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- April 18th : USCIS announced that they will begin H1B FY 2015 premium processing from April 28th, 2014. Previously they announced that they will begin, ‘no later than April 28th’. They just clarified that. You can read on USCIS website
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When will H1B Visa 2015 Season Begin ?
USCIS accepted H1B Visa 2015 applications from April 1st, 2014. They had the window open for 5 working days. USCIS stopped accepting H1B Petitions for FY 2015 from Monday April 7th as more applications were received than the required cap of 85,000 petitions.
What would be the Cap count for H1B Visa 2015 quota ?
No changes to the H1B Cap for FY15, the immigration reform discussions did not go through, the cap limit remained same as last year.
- Regular H1B Quota : 65,000
- Masters H1B Quota : 20,000
- It is to be noted that 6,800 visas every year are set aside for Singapore and Chile Free trade agreement filings, which is called as H1B1 program.
Would there be lottery for H1B Visa 2015 ?
We had H1B visa Lottery for fiscal year 2014. USCIS received about 172,500 petitions for FY 2015 . Our predictions were right, you can read the article H1B Visa 2015 Lottery Prediction analysis
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- Mandatory LCA posting on DOL website for at least 30 days, before it is certified.
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Guys,
I read a lot of your comments with probabilities and chances of winning the lottery. Yes I read that last year also. Now as per last years process and I think it hasnt changed they will send out the receipts in this order. There are very few exceptions. AD/PP, RP/PP,AD/RP,RQ/RP. It doesnt matter for the AD student to be selected in the 1st lottery or the 2nd. If they are selected and they are PP their receipts will be sent first. So the following pertains only to AD/PP students.
Irrespective of the chances of winning the lottery for AD. As per the general receipts number we are assuming there are 2k-4k receipts generated in total everyday in both the centers. So lets assume 3k receipts are for H1 and rest are GC, etc. per day. Even if we take 75% of the AD quota to be PP then its 15K applications. And depending on the amount of receipt generated per day it will not take more than 7 business days to send out the AD/PP receipts specially as it is by email.
So I think there is less wait for AD/PP. By 18-21st April they will know. Obviously there will be exceptions but they will be very few in number. And you will also know by then in this forum people with AD/PP who say they got the receipt will not appear. Only people with AD/PP who havent got their receipts will keep asking is anybody AD/PP still getting receipts.. To keep their hopes up.
Kindly note I am not demotivating anybody but be a little practical. The only reason I wrote this is trust me you think getting selected is unlucky and depressing. But the suspense of not knowing whether your selected or not is more depressing. Its not like if you wait more you will get selected…lol.. So this is just for those guys who don’t wanna wait too much.. Guys its only 1 week max. Again this is for AD/PP. You guys are welcome to comment on my observations which were true as per last years process.
You are right, however i am in RQ/RP category and my consultant told me that by end of April USCIS will also starts giving the receipt for RQ/RP. so may be need to wait more 15 days…
Yes, We need to wait for few more weeks to check our fate!!!
All the best guys!!!
keep posting if any one has any info on this.
Very much agree with Phoenix. Set realistic expectations, especially if you are AD/PP or RD/PP. USCIS will start processing all PP cases by the April 28 deadline, so all PP receipts should be sent out before that time.
Since PP receipts are sent by email, PP applicants should be able to receive them very quickly and very promptly over the next week.
After one week of waiting (latest by April 28), if you applied AD/PP and still have not received receipt, the chances will become very low. It’s also the logical and pragmatic approach to start initiating your “Plan Bs” by that time so you don’t waste more time on this waiting game.
Makes much sense… Thanks for sharing this. This gives some anxious people, like myself, a bit of hope.
Hi,
Congrats to those that got selected… Have you checked if your checks have been cleared?
Also, can anyone confirm receiving receipts from VT under RQ with PP?
All the best to those who’re waiting.
Thanks
Does any one knows how the Lottery Algorithm works in case of H1B (NON-AD & NON-PP) ?
Ex :
1. Is it like based on industry domain ( like Finance, Telecom, Retail .. etc… )
2. Random
Thanks
There is no specific algorithm for regular/premium. It is random for all.
@NON-AD/NON_PP :
Let’s assume for GEN (65K)Category 100K filled.
And out of 100K, 80K Filled in Finance & 10K filed in retail & rest 10K is for different domain.
And assume during random selection all 65K got selected from Finance domain then how about all other domain.
Please clarify .
Thanks
It doesn’t matter which domain. They don’t care about domain.
More over there won’t be any tags which says petition for finance/Retail /IT.
All are H1B petitions. That’s it.
1. They will do lottery first for masters for 20000limit.
ex: If petition filed under masters quota and ex if USCIS received 30000 petitions under masters.
