If you were one of the unlucky ones not picked in whopping 233,000 H1B 2016 Lottery Applications , you might be already wondering when is the next H1B season going to start. Also, some of you may be studying in US and some working abroad and planning to work in US next year. This page will be constantly updated with the latest details and commonly asked questions around the next upcoming H1B Visa fiscal year of 2017 season news and updates.
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- H1B 2017 season start date ?
- H1B Cap for FY 2017- Regular ? Masters ?
- H1B 2017 Predictions? Lottery?
- H1B Lottery Myths ?
- How to plan for H1B FY 2017 ?
- How to find H1B Sponsors for FY 2017 ?
- What is H1B Fee ? Details
- Any impact of Comprehensive Immigration Reform(CIR) on H1B
- What is H1B LCA
- H1B 2017 Premium Processing
- H1B 2017 Case Tracker
- Latest News Update of H1B 2017
- When is the next H1B Season ?
- Sample H1B Reject Notices for FY 2017
When will the H1B visa 2017 season start ? Date ?
Short answer April 1st 2016. Typically, USCIS will start to accept petitions for the next fiscal year starting from April 1st of the previous fiscal year. USCIS fiscal year is from October 1st to September 30th. So, for H1B quota of fiscal year 2017, which starts from October 1st, 2017, USCIS would typically accept applications from April 1st, 2016. The H1B Visa 2016 season started on April 1st of 2015. Also, in the H1B Rejected Notices of 2016, USCIS mentioned that, the non-selected candidates can file H1B petitions for FY 2017 on or after April 1st, 2016.
USCIS announced on March 16th, 2016 that they will accept FY 2017 petitions from April 1st, 2016. Read Summary of USCIS press release FY 2017 .
Also, we have written an article summarizing on What to expect in H1B FY 2017 Season
What is H1B 2017 Cap ? What are the H1B 2017 Quota numbers ? Regular vs Masters ?
If you new to H1B, I suggest you read All about H1B Visa Cap- Regular vs Masters. In simple terms H1B cap is a congressional mandated maximum number of petitions that USCIS can accept in a year. As of now, below are the H1B cap number for fiscal year 2017. The below numbers are confirmed in press release by USCIS on Mar 16, 2016.
- Regular H1B Quota : 65,000
- H1B Master’s Degree Quota ( only US Master Degrees) : 20,000
- Out of the above, a total of 6,800 is usually set aside for Singapore and Chile citizens as part of the free trade agreement between them.
There have been many discussions around change in H1B cap numbers by Obama administration since 2013. The planned proposal was to increase the regular quota cap to 110,000 and Masters quota to 25,000. No changes for FY 2017, the above numbers of 65,000 and 20,000 are officially confirmed by USCIS in their press release.
What is H1B Visa 2017 Prediction? Will there be Lottery again for FY 2017
Update : USCIS Updated on April 12th, 2016 that they have received over 236,000 petitions for FY 2017 quota and the lottery was completed on April 9th.
Looking at the past trend of H1B season in the past three years, we could very likely have lottery for FY 2017. Last year for FY 2016 quota, there were 233,000 applications. We have done a detail analysis with the H4 Visa EAD rule in place considering the economy, students graduating, OPT news, etc. You should read article H1B Visa 2017 Lottery Prediction News, results, Date .
If H1B lottery, will there be any preference in lottery for Large companies ? Premium Processing
Well, no preference for anyone, all are treated equally, including premium processing. There are many such misconceptions about lottery process, we have compiled a list of such myths and criteria, you should read Myths of H1B Lottery, Criteria
When to plan for H1B visa 2017 Application ? How soon ? What should be the strategy ?
It is never too late to start planning for your H1B 2017 season. If you plan to work in US on H1B visa in the next coming fiscal year, below are some suggestions based on your situation.
- F1 Student in USA : If you are studying on F1 visa and about to graduate in next one year, you should seriously look at finding an internship or co-op at companies that can sponsor your H1B visa. You can search for H1B Sponsors in a particular area using our H1B Sponsors Search Tool and try to get an internship to work there on CPT or OPT after you graduate. This is a strategic move and will require sometime, so plan well.
