up of 124000 – 20000 (the MS that were accepted). That leaves 104000 (all of the rest of the MS applications + the normal applications). So we have 65000 / 104000 which is 62.5%.
Its not 65000, 5800 is allocated for Singapore and Chile. if there is any unused visa numbers from last year Singapore & Chile CAP, that shall be added to this yr.
So the regular numbers may not be 65000. it might be some where 60000 to 64000
Ouch, I forgot about them. That makes it even tighter.
Mitya,
All MSs petitions that were not selected will be included again in 65,000 undergrad lottery. So yes you have 2 change to get selected in the lottary if you are applying under Master degree. The chance is right, it is 62.5%
you dont get two chance in masters. you get high probability because of only 24K masters applications. Everybody in regular gets 65K chances to win: this is not lottery by elimination but by selection. So unless you are selected and 65K is not over you can still be selected in the next step.
You are wrong go and check the USCIS website for Master degree or higher it will be twice….
@Concerned Citizen is right. No matter who was selected in master’s, the chance for regular is just %62.5… very low opportunity…
I think he did. More over i think you can calculate the probability for a Normal candidate more accurately than that of a MS in US student. Assuming 65k applications available (ideal case ) .In case it is N number of application received for advanced quota it will be (20000/N)+65000/(124000-N) .
Then for N=30000 you would have over 100% chance 😀
He must have meant multiplication (*) instead of (+)
Yeah I think you are right. 🙂
it should be (20000/N)+65000/(104000) .
sry… (20000/N)+(1- 20000/N)*(65000/(104000)) =
(20000/N)+((1- 20000/N)*62.5)
I am expecting I am projecting 24k Masters cap, simply by using the fact that when there were total 163k applications in 2008, they had 31200. Anyone agrees?
That means 4/5 MS petitions should be initially chosen, and then on to 1/1.62 for remaining.
with 17% error in petition, total petitions = 124K*(1-.17)=103K.
103K-20K=83K for 64K regular.
Probablity is 65/83=78%
Hope more errors are there this time because people filed in hurry.
Then chance of getting selected is 80% 🙂
Be happy till you know the truth!
Actually, it’s approximately from 65% to 95%, depending on how many master applications there are: http://mityareznikov.com/visas.jpg
Good luck everyone!
Lottery was not suppose to happen. Did you see total number of applications received in 5 days, its only 124K. Last time when it had happened it was way over 160K+. It was just due to USCIS, if they had not predicted it had never happened.
I think it would have either way. Probably not as severe though, maybe 90-95k tops…
Now what next?
1. Employer / Lawyer will get notification by email or by post-mail?
2. Since they have not opened the application prior to random selection, there is a chance that a selected application might get reject upon opening. Does USCIS keep all not selected application with them until they find 65k + 20k valid applications?
3. Anybody’s Employer / lawyer have received receipt number?
The experience people please reply…. I know responding to these questions will not change the scenario but it will really give relief from anxiety…
Your lawyer will get an email with the receipt number if the application is selected in the lottery.
I think USCIS will hold on to the applications until they reach the 85000 limit and then send the non selected applications as you have suggested rejections will be there.
Nope. My lawyer dint get any receipt till now.
I am an applicant myself. best wishes
Hi guys,
Can I go for PP now?
Did you get the confirmation that your application has been selected?
Nope
They welcome you:).Do your employer talked to you anything regarding selection of your application ?
What do you mean? @dipthi
what is PP in the first place?
premium processing
Manish,
Only if you know for sure that you have made through the cap.
Is it normal i didn’t receive anything yet, not even a lottery number?
Thanks
do not worry. guarantee you no one has.
Don’t worry there are 3 co-workers and me applying this year.
We all didn’t hear anything from HR yet today. My another friend in different state also didn’t hear anything yet from his hr beside that got info that his is in lottery.
Guillaume,
There are no lottery numbers assigned. If you make through the lottery, your employer should receive the receipt number in next few weeks.
You are right! People should get a lottery number and should be able to get the result online. At least a “on-hold” status will make us happy. USCIS is backdated. It could have asked petitioner to write certain information on bar code on the envelop itself and that could have container passport number or email id and used that one to scan applications fast and setup website to view results.
Really last statement is confusing me, can anybody clear me on last sentence please:
USCIS received approximately 124,000 H-1B petitions during the filing period, including petitions filed for the advanced degree exemption. On April 7, 2013, USCIS used a computer-generated random selection process (commonly known as a “lottery”) to select a sufficient number of petitions needed to meet the caps of 65,000 for the general category and 20,000 under the advanced degree exemption limit.
For cap-subject petitions not randomly selected, USCIS will reject and return the petition with filing fees, unless it is found to be a duplicate filing
does this mean that if someone has duplicate filing then fees will not be returned for duplicate filings not selected in lottery?
In english terms it says that if you did a duplicate filing then you will be rejected but will not receive your money back.
http://www.uscis.gov/portal/site/uscis/menuitem.5af9bb95919f35e66f614176543f6d1a/?vgnextoid=c91dea8c9eadd310VgnVCM100000082ca60aRCRD&vgnextchannel=a2dd6d26d17df110VgnVCM1000004718190aRCRD
U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services sent this bulletin at 04/08/2013 03:03 PM EDT
USCIS received approximately 124,000 H-1B petitions during the filing period, including petitions filed for the advanced degree exemption. On April 7, 2013, USCIS used a computer-generated random selection process (commonly known as a “lottery”) to select a sufficient number of petitions needed to meet the caps of 65,000 for the general category and 20,000 under the advanced degree exemption limit. For cap-subject petitions not randomly selected, USCIS will reject and return the petition with filing fees, unless it is found to be a duplicate filing.