USCIS will do a lottery under masters quota for 20000 visas. Remaining 10000 not selected in lottery will be added to regular quota.
2. Now regular quota lottery will be conducted.
ex: under regular quota ex:1,00,000 petitions received for 65,000 visas under regular cap.
10,000 not selected in masters lottery will added to regular so overall it will become 1,10,000 for regular quota for 65,000 visas.
lottery will conducted on this 65,000 will selected and remaining rejected.
SO there is no concept of domains like finance/retail/IT domains.
3.Petitions under Premium processing(either regular /masters) will get notified fist regarding their lottery results, followed by non-premium processing.
END of H1B FY2015.
I think today they will start to send receipts for NON-AD/PP candidates.
Hi All,
Can somebody please let me know how can I find from which center is my application being processed?
Check with your petitioner that is the best way.
or
http://www.immihelp.com/visas/form-i-129-petition-filing-locations.html
try the above link and check which state you fall in to and service center responsible for that.
I guess checking with petitioner is the best way.
Hi,
Is there anyone who have received Receipt number for AD(Master)/Regular processing (Non-PP) case?
Thanks,
Amy
Hiee Amy,
I am also wating for the same. AD/ regular processing (non PP), california center.
Pls let me know if any update u get.
Will also share if i get to knw anything.
Thanks.
Amit.
HI All,
How many PP cases are filled? Any wild Guess/info from history.
As they started processing Premium cases from April11 onwards for FY2015. they might complete this by end of April.
NON-AD & NON-PP cases can expect something starting from first week of may?
Any guesses?
Me too. I’m waiting as well. AD-RP-CA.
Ya mikeab, Me too applied for CA.
If you have chance to check with your petitioner about check processing, as everyone saying that is first thing they will do(deduct the check) once you selected in lottery. Please do that.
I don’t have option to check as my petitioner is my employer. I can’t ask them about this.
Keep posting Mikeab.
hi,
just now i realized that i made a big mistake. I sent my application at CL which should sent at VT. Now, what will happen ? any idea ? what should i do ? please advice guys … i am in pain. 🙁
You should be fine.
bhai, are u from bd?
can anyone confirm the statust of Checks for regular non PP applications.
If anyone heard form their employer about check encashing by USCIS, as this is the first things USCIS done after lottery
Dilip,
Employers will not update us immediately.
The team taking care of immigration process, in your organization, will wait for a week or so till they get a bunch of results and then they publish.
Till then they’ll tell that they are yet to get receipts from USCIS.
Once they get a bunch of receipts and applications, they will intimate the same to you.
Simple reason, it will create more chaos if employees get the idea that a co worker has got a receipt and another doesn’t get any intimation.
When should I file H1B?
Dalu ,
Your Question is too early for H1-B 2016 and too late for H1-B 2015 🙂
Very sorry.
Do regular processing people receive receipts by postal mail or email?
Nopes. The attorney gets a standard mail in case of regular processing. So we have to wait till early next month to be sure of the results for regular processing
In case of PP picked up by lottery, who gets email from USCIS, only the lawfirm or the candidate also at the same time?
Gj
only the Law firm gets it…..
Thanks raj.
Any body received the receipt number from Non AD(Non Master), Premium processing from Vermont center? I just want to know whether vermont has released it for Non AD people or not. Please help us if you get to know from your friends or colleagues. Please post
People have started receiving receipts for pp – non ad
Uma,
Do you know when did they start issuing the NonAD PP receipts?
Me and my friend are Non-AD / Premium / VT and didnot get email yet . Hope to get it in the coming week .
I am also in same situation and waiting.
Gentlemens,
Any body received the receipt number from Non AD(Non Master), Premium processing from Vermont center? I just want to know whether vermont has released it for Non AD people or not. Please help us if you get to know from your friends or colleagues. Please post
Is it showing any status for VT center? I got picked up in the lottery but it’s not showing any case status on uscis website.
R you AD/PP?
The system is not up. For vermont center, no body can see as of now. Is it Master ? As per your knowledge, any body received the receipt numbers who applied Non Master Cateogory and premium processing
I don’t know anyone from Non- master PP category, however this chain has mentioned someone in earlier posts who received receipt number for regular PP quota
None from non AD PP have received the mail yet…. It would start tomorrow….
It’s AD/ PP
How do you know you are selected in lottery? What’s the status of you case on uscis website?
I received email from my lawyer
then whats the status of you case on uscis website?
Anyone got email picked up through lottery has date receipted in the email
before 04/10/2014 ? for example date receipted 04/01/2014 ?
We are still waiting.