- Professional from outside USA : If you are a working professional outside US, planning to work in US on H1B, your best bet is to find Multinational companies that have major US presence and secure a job there, so that you can position internally for applying to H1B visa, when the season starts. This is a very strategic decision, you need to carefully assess your options, speak to the company if such options exist and then only choose it.
- Other H4, L1 Visas : If you are on these visas, your best bet is to find companies just like I mentioned for F1 students that sponsor H1B visas and start interviewing and keeping the conversation going so that you can ask them to file H1B when the season starts.
We have put together a Step by Step Plan on How to apply for H1B 2017 Quota
How do I find a H1B Visa Sponsor – The most asked million dollar question ?
If you are student in the US, it is very straight forward, you find the list of H1B Sponsoring companies using the tool in an area as I mentioned above and get an internship in one of them so that they can sponsor your H1B visa. Unlike, if you are coming from outside US, it can be tricky. If you work for an Multinational company ( MNC), then they will have some internal process to pick the candidates and then process H1B visa for them…The other option that has been used and abused is the consulting companies route…Many a times, the H1B aspirants approach a body shop IT consulting company to file H1B for them and they apply for the same. It gets nasty with the body shop consulting companies. The comments on this H1B Companies Reviews article are quite eye opening. I advise, you beware of the consulting companies and avoid fraud. Also, WE as RedBus2US do NOT provide any guidance or assistance or sponsor anything. If someone claims that, it is pure fraud and they are trying to trick you, we are not responsible for that. Please be careful. Anyways, for various other options , You may read article How to find H1B 2017 Sponsors
What is the H1B visa 2017 filing fee ? Is it same or any changes ?
It changed slightly this year with the Omnibus Bill passed in December 2015, that will increase the H1B filing fee by $4000 for FY 2017, until 2025 for certain companies that have over 50 employees and have more than 50% of their employees as H1B or L1 visa holders in USA. Check USCIS Guidelines on H1B Fee increase. Depending on the size of the company, the H1B filing fee can vary anywhere from $1,600 USD to $7,400 USD + Attorney Fee. There are various fees components that make up this number range, for more details Read Summary of H1B Filing Fee 2017 – Who pays for What ? . Below is a high level summary. Also, one key change is that, there was $2000 USD additional filing fee as per Public Law 111-230, this law expired on Sep 30, 2015 and that is not included anymore.
| H1B Fee Component | Fee in USD |
| Base filing fee | $325 |
| AICWA Fee | $750 or $1,500 |
| Fraud prevent & detection fee | $500 |
| Fee based on Public Law 114-113 ( if applicable) | $4000 |
| Premium processing fee (Optional) | $1,225 |
| Immigration Attorney Fee | Varies from $500 to $3000 |
What about Comprehensive Immigration Reform(CIR) and Obama Executive Actions for H1B 2017 Quota Increase ?
There has been many articles and discussions since 2013 around immigration reform by President Obama and changes around and some like below have been discussed in the last couple of years, nothing moved significantly.
- H1B Cap to be increased from 65,000 to 110,000 per year. Also have provisions to have it up to 180,000 in case of extreme demand.
- Advanced degree from US cap quota to increase from 20,000 to 25,000
- The Filing fee for H1B could go up to 10,000 USD ( Part of this came up as the fee increase in Omnibus Bill )
- Additional H1B rules to avoid H1B Visa fraud by employers
- Mandatory LCA posting for 30 days before it is certified.
The current status on all of the above are basically “No updates”, there are no set deadlines for any of them and none of these are happening for FY 2017. You may read Summary of CIR Changes to H1B . Officially as per press release on March 16, 2016, the H1B cap is confirmed to be 65,000 for regular and 20,000 for masters…hence, no changes.
What is LCA for H1B Visa ? Processing times ?
LCA is a form that has to be filed with US Dept of Labor and get it certified before filing H1B petition with USCIS. It has to be sent along with H1B Package to USCIS. It has all the relevant information about the job position like wage, location, title, etc. It takes about 7 working days for processing of the LCA by US Dept of Labor (DOL). You can read complete details at Why is LCA Needed for H1B – Processing Time, Salary
USCIS Updated in their original press release on March 16, 2016 that the premium processing will begin no later than May 16, 2016. But, on April 22nd, they updated that the premium processing for FY 2017 will begin on May 12th, 2016. What it means is that the official 15 calendar day SLA for premium processing petitions will be starting from 12th. USCIS may process the petitions early as well, but officially their clock starts on that day.