Lottery Done on Sunday, 124000 applications received
USCIS Reaches FY 2014 H-1B Cap
Released April 8, 2013
WASHINGTON—For the first time since 2008, U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) has reached the statutory H-1B cap of 65,000 for fiscal year (FY) 2014 within the first week of the filing period. USCIS has also received more than 20,000 H-1B petitions filed on behalf of persons exempt from the cap under the advanced degree exemption.
USCIS received approximately 124,000 H-1B petitions during the filing period, including petitions filed for the advanced degree exemption. On April 7, 2013, USCIS used a computer-generated random selection process (commonly known as a “lottery”) to select a sufficient number of petitions needed to meet the caps of 65,000 for the general category and 20,000 under the advanced degree exemption limit. For cap-subject petitions not randomly selected, USCIS will reject and return the petition with filing fees, unless it is found to be a duplicate filing.
The agency conducted the selection process for advanced degree exemption petitions first. All advanced degree petitions not selected were part of the random selection process for the 65,000 limit.
As announced on March 15, 2013, USCIS has temporarily adjusted its premium processing practice. To facilitate the prioritized data entry of cap-subject petitions requesting premium processing, USCIS will begin premium processing for H-1B cap cases on April 15, 2013. For more information on premium processing for FY 2014 cap-subject petitions, please see the related USCIS Alert.
USCIS will continue to accept and process petitions that are otherwise exempt from the cap. Petitions filed on behalf of current H-1B workers who have been counted previously against the cap will not be counted towards the congressionally-mandated FY 2014 H-1B cap. Accordingly, USCIS will continue to accept and process petitions filed to:
extend the amount of time a current H-1B worker may remain in the U.S.;
change the terms of employment for current H-1B workers;
allow current H-1B workers to change employers; and
allow current H-1B workers to work concurrently in a second H-1B position.
U.S. businesses use the H-1B programto employ foreign workers in specialty occupations that require theoretical or technical expertise in specialized fields including, but not limited to: scientists, engineers, or computer programmers.
For more information on USCIS and its programs, please visit www.uscis.gov or follow us on Twitter (@uscis), YouTube (/uscis) and the USCIS blog The Beacon
http://www.uscis.gov/portal/site/uscis/menuitem.5af9bb95919f35e66f614176543f6d1a/?vgnextoid=c91dea8c9eadd310VgnVCM100000082ca60aRCRD&vgnextchannel=68439c7755cb9010VgnVCM10000045f3d6a1RCRD
On April 7, 2013, USCIS used a computer-generated random selection process (commonly known as a “lottery”) to select a sufficient number of petitions needed to meet the caps of 65,000 for the general category and 20,000 under the advanced degree exemption limit. For cap-subject petitions not randomly selected, USCIS will reject and return the petition with filing fees, unless it is found to be a duplicate filing.
Are they going to have some standby application to replace the rejected ones ?
Yes, I suppose they might consider the volume of petitions rejected last year and might take that into cap this year.
Please vote for this petition
https://petitions.whitehouse.gov/petition/introduce-company-level-cap-temporary-work-permits-h1-b/tF8QSBhJ
They did have the same last time. Not sure what are their plans this year though
It will be peaceful to mind if they announce selected applications list. My hands are still crossed
+ 1 to that.
Btw are you a normal applicant or a masters applicant
Has anyone received receipt email confirmation from your employer or attorney? When can be expect it for both regular and premium processing?
we should begin getting receipts this week.Most if not All Premium processing will have known status within next week for sure.
USCIS received approximately 124,000 H-1B petitions during the filing period, including petitions filed for the advanced degree exemption. On April 7, 2013, USCIS used a computer-generated random selection process (commonly known as a “lottery”) to select a sufficient number of petitions needed to meet the caps of 65,000 for the general category and 20,000 under the advanced degree exemption limit. For cap-subject petitions not randomly selected, USCIS will reject and return the petition with filing fees, unless it is found to be a duplicate filing.
The agency conducted the selection process for advanced degree exemption petitions first. All advanced degree petitions not selected were part of the random selection process for the 65,000 limit.
As announced on March 15, 2013, USCIS has temporarily adjusted its premium processing practice. To facilitate the prioritized data entry of cap-subject petitions requesting premium processing, USCIS will begin premium processing for H-1B cap cases on April 15, 2013. For more information on premium processing for FY 2014 cap-subject petitions, please see the related USCIS Alert.
124,000 is more than what I thought!! Anybody know when (how long) will one’s attorney get the outcome of whether selected?
Now as lottery is done, when will be result opened to Mango ppl.
Frnds… they updated on their website… 124000 total.. they didnt say any count about masters.. and lottery is also done. it was done yesterday 04/07/2013. OFFICIAL NEWS
fucked in the ass… big time…
Really last statement is confusing me, can anybody clear me on last sentence please:
USCIS received approximately 124,000 H-1B petitions during the filing period, including petitions filed for the advanced degree exemption. On April 7, 2013, USCIS used a computer-generated random selection process (commonly known as a “lottery”) to select a sufficient number of petitions needed to meet the caps of 65,000 for the general category and 20,000 under the advanced degree exemption limit. For cap-subject petitions not randomly selected, USCIS will reject and return the petition with filing fees, unless it is found to be a duplicate filing
It means if your employer filled twice for you, they would reject your petition as well as forfeit your fees.
The last sentence means – If it is a duplicate filing they will not return the fee.
For cap-subject petitions not randomly selected, USCIS will reject and return the petition with filing fees, unless it is found to be a duplicate filing
I am asking about the abve sentence…. for cap subject petitions not randomly selected
I filed last year, and filed this year again. is that also count as duplicate filing?
CYX,
It is duplicate filing only and only if the same employer files more than 1 petition for you in the same financial year. Petitions filed in different years do not make them duplicate.
Thank you!