How can you get picked in the lottery before April 10 when the lottery was actually conducted on April 10? Dude, read the USCIS notice and use some logic…
http://redbus2us.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/H1B-Visa-2015-Premium-processing-Receipt-Number.png
It has the line “date received”. Some people have filed the h1b on 04/01 some has filed 4/2 some … until 4/7 last day USCIS they accept application.
That is why i wonder every people who got the receipt number have the same “date received” in your email for eg 4/10/2014 or differences ?
Kam,
It will be 4/10 irrespective of when your petition reached USCIS. Receipts issued on 4/11 will have the date of 4/11 irrespective of when they were delivered to USCIS.
I mean if you FILED your cap 4/1/2014 and you got picked up USCIS email so what is your “date received” in the email is ? Does it say 4/1 or 4/10 ? or another date ?
My opt will start on May 21st, 2014 and I have applied for h1b non-ad/ pp.
If I got selected the lottery, my SEVIS will be updating? Or SEVIS will be only updating for people whose opt will expire before Oct 1st?
Hello Saurabh
Can you please tell when Uscis will start sending receipts FOR REGULAR / PREMIUM ?
Last year after crazy waiting did not selected !!! This year too would be the same !!!! Not keeping the hopes up !!!! Don’t want to get disappointed !!!
Last year Premium blogs was more compared to regular processing !
In the end regular processing was not updated like premium picked up .
Regular / premium when they will start sending ?
Regular / premium,
They have already started notifying PP folks. I think this will continue through last week of April (Apr 28 being the deadline). Sometime in last April or early May they will start notifying non-PP folks. As this goes through postal mail, you can add a delay of another week to actual receiving of the package by the employer. So non-PP folks should start getting to know about their selection in early May.
This is just a guesstimate based on historical data.
Hello,I came here for masters and done with master but i did nt apply for CPT or OPT coz i had to go back to home country because of some health issue so before going back i got admission in another course to maintain my F1 and came back on F1 and found sponsor for me to file H1 on basis of my previous US master.so my employer have filed my H1 while m on F1 now. And my I-20 is valid until november2014 .my question is
(1)what happen to my F1 status if USCIS issue me a receipt number.
(2)what status i will be on after my H1b will be approved during this period(from the day H1b approved to start date of october1 2014)
(1) H-1 receipt # has no effect on your current F-1 status.
(2) Your H-1 presumably was submitted with a request for change of status; so if approved, you need to maintain your F-1 status all the way to 10/1 in order for the change of status to take effect on 10/1.
Last year, the USCIS stopped taking new H1B FY2014 petitions on Apr 5, 2013 (Friday) and conducted lottery on Apr 7 (Sunday. On Apr 8, 2013 (Monday), the USCIS informed us they received about 124,000 petitions and the random selection process was completed.
This year, the USCIS received about 172,500 H1B FY2015 petitions and conducted the random selection process on Apr 10, 2014. Some people received emails with a receipt number. Please do not panic, if you did not get any notification. We still have time to know about our result. Those who paid for Premium Processing (PP) should expect notification between Apr 10 and May 12, since the USCIS announced that they will start PP no later than Apr 28 (instead of Apr 15).
I got this information from other website. NOTE: This applies to last year cases (FY 2014 ).
“The earliest notifications in FY14 were premium-processing eMail receipts, which arrived on April 9, 2013. Even though the USCIS officially suspended premium processing timeframe guarantees for cap cases between April 1st and April 15th, some of the premium-processing cases, nonetheless, were acted upon promptly. The Murthy Law Firm even saw some cases approved by April 15,2013, for the last fiscal year.
By April 23, 2013, the Murthy Law Firm had received eMail receipts for the remaining cases filed under premium processing, as well as additional approval notices. Also by that time, hard copy receipt notices for H1B cases filed under standard, non-premium processing had begun to come in gradually. These receipts continued to arrive throughout April and into May.
In FY14, the USCIS began returning cases that had not been selected in the lottery on May 6, 2013. The packets containing these filings started to arrive via regular mail a few days later.”
can any one tell me when do NON-AD ,RP vermont center lottery notification or reciept by e-mail or regular mail can be expected if picked.pls…. going mad
Don’t go mad.. Vermount did not even start issuing PP receipt numbers yet. So, you have to wait another 2 weeks atleast.
Please wait till you get the receipt number or the application.
If you get receipt number, you’re selected, if you get your application back, you’re not selected.
I expect we’ll know something by end of the first two weeks of next month.
Woww…. Is your attorney or employer working on weekends?? They seem to be very quick in replying or forwarding emails. Congrats!!
Smart phones might have made my case easier. All the best to all of you guys.
Hey Mine got picked today, Surprisingly, Vermont center is working even today. I got my email at 8.31AM 4/13, AD/ PP.
All the best to other folks. Don’t loose
Congrats !!!