H1B 2017 Case Tracker :
Did you apply for FY 2017 ? We have put together a tracker along with good graphs for analysis. It is completely anonymous as we do not capture your case number or any personal information. It is community contributed data, the more you add, the better for everyone, including You !
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Most Recent News of FY 2017 H1B
Below is the most recent news regarding H1B 2017 season. You can check the updates page as indicated below for the full history and details.
- July 8th, 2016 ( Official ) : USCIS released a press note today indicating that they have completed returning all the petitions that were not selected in the H1B lottery for FY 2017. Read More details here
- May 2nd, 2016 ( Official Update ) : USCIS updated that data entry is complete for selected petitions in lottery. if you were selected, you should receive receipt notices in 2 to three weeks. If not, the chances are very slim to get selected. You should look at your plan B. Read H1B Data Entry Complete Article for full details
- April 22nd, 2016 : (Official Update) USCIS Updated that they will start premium processing from May 12th, instead of May 16th.
- April 12th, 2016 – 6:30 PM EST : Official Update : USCIS released a press note that H1B lottery was completed on April 9th and they received over 236,000 petitions for FY 2017 quota. Read Press Release Summary
- April 12th, 2016 – 11:50 AM CST ( Unofficial Update ) : It is reported on blog by attorney ( immigrationgirl ) that they have received about 40 email receipts of Premium Processing. What it means is that USCIS has already conducted lottery. We will keep you posted with updates. If I am not wrong, they are just drafting the press release now.
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When is the next H1B Season ?
The next H1B season starts on April 1st, 2017. Wondering about your next chance for H1B and various details about the next H1B season, check out H1B Visa 2018 FAQs
Sample H1B Reject Notices for FY 2017 ?
USCIS has started to mail out the reject notices for FY 2017 petitions that were not picked in lottery. It says that the start date for next year H1B season is April 1, 2017. You can check out the Sample Reject Notice for FY 2017, Details
We have many more FAQs around H1B Visa 2017. We will continue to keep updating the page with latest news and updates regarding FY 2017. Bookmark this page and keep checking for updates.
Anyone applied through Systems USA?
Hi Saurabh,
I had applied for H1B visa through a company based of Illinois.
But till now my employer has not got lottery selection/rejection notice.
I am currently having L1B visa and would be travelling to US in the month of July.
I am willing to take my spouse with me for this travel period.
I want to know the process of applying/getting L2 Visa for my spouse and what would be fees.
I tried searching this on Google but no luck.
It would be great if you can help me on this.
Regards,
RK
I would say its foolish to get h1b if your spouse have plans to work in USA since H4 EAD will take min of 4 years once you land in USA.
L2 EAD will cost around 500 $$$ and you can file on your own or with help of attorney. Its like green card no min wage or location restriction. If your are lucky get L1A and apply GC in EB1 Current and you can get GC within 6 months.. That’s the advantage with MNCs
Please answer-
I got offer from CTS and need to join within 3 months, also my H1 in initiated. I have not got confirmation till now neither I got rejection notice from infy.
Q1- If I resign now will infy let me know my visa status, if selected in coming month, if at all any new list is published?
Go to CTS Bye Bye…
Hi,
As soon as you put down your paper, there could be 2 things, either they will withdraw your visa request as soon as you put down your papers or they will ask you to pay the visa fee which they have spent in case if your visa has been selected. However i don’t believe they will do the latter. This is just my opinion.
Put down your paper, your managers and HRs will start oiling ur ass so that you stay. Wait for 3 months, if your case made through lottery, cancel your esap and stay otherwise join cts.
@INfy- H1B am also in same position 🙂 but different company.. thinking of putting paper!!!
Move ahead with new company if you dont want to be loyal to infy sponsoring H1B to you.
It’s a risk….If you have good relations with your Manager and you think he will reduce your Notice Period, then you can wait 🙂 Personally if I wanted to take up the new job I would not wait, as I have a very low opinion on human (esp. Infy manager & DM’s ) nature….. 😛
Anyone from Infy got their I-129 got approved?
No. Waiting for approval.
@ H1B_Infy_world : Receipt notice is uploaded in GICS for you ? Pls let me know.
Yes. Receipt notice is updated in the GICS. I also got it in mail when requested.
Could you please let us know where the receipt notice gets uploaded in gics
ok. Not yet uploaded for me and status remains the same. When it got updated for you ?
ok, all the best!
Hi Saurabh,
Can you please tell me how to decode next 3 digit in a H1B receipt number , after EAC16 , upto accurate day ?
ABC,
Read this article.
Hi Saurabh ,
I read that article but I couldn’t able to compute to exact day. For e.g. in my case its 148 . Can you please help me out in calculating exact day.
ABC,
You would have to figure out the working days since Oct 1. This is something you have to do it for yourself.
There’s an example on that article ” If your case was receipted on April 10th, it would be 130.”, for 148 you would just add 18 to April 10th and get April 28th 🙂
Anyone got any updates for cases that were transferred to another office?
On 20th May, I got 3 emails stating my petition was transferred. No updates after that….
Any update from persistent system?
yes I have update and update is that their is no one updated with any update.
Same here.
I have seen no-update comments mostly from psl.
However on certain day ~ may 15, someone had mentioned that he got selected mail. I am not sure if it was a genuine info.
Expect response by mid june.
From where you got this information of mid June.
Any Update from Wipro?
no update.Did u receive status update mail last week? “Dear Employee, Greetings from GIMS..! H1B lottery: The USCIS has completed the computerized random lottery selection process of H1B CAP applications. Next Steps This is in continuation of our earlier communication on your H1B Cap application. We have not received any update on your application. USCIS will start returning the applications which was not selected in the lottery starting from June onwards. We shall update you once we hear from USCIS. Status Updates As and when, we receive intimation from the USCIS on the acceptance or non acceptance of your application we would let you know. If you do not hear from us, it is because we have not heard back from USCIS on your application. Please be rest assured that we shall keep you posted as soon as we receive further information on your application from USCIS. Service requests As we would be intimating you on the status of your application the moment we hear back from USCIS, raising service tickets and/or calling the support center or any other person in GIMS, they will not be able to give you any additional information as we have not heard back on your application from the USCIS.”
Any idea, approximately how many people got through the lottery in WIPRO? I haven’t heard anyone of my friend or team mate got through the lottery in WIPRO?
Very less.Whoever got the above status update mail will be in rejection list.They have received selection update last Thursday according to my PM.By 1st week of June they will give bulk update which includes selection/rejection.
Yes I got this mail . But want to know there is any hope
Nope.”We have not received any update on your application. USCIS will start returning the applications which was not selected in the lottery starting from June onwards. ” This is like indirect way of telling that we are rejected
IBMer’s any update? Is game over for IBM?
No Update…i think game is over 🙁
Infosys GICS insiders. Any news guys ??
Follow the yammer group. We already pushed all the selected File numbers, and not expecting to get any more from USCIS.
GICS OLU BARI OLU
Hey what is this second list ?
Any idea on this
Nothing has been communicated. So not point discussing 1st or 2nd list.
I guess they will inform everyone at the same time, as and when that happens.
Nothing wrong in knowing which we don’t know:)
Just wanted to know why we get 2 lists when USICS sends all at a time
Well, ACN doesn’t files its applications directly to USICS.
ACN contacts and pays fees to Fragomen to avail the immigration services .
So, Fragomen receives the directly from USICS and sends it to ACN.
So it can be so that Fragomen sends it on weekly basis to ACN or maybe all at once to 2-3 batches. No sure way to know that.
Hope this answers 🙂
Any updates from persistent ?…… Other companies published 2nd ,3rd and in some cases rejection list also … Just surprised if persistent has already shared any list ?
Na babu. Persistent sent my offer letter after 4 month of hr interview.
So chill, they are in born slow in processing. May be first week of June will bring fortune for us. 😉
oh ok thanks for this info 🙂
Got Email from FDFU team that my petition was selected in lottery
which base location and is there any way of contact them to get the status.