Congrats
HAS ANY ONE GOT RECEIPT FOR REGULAR / PREMIUM ?
IF NOT WHEN THEY WILL START SENDING ? AND WHEN WILL IT BE ENDING ?
HI All,
I was in the same situation last year. Very fortunate to have been selected.
The cap filled on April 5 2013, lottery was on 4/7/13 and I received my receipt RQ/RP/CC on 4/29/13.
My friend got his approval notice on May10th, 2013.
Remember: YOU ARE NOT REJECTED UNTIL YOU HAVE RECEIVED THE RETURNED APPLICATION.
IF YOU HAVE BEEN SELECTED, YOU WILL RECEIVE A NOTICE USUALLY WITHIN 30 DAYS OF YOUR H1B BEING FILED. SO, THOSE SELECTED SHOULD RECEIVE IT BY MAY 10TH SINCE LOTTERY WAS ON 4/10/14.
IF YOU DID NOT RECEIVE IT BY THEN, THEN CALL USCIS AND ASK IF YOU WERE SELECTED.
Have faith! AND GOOD LUCK! GOD HAS A BETTER PLAN FOR US ALWAYS!
ALSO, MY FRIEND DIRECTLY GOT THE APPROVAL NOTICE, HE NEVER GOT HIS RECEIPT ( PROBABLY MISPLACED IN SNAIL MAIL)
GB
I do not want God’s better plan ! I want my H1-B. That’s all I want.
Hi,
I have a few questions regarding your scenario:
1. Did you apply under Regular (Non AD and Non PP)?
2. How did you file your petition, through your organization (or) through a law firm?
3. From when did people in Regular scenario start getting the receipt number?
4. Final Qn – Usually we will get receipt number by 30 days – Is it for AD / PP / Regular scenarios?
Hi Chan,
Sorry for the delayed answer.
I have a few questions regarding your scenario:
1. Did you apply under Regular (Non AD and Non PP)? Regular NonPP,non AD
2. How did you file your petition, through your organization (or) through a law firm? law firm
3. From when did people in Regular scenario start getting the receipt number? the bottom line is it is very random. BY May 11-14 th, most of the people should have their receipts
4. Final Qn – Usually we will get receipt number by 30 days – Is it for AD / PP / Regular scenarios? Basically anybody who applies under any quota will get a receipt by 30 days if selected.
The rejections are submitted a lot later.The initially selected applications may not be complete and get rejected.Thereafter ,people in the wait list are selected. Therefore,until you have a rejection, you still have a chance.
Good luck,
GB.
I hope uscis people read these comments.they will laugh their assoff lol.10000s of desperate people praying to get the visa and live a happy life than suffering in their own country. Only god have to change the world instead of everyone relying on h1b visas.
And to those desperates here,only few premium processing AD guys got news. You have to wait till 28th aprill till they announce all PP first and then regular ones.
SOME PEOPLE ARE NOT DESPERATE JUST TO LIVE A BETTER LIFE OF THEIR OWN, BUT THEY ARE DESPERATE COZ THEY WANT TO EARN MORE AND TO HELP MISER PEOPLE AROUND AND FOR THE BETTERMENT OF THE LIVES OF THOSE WHO ARE NOT EVEN BEEN LOOKED UPON BY NORMAL PEOPLE LIKE U AND ME….. SOME PEOPLE HAVE DIFFERENT ULTIMATE GOAL WHICH THEY ARE STRIVING TO ACHIEVE THROUGH THIS H1B…. WE TOO CAN BE MESSENGER OF GOD, ONLY IF WE UNDERSTAND THE MESSAGE OF ALMIGHTY IN THE FACES OF THOSE WHO ARE SUFFERING…..
*(correction) THEY WANT TO EARN MORE AND TO HELP PEOPLE AROUND SUFFERING UGLIEST MISERY …………..
Dude Raushan,
“Earn more and help” good point – When have people said enough to money? Only when they choke in their money or pay hefty sums in taxes, do people think about charity and shit.
I know a few people like Bill Gates and Tata who made little more money before contributing to charity..
99% of people, atleast Indians, apply H1B for making money.
It dollar loses it’s value against the Indian rupee, I don’t see many H1b applications from India.
Few years back, people came from Villages to City to make money, now people target foreign countries to make money.
😀
if god has chosen u to go this way, it has to be his way…. the only point to be taken care is , the ultimate goal should never fade away from ur heart and soul…..
Employer: Big 4 Firm
Work location: Chicago
Law firm: Fragomen
Law firm office location: Los Angeles
Which processing center – California or Vermont?
Background: 10+ yrs experience, top 15 US MBA, worked for a year under OPT. Petition mistakenly filed under Regular instead of AD last year. Didn’t make it through the lottery. Had to leave the job, but employer has kindly offered to file again. Working in India now.
Don’t want to get into who’s deserving and who’s not (after all, everyone’s deserving in their own eyes), but I do believe that being unlucky twice will be ten times as hard. Praying and fingers crossed.
We dont have the luxury to perform masters in US..
Only if company nominate we can go….
Luxury? I worked damn hard, while working full-time, to take the GMAT, write application essays, convince recommenders, ace interviews, etc. before getting an admit. And during those 2 years, slogged to get companies to even notice me compared to US citizens. Believe me, getting the MBA and the job was no luxury!
Well Dimparuti
In service organizations, people get involved in lot of politics and back stabbing to get nominated for H1B.
Not to mention the growth of an individual is also affected no matter how good he / she is.
IT Industry is so over crowded that you need to create a soft corner for yourself with your manager. You need to willfully ensure that no other candidate gets your place and for that you need to do a lot of things other than your work.
I would say doing MS is the best choice as you have two shots in getting selected in the year’s lottery…
We all work hard for our growth,
the truth, and the question is what is the “hard work” that we do to secure what we need?
I strongly agree to Chan..
Do you what are all you need to sacrifice if u got just Nominated
1. No Promotion – because nominated for visa
2. No Role- because nominated for Visa so we need alternative
3. No Rating- Because nominated for Visa have to give something to others..
After all loss because of jus nominating to H1b.. if lottery fails everything fails we will be dragged 2 yrs back..
This is no where comparable to the efforts of doing Master’s.. When your parentscan offer to pay the initial amout for the course.. i am not taking out the fact its because of your hard work you can do Masters..
But for US.. Hard work or Smart work doesnt matter.. What matters is TRUE LUCK in lottery…
Stop talking rubbish. I’m not denigrating your efforts in trying to earn an H1B via your Indian employer, so stop trivializing my efforts. I know how Indian service organizations work – I worked in them for 7 years.
If you’ve never studied abroad, you won’t know how tough it is to get admission to a good school. With my GMAT of 750, any American would’ve walked into top-10 schools. I managed only a top-15.
Tougher is the journey to get an offer, especially if you’re not MS/PhD but an MBA. I have met so many employers, listened to hours of presentations, only to be told when presenting my candidature, that they don’t sponsor work visas.
By the way, my parents didn’t sponsor my US education. I got a full scholarship and worked on campus to finance my living expenses.
I said at the very beginning I don’t want to debate whose candidature is most suitable for H1B. But you’re unnecessarily bringing up the argument.
I am gonna kick nri ass if u am there. I have strong technical skills. U ahud be thrown in the ocean to swim back to ur home country.
Hello,
Dont compare your 7 years experience in IT company with the one right now 2000-2007 your people are having no match to the competition that we have right now…
You people competed with max 1L strenght.. now it’s 10L and more..keep ur damn mouth shut..
I know how much bank balance and security we need to show to get admitted into it..
There are many more candidate with more score in GMAT ened up in local institutes because of that..
But.. we never underestimate your efforts and you deserve it after the efforts you put in..
you are an idiot. Hardwork and smart work doesnt matter? shut your mouth
Hello Dimparuti,
In last year,Didn’t they(big four) send/transfer/outsource you temporarily to another country until next cap season? I know how it is difficult to find a job being business major with visa.
Nope, that didn’t happen. Because of the way audit organizations are structured, each national firm is completely independent. While it’s possible to leverage relationships across countries, unfortunately that didn’t happen with me. Did connect with a few people in the India office, but nothing materialized.
My HR rep in the Chicago office is an angel. She ensured that I got another offer to rejoin in 2014, with a small raise to boot. All this year, the thought of a possible return kept me going. Don’t know what my mental state will be if luck fails me again. I am employed with an Indian IT major, but salarywise, it’s a major downgrade (and no, I’m not converting USD to INR). If I had continued with my last Indian employer before I left for the US in 2010, I would have been making 50% more than what I’m earning today.
Well, the ship has not sailed yet. Let’s see.
Hi Dimparuti – I very much understand your situation – I am also a top-10 MBA grad here, having worked on OPT over the past year.
Getting an MBA, along 2 years of constant recruiting, networking, and multi-round interviews, is an extremely taxing process for any B-School candidate. When you finally land that job offer, it’s indeed quite depressing to find out that your entire academic and professional effort is to be put through some random computer lottery just to attain a work permit.