What is your location?
pls tell me when you received mail from tcs FDFU and you are from which location.it will help many people
hi, what will be the process after selection in lottery , and is it updated in your ultimatix too.
Hello Everyone,
I have a question. My OPT is expiring on 1st June and I have not received any receipt or rejection. According to the law I have read that there is an automatic CAP GAP extension till your petition is rejected. Can I work at my company till I get a rejection or do I have to stop working on June 1st? My DSO is not willing to give me an extension on I-20 till I get a rejection. Has anyone gone through this before?
New Here,
AFAIK, Cap Gap is granted if your petition has been selected in the lottery. Unless you get the notification that the petition has been selected, DSO won’t be able to grant the extension.
What you may be referring to is rejection after selection in the lottery. For example, you are selected in the lottery => automatic cap-gap => petition denied => cap-gap ends. However, the pre-req is getting through the lottery.
Unfortunately, you will have to stop working once OPT expires; unless you are eligible for OPT extension. You would then have 60 day grace period to leave US, or move to another visa status or enroll in another school.
Thanks Saurabh!
Great, give rest other people seeking H1B the chance now. ?
Don’t know what happens with my petition.
I’ve been selected in the lottery under Regular, then employer transferred the case to Premium.
16 days from status changing to “Case Was Received and A Receipt Notice Was Emailed” has past and no update so far.
How is it possible?
Kumar,
If it has been more than 15 calendar days since USCIS acknowledged upgrade to PP, employer/attorney should contact USCIS and follow-up.
My status is showing name updated in usis site.subrah can you help me with next status?
What is the meaning of name updated? When you will get this status?
What is ur status??
My status is “case received”
Hi,
Even my status is same “Name was Updated” . Have you got any details about it ?
Out of all these MNCs, Accenture is moving at a speed if sloth.?????????
*of
Probably by June 2nd week Accy results would be out.. heard that they received 2nd list aswell… Stay tuned.. 🙂 🙂
June 2nd week????? ? Dear lord….
Stay tuned till June ending.. 😉
Hi @Acc_Slaughter,
What is the source of info on 2nd list for Accenture?
I don’t know why Accenture delays sharing of results each year-its frustrating!
It seems the 15days timeline counts from the day your case is transferred to another center instead of may 12.
Finally H1B fever over.
All the best to who are not selected in
lottery .
Will join next year same season
Yesterday my friend got recipt ?
Neetu,
Which category?.RR or PP.
Neetu
Which compny??
Wat does it mean? Second batch came or wat ??
@Neetu
Ur company might have hold the result.
Nothing to surprise :-p
Any hope for TCSers? Didnt get any receipt this week..Can we wait ? 🙁
TCS is slowing down the process. Yet few more lists have to come. As for as I know only one list came out.
If they release all the results at a time, there might be a chance that all the non selected applicants will ask for release at a time. I think so but I am not sure.
There are two lists that were out till now but the second list was only MFG ISU ka list …
when you get 2nd list and your location.
first timer application and my manager told me that i got selected!!
There are more 2 lists to come…Hope for the best
Can u let me know which ISU u r from and when did u come to know ?
I am frm hitech domain
I came to know on 24th of may.
Any one AD/RP/CA receives approval yet?
When could we expect to receive approval?
Hi I am from Cognizant. I am also waiting for the same. I have received receipt no on last month 27th still now no updates from my org. Could someone please let us know when it will get updates from USCIS further process. Mine is Non-AD/RP/CA.
it will take time Sir, mostly happen in August, urs is not preumium to get approved in june/july
Still PP is not over
As per last year, people should get approvals starting from june mid.
It’s end of May and now game over 🙁
Yes! Ryt game is over now
Any update from IBM?
No Update 🙁
A ticket raised in CTS GSD Immigration team mentioned, that they have received last set of receipts. They confirmed if you do not get a confirmation by June 1st, then its over.
Is this true? I didn’t get same update when I called GSD. They said that at times we might get receipts little late and told me to wait for two more weeks but admitted that chances are very very slim.
Yea that was the feedback I received yesterday.
IMHO i guess it is over. There has been no updates since may 6th. And this being the month end of may, expecting for approval anymore is hopeless. Correct me if i am wrong. I am a first timer. Any idea from when they start sending rejection letters?
I received in July last year
don’t know what are they gonna do in these 2 days..!! Not believing they would have received receipt notice after 6-may and holding it until 31-May.
how does the clock work for cases that moved to another center?
Depends on which clock, like wrist watch, ,wall clock etc etc.
Then type, like, digital analog
The Time zone like IST GMT EDT….
Cheers 😛
I agree :p
i just do not know how you are working for an MNC with this brain.
An MNC? “An”? Lol….. Bro dont troll yourself….
Gud one Bro…
Bro you trolled yourself.. Learn since grammar first before nit picking others.. An MNC is correct usage
https://www.englishrules.com/writing/2005/a-versus-an-the-indefinite-article/
CTS_Guy_H1B_Ka_Jhol_Bc,
Actually when using acronyms and abbreviations, sound decides whether it would be “a” or “an” and not the spelling.
MNC sounds like “am an cee” and so it would be “an MNC”
Reference here
@Saurabh I don’t think issue is about “an” vs “a” here, you generally can only use definite article “the” with proper names, which are already specified by definition, and MNC is a proper name, there is no more than one “MNC” out there, therefore “an MNC” (as well as “a MNC”) does not make sense.
Here’s the reference btw https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Article_(grammar)#Definite_article
Any one received the lottery rejection letter? Just want to check with my attorney and need confirmation.
Ya someone in UGANDA received rejection. You? which company?
any update in persistent systems?
When we will start to receive the rejection notice? Any idea…
My three friend got rejection yesterday
Last year my employer’s attorney got mine at the end of July.
Hi Saurabh,
Please respond on this.
https://www.uscis.gov/news/alerts/new-web-page-h-1b-and-l-1-fee-increase-public-law-114-113
My query is does this apply to this fiscal year also. Do we need to pay extra $4000 ?
Thank You
Sai
This is what it says word by word, and its pretty simple and clear english.
What did you not understand here
You = Employer, in below
If You Are an H-1B Petitioner
>>When You Must Pay the Additional Fee
You must pay the additional $4,000 fee IF ALL OF THE FOLLOWING apply to you:
1. You employ 50 or more employees in the United States;
2. More than half of your employees in the United States are in H-1B, L-1A, or L-1B non-immigrant status;
3. You filed your H-1B petition with a postmark date of Dec. 18, 2015 or later (or if you sent it by courier services, the courier picked up your H-1B packet on Dec. 18, 2015, or later); and
4. You filed an H-1B petition to:
i. Seek initial H-1B non-immigrant status for a foreign national, or
ii. Obtain authorization for an H-1B worker to change employers.
You do NOT need to pay the additional fee for:
• H-1B extension requests filed by the same petitioner for the same employee,
• H-1B amended petitions, or
• Petitions based on other employment-based visa categories (such as H-1B1, H-2A, H-2B, etc.).
if you followed that link, you would come to know the answer to your question.
“The additional fees apply to petitioners who employ 50 or more employees in the United States, with more than 50 percent of those employees in H-1B or L (including L-1A and L-1B) nonimmigrant status”
if your employer had paid additional fee (if had to) then USCIS will raise an RFE for you to pay the extra amount or to write a reason why you do not have to
** if your employer had not paid …
Dear All,
My employer informed me on April 22nd that my application is picked in lottery and awaiting receipt. Till now no information on the receipt number.
I want to know without notice number or cheque encashed info how one can say that your application is picked in the lottery.
Your employer might not be wanting to share the receipt # with you
Did anyone received any mail from capgemini
Received email from capgemini that no update received on my case and to wait toll Aug 2016 for further update (might be for rejection).i assume it means game is over for this year.
Same here. Received same email from immigration team.
Not getting…. is it over ?? or still some hopes remained.. 🙁 🙁
Same with me. Cheque encashed. Waiting for receipt #. Will keep posted.
Got selected in H1B this year. Now I have a question. I have a 8 months old baby who is not included in my dependent list as he wasn’t born at the time 2 yrs back when my petition was made. I want to know how do I add him now.