Also, I agree with you that most large U.S.-based employers are quite reasonable with H-1B and GC sponsorship. I’m not sure about Indian IT firms, but my managers (large Silicon Valley tech) have been extremely supportive. No office politics, no drag on promotion – every employee is entitled to an H-1B and GC (all one needs to do is to submit an email request to HR…). So despite all the difficulties and bureaucracy of an antiquated USCIS, most people I’ve worked with are extremely understanding and supportive. If this lottery fails, please don’t think it’s the end. There are many roads that can lead to Rome 🙂
I WOULD DIE, IF I M NOT SELECTED IN LOTTERY….. 🙁 …. THIS IS MY FIRST AND LAST CHANCE………………………….. GOD SAVE ME
Have some sense..
Hi Raushan,
H1b is not an end its jus begining..
I too travelling on the same boat as you are.. It is very hard to be noticed by employers whose strength is mover then 2L employees as you are one of the Top performer and to get initiated H1B.. Frankly saying one year of dedicated work day and night with out thinking of family and friends to get this done..
Its end of roads which leads to US if not selected.. because its not that easy as mentioned in lottery cap predictions that who ever not selected will apply for other year also..
There may be heavy competition next year also with in the company..
It will only 3-5% people they will nominate in top indian MNC’s..
We should have the same dedication to look for some other means to achieve a good living for us and people around us..
My Heart say’s why to spend all our hardwork to dedications which we have to the country like US.. which plays with us using lottery to select the fortune..
But my Brain says “struggle for another 3 yrs so that u will have enough to lead a good life and make people around u happy and to support peoples who are really in need.
Brain wins anyday..
If your country can value you for your talent, no need to go.
If not, there’s no use in staying at a place you neither get recognition nor money.
Rightly said….
I got really sick of not getting any emails this week. My lawyer said I probably didnt make it. So crucial and unfair.
I know your feeling. We are in the same boat. Good luck
Hi Everyone
I was on the same boat last year and got picked up in the lottery. One way to check if you got selected or not in the lottery is to ask your school if they received any change of status request from USCIS for you. I came to know by inquring international student office.
Good luck to all of you guys
When should be the approriate time to ask? A couple days after loterry was done?!
good question ! when is the time to ask ? is that also a gradual process ?
Hi,
A quick question. I tried doing the same on 10 Apr but my DSO said that there was no update. I am not sure if SEVIS gets updated immediately. Do you know if there is a time lag for SEVIS update or is it updated only after issuing a receipt number. Please help.
Hi,
A quick question. I tried doing the same on 10 Apr but my DSO said that there was no update. I am not sure if SEVIS gets updated immediately. Do you know if there is a time lag for SEVIS update or is it updated only after issuing a receipt number. Please help.
Cruising to new york
My boyfriend got a receipt number for regular, PP, CA this afternoon, does it mean his case was selected in lottery? As checked the status of his case is acceptance on USCIS website, but other receipts posted in our forum are already ‘initial review’.
Good luck , Everyone!
yes. it is correct. your friend is so lucky
What it means..? Random selection process(Lottery) is already over.. ?
Can you confirm?, is he non ad/pp case?
Yes please confirm. That would be the first notice for Non AD PP so far!
He got his master degree from UK, so he applied regular , PP.
Wow. Now u can marry ur bf and go there for free
Hello Saurab and All,
My friend got selected in H1b regular last time but due to personal commitments she didn’t for stamping earlier. She finally went for stamping last week and got the approval. My understanding that h1b visa term is 3 yrs and over extension we can obtain another 3 yrs.. But Immigraions gave her only 1.5 yrs of term on her visa this time. So my question is that is 6 yrs total visa term of my understanding is correct or not?
Or this 3/6 yrs of visa term can be obtained using multiple Times till we reach maximum term after which the visa expires?
During extensions every time shd a person come to his native or wen is mandatory?
Angel Sabatini,
They usually issue the visa for the same duration as the petition. Irrespective of what term it has been approved for, extensions can be filed until the person has exhausted 6 years of stay inside US. Stamping is required everytime person leaves US and the visa stamp has expired.
Thanks Saurabh!
This is a really good forum and is up to date. This is my first time applying H1B and I have learnt a lot about the process in general from this page alone and comments. Thanks folks for the inputs. I have one question about the processing center. My work location is in Michigan, which adjudication center Vermont/California will be processing the petition, if selected? Mine is Regular and I have been told that its premium processing. The attorney is not responsive at times and this is the only thing I know so far.
Riley,
It will be CA.
No update from Texas. Anyone selected or got receipt from Texas center?? What is the wait frame for PP?
how to know which is my center, I applied from north carolina
If I am not wrong, Texas will be processed at Vermont.
http://www.uscis.gov/i-129-addresses
I haven’t heard anything from my lawyer too. Texas center AD-PP…Dying here…
The Great Technology resides in US . At one shot why USCIS cannot inform the status for all people like exam results? Do they want to create more speculation and excitement about US visa to enter into US?
Kumar, your question is very valid. As the lottery process is computerized, USCIS can make the results available online and every applicant should be able to check their application status with their IDs like passport id, names etc. on the same day lottery happens. But, I think USCIS will need some time to verify each and every applications that are selected in lottery to manually check if those applications are filed correctly or not (e.g. whether all required documents including visa fee are submitted correctly) before announcing any particular application is selected in lottery. In some cases, they might find few applications that are selected in lottery but are not filed correctly. In such cases, they might re-conduct lottery for those slots alone and hence we can see few applicants receive receipts after considerable amount of time. This is my guess and may or may not be correct 🙂
Do you expect the USCIS to blindly approve all petitions selected by lottery on Apr 10 ?
The lottery is a means to select 85,000 petitions from a pool of 172,500. Once, they randomly select 85,000, they will review every package. The USCIS will look for proper filing fees, signatures, employee-employer relationship, whether Masters degree is from the appropriate university, etc.,). It will take time to process 85,000 cases. Some may be approved or rejected, and others may need more information, hence RFE will be issued.
After which date, can we expect receipts for Regular petitions (Non Ad and Non PP) at Vermont center?
Based upon your historical analysis, can Sourabh / someone share an approximate date?
Chan,
Last year, non-PP cases started hearing about their receipt numbers in late April/early May and continued to receive them through June. As the load is higher this time, I assume they may start hearing towards early May.
Hi All,
All of us can expect the lottery result in 2 weeks.
Source – video at this link http://www.happyschools.com/h1b-2015-receipt-numbers-lottery-premium-regular-processing-time/
Let’s hope for the best…
HURRAY!…Got selected in lottery . AD/ PP/VV
WAC1413451001 , Seems CA is issuing receipts today too .. almost 1000 receipts issued today mostly for PP cases .. No Similar Receipt series works for Vermont since 2 days .. Is vermont sleeping ?
Thanks
current WAC1413451763
yup it’s PP. Is there a way to see if it is AD or Reg?
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guys,
dumb a question maybe, Is there a way to see if the receipt is AD or Reg?
Box,
You mean from online status? That is not possible.
WAC1413453302
Any one gets receipt today AD/PP/CA ?
Yes.. Vermount is sleeping. Only California center is working actively.
Is california office alone issuing receipts today?
Hi All,
Any AD RP Vermont got receipt no?
Regular/premium/California
Any one got receipt ????
PP/AD/CA???
any one got receipt????
Nothing updates.. still waiting
PP/AD/CA
Still waiting. AD/PP
frutrated with the results. Dnt know wheather got selected or not.
My brother marriage in my home country,after consulting two attorneys we booked our tickets and started the process of H1.After that our company attorney is saying it is better to cancel the trip.
Not knowing what to do???????????????????
can any body what to do in this situation?????????????????
I screwed up in deciding???????
If you were USCIS, what would you do? please reply and respond.
– Would prepare upfront by predict the number of applications based on LCA approval for new petitions
– Make application process online while receiving the supporting documents by post
– Keep the process transparent – what exactly happening behind the scenes to show that there is not bias
– Provide an online access to attorney where they can see which applications are picked and rejected in lottery
– Announce Masters applications received for the year
Increase CAP to 110 immediately 😉
Send receipts to 172,500.
Yeah.. I wish too!
I think the reason why some people have to wait till May / June or more is more tactical than logistical.
When you choose 85k from lottery, what if some people get rejected due to other issues (employer reliability etc)? This kind of creates a vacancy for another person to fill in in this 85k quota. Once USCIS completes RFEs and then reject a petition, it may take a month or two.
There are other posts suggesting that USCIS might take second round lottery on 10th April for this backup petitions (just in case people are rejected in the first lot). The pain is with this lot where USCIS can neither announce their names as selected not they can rejected till whole initial lot is done.
If you notification is being delayed, you should be happier as you might be in the second lot and still there is a chance for your case to be picked.
This is not from any source, just a logical thinking. Please let me know what you think.
any source or just wild guess?
As mentioned in my post. This is not from any source. Just a probable way of dealing with stuff. Tell me, how would you do if you were USCIS?
It COULD be like what you mentioned. Who knows how they “actually” run this so-called random selection?
My GUESS (again, just guess) is that they COULD tag ADs who are not selected in the first round and somehow increase their winning odds in the second round. (So they can potentially pick up more ADs even in regular pool IF they wish so. Remember? The manual work only happened when they classified PP/AD/RG.) But once again, it’s just a guess.
I saw different theory(rumor) about 85k from other post. So basically the post suggests every year the total cap is 85K (including H1B1) plus the number of denial cases from last year. For example, IF 5,000 ppl among 85K didn’t make it in 2013, then this number “5,000” will be added to 2014. (85k + 5k). Again, it’s just different way of thinking. It’s just a guess.