You can ask your employer or attorney for this. There is a way after adding your spouse or kids as your dependent once your H1 B gets approved. Your kids would be eligible for H4 based on your H1 approved application.
Anne,
Why was the petition made 2 years ago? Do you mean to say employer used a petition using data from 2 years ago instead of relying on you to provide most up to date date? Doesn’t speak very highly of the employer.
Anyways, once petition is approved, your kid can get H-4 visa stamped. No additional step required at the moment. Whenever you appear for H-1 visa stamp, spouse and children can appear for H-4 dependent visa.
Unlucky ,
is anyone got selected in the lottery from tap-it services us consultancy
there were telling that they filed 37 petitions out of 37 they got 15 receipts
Out of 37 filed 15 got receipts……….Unbelievable
anyone got mail from any sources ISG/WPC or manager in HCL ???????????
It is with DU heads, please contact your DU heads and then plz update here whatever update you get!!!
Senior managers and DU head have got the list, my name missing.. now waiting for second list..
Hey is your DUHead Shi**kum** ??? Also who confirmed you that u are not selected?? When is the second list??
HCL – I have got verbal confirmation from my DU head that may name is in the list. They have received first list in which there are 217 names and as per him I am the only one who is selected. Can’t believe….
U must be realy lucky ..Whch Unit do u belong to ??
Even i received a verbal communication, that is i made it through..but waiting for ISG email to get receipt number.
All the best guys!!
Even I received a mail from manager. I got selected in the lottery. waiting for ISG email
All the best guys!!
Is game Over for persistent ?
no one got update in my circle
Does anyone got update in persistent?
Hi Saurabh,
Is EAC16148XXXXX a valid receipt number i.e. H1B non cap exempt one, by looking at the number 148 in receipt number.
ABC,
I can’t tell whether it is valid or not b/c some of the digits are masked. What’s the online status for this receipt?
Hi Saurabh,
My question was is number 148 from receipt number EAC16148XXXXX is a valid number as I heard from blog that this number corresponds to the day when receipt is generated . So for FY 2016 it is number of days from Oct 1 2015.
Valid in the sense does it falls in the range when lottery happened.
Yes. it is valid. mine was 138.
Hi saurabh,
My question was what does 148 number represents in EAC16148XXXXX ? And how to calculate its value.
here is rough calculation. starts from oct 15. we should see no # working days excluding holidays.
Oct 15 – 22 days
Nov 15 – 21 days
Dec 15 – 21 days
Jan 16 – 21
Feb 16 – 21
Mar 16- 23
Apr 16 – 21
With this ,138 comes on Apr 11th.
Hi Bob9,
But mine is 148 so it should come on Apr 22 right….
But lottery was conducted on April 9 and in my receipt notice Case received date is April 11 and Recipt Notice date is Apr 27,
ABC,
The receipt number may be perfectly valid. Do you have concerns that the receipt number doesn’t belong to you? Did the employer share 797C copy?
Go and sleep man
Hi Saurabh,
I do have receipt copy I797C with my name on it, which employee shared with me. I just wanted to decode what does number 148 exactly signifies. Nothing that important but just out of curiosity….
Below is my case status on USCIS website :
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Document Was Returned To USCIS
On May 13, 2016, the Post Office returned your document to us. We will hold your document for 180 days or until November 9, 2016. Please go to www.uscis.gov/e-request to request that we resend the document to you. If you do not submit an online request by November 9, 2016, we will destroy your document and you will need to file a new Form I-129, Petition for a Nonimmigrant Worker, with fee. If you move, go to www.uscis.gov/addresschange to give us your new mailing address.
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Can anyone help me understand what does this mean?
Revolver Raani,
Looks like the mail was undelivered. Ask your employer to contact USCIS and confirm that they have the correct address on file. Once that is corrected, they can send the document again.
PS: Love some of the names used on the blog. What’s next Bullet Raja?
🙂 Thank you for the reply Saurabh. I have emailed my employer the query. Let’s see what they get back with.
P.S. Thank you! 🙂
Revolver Raani,
BTW that movie sucked. I am not sure which one was more pathetic – Revolver Rani or Bullet Raja. Isn’t it time to upgrade to Queen? 🙂
🙂
Bullet Raja sucked big time! But Kangana rocked in Revolver Raani. Queen was in another league of sheer brilliance.
As far as using it as a name goes, I would upgrade to ‘Imperator Furiosa’! 🙂
Imperator Furiosa,
Nice upgrade 🙂 … Too bad she may not feature in next Mad Max …
Hi Saurabh,
Please respond, my H1B got picked in lottery and I am waiting for the approval, I did it through some consultancy outside, mine is NONAD/RP.
Now the manager in my present company told me that they are gonna process L1B for me for an opportunity in the company. I can’t reveal about my H1 to them as I did it from outside.
Please suggest me whether filing L1B also while H1B is in process will impact my H1B in any manner or they are two different things.
Please respond, I should convey the message to them ASAP.
Suresh_H1B,
L-1B and H-1B can process in parallel. One doesn’t impact the other. If you have need to travel on L-1, then go ahead and do that.
Things could get tricky when you already have one of the two stamped in the passport and go for the stamping for the other. At that time, they may cancel the previous visa stamp (it is officer’s discretion).
I guess when H1B gets approved, L1B status is lost automatically on October 1st and he needs to immediately join his H1 employer on October 1.
L1H1,
Not always. As I understood from his/her post, the person was outside US when H-1 was applied, and so it is consular processing not COS. Even if s/he enters US on L-1 and H-1 gets approved, status would remain L-1 and not change to H-1 until separate COS to H-1 is approved or s/he enters on stamped H-1.
Had the person been inside US on L-1 and H-1 is applied and approved w/ COS, then what you are saying goes into effect.
Makes sense?
Ohhh wait! There is going to be next Mad Max??
😮 Sheeeeeiiit!
Don’t you know the golden rule of Hollywood. Milk, milk and milk. That is why they break down the 3rd or last installment of any trilogy into 2 parts (Harry Potter, Twilight, Hunger Games, Hobbit etc) to make more money. They live off on fanboys and fangirls.
The first one made money (and was critically acclaimed too), so there will be future installments as well 🙂
PS: It is good to talk on this blog on my 1st fav topic (movies), 2nd being immigration …
Well, you have given me one more purpose to wake up tomorrow morning!
Movies are my oxygen too. 🙂
Still any hopes alive for capgemini hyd
any more news for CTS guys
Sorry to be negative! All i have to say is accept the fact and move on 🙂
Hi Infy,
Anyone received receipt notice ? Is it uploaded in GICS ?
Thanks,
Yes, you can check in the Documents section in Visa Details on GICS portal. They have uploaded the receipt notice.
Not yet uploaded for me … When it got updated for you ?
If your visa record status has changed to “PetitionStatus”, you should be able to find the receipt in Documents section.
My record’s status was changed on 25th and on the same day the receipt was made available.
It got uploaded on 25th May, the record status also changed on the same day, to “Petition Status”
It got updated on 25th May, on the same day the visa record status also got changed to Petition Status.
@Infy_Selected : Thanks for the update. My status is still “Petition Acknowledgement”. Probably i think GICS team is in process of uploading receipts copies and i hope, it gets updated soon . Any one from your team got receipt updated ?
No one else in my team got selected in the lottery, so I don’t know about that.
The status update should happen within a few more days I guess. Congrats on being one of the lucky ones and all the best!
Have a great time in the US 🙂
Thanks. Congrats to u as well 🙂 Keep posted here as and when your visa gets approved.
Admin Can you prove these are Cap Exmp Petitions ?
Dear All
GAME IS NOT AT ALL OVER NON-AD/PP/RP
Yes Game is not Over,Any body object here is the proof
EAC1616952222 24/05/2016
EAC1616952444 24/05/2016
EAC1617152444 25/05/2016
EAC1617252444 26/05/2016 Premium Process
EAC1617252314 26/05/2016 Premium Process
Any doubt plz check in USCIS
Dear Admin Please don’d mislead the aspirants ,Every one appreciating you for supporting aspirants in this platform including me.
Data Entry Completes means that they have entered the details of all petitions of 236000 in their Data Base