They select more than 85,000 applications expecting that few cases will be rejected. Extra number is calculated on previous year rejections. No second round lottery.
I m in PP/AD/VT.
Is anybody in the same situation got receipt or still waiting?
I am in the same situation. AD/PP/CA, still waiting. i know its painful
Same here AD/PP/VT
I got my receipt this morning. My attorney emailed me to let me know!
Sorry – to clarify – I am VT/PP/AD
I got this information from other website. NOTE: This applies to last year cases (FY 2014 )
“The earliest notifications in FY14 were premium-processing eMail receipts, which arrived on April 9, 2013. Even though the USCIS officially suspended premium processing timeframe guarantees for cap cases between April 1st and April 15th, some of the premium-processing cases, nonetheless, were acted upon promptly. The XXXXX Firm even saw some cases approved by April 15,2013, for the last fiscal year.
By April 23, 2013, the XXXXX Firm had received eMail receipts for the remaining cases filed under premium processing, as well as additional approval notices. Also by that time, hard copy receipt notices for H1B cases filed under standard, non-premium processing had begun to come in gradually. These receipts continued to arrive throughout April and into May.
In FY14, the USCIS began returning cases that had not been selected in the lottery on May 6, 2013. The packets containing these filings started to arrive via regular mail a few days later.”
Hi Nick,
I am in USA and still waiting for Egan
I know it sucks,I really hope I am getting that h1 then I am good, got the CPA already feel on score release day lol.
Are you already working with EY? I am going to start this July. Congratz for your CPA.I cleared that last year.If you heard anything from Egan,please send me email to mscpa81 atyaoo.com and also update this forum.
Looks like Egan is really slow..
I hope they would update something on Monday.
Btw I gonna start working for Ey from July too 🙂
So you guys do have an OPT to start right?
Yes. I have my opt to start.What about you?
Great Kathy!!! Did you check with other EY friends? In my case, I am the only international going to work for that office.Thanks
I am working in another firm, doing my opt. Current firm is applying for my h1 as well. My opt finish in sept so it is the last chance for me. Bummer if I don’t get any of the two…
You will get buddy because you have a very high probability than others. Hope we can have something on Monday. Did you check with other international co-workers? I didn’t find anyone who received notice yet(EY)
Sha raj:
My international friend is still waiting too.. Do u guys think Egan will email us first or update on the tracker first?? I have been keeping refresh the tracker… 🙁
Hopefully we all get selected!!! Plz update if Iu guys heard something from them
Hey guys, I am applying through Egan too. I asked one of their attorneys and he replied to me that they haven’t received any receipt notices yet at around 3:30 pm yesterday. I hope this helps and did any of you contact Egan and get any other news from them?
Best of luck to every one of us!
Kathy,
I checked with my friend who went through this process last year. He told me that they first update tracker and then send email. Hope we all get good news on next week. If you hear anything please post here also send me an email mscpa81 at yahoo.com because this forum runs very fast. Good luck!!!
Last year I was in same page for a month did not selected in lottery ! This is crazy waiting want to give up and continue my work here ! If this time is same I would never think about trying to go again with same hurts ! I have found my job from usa employer after applying to 123 companies . I tried and worked hard to get this job ! And I begged the same employer this year to try again ! This is going to be the last try ! And I m not sure my employer would agree to do this next year ! Frustrated with this !
BTW any one got receipt REG// Premium Processing ???
If not
When we can expect !
Last year, one of my friend got the receipt 12 april. As you know the lottery done at 7 april. He was premium, regular.
Good luck
sorry pal for not being selected last time. hope u get this year. what is ur plan b if not selected?
When i will get the confirmation from USCIS whether my h1b picked in lottery or not?
I know how you feel. Its hard enough getting an employer to take their time to even consider you out of millions of people and then Immigration decide to randomly select people. Its really not fair. This is my first and last try, my employer is not going to go at it for a second time and im not gonna sit here in wait another year.
Actually it’s pretty easy to find a company that will sponsor H1. Market is super super hot now. That’s why we got 172k petitions.
I too in the same situation.. should be very very lucky ………
Regular/premium/California
Any one got receipt ????
Last year I was in same page for a month did not selected in lottery ! This is crazy waiting want to give up and continue my work here ! If this time is same I would never think about trying to go again with same hurts ! I have found my job from usa employer after applying to 123 companies . I tried and worked hard to get this job ! And I begged the same employer this year to try again ! This is going to be the last try ! And I m not sure my employer would agree to do this next year ! Frustrated with this !
BTW any one got receipt REG// Premium Processing ???
If not
When we can expect !
Garfinkel Immigration anyone? for the Vermont center…
Has anyone heard anything back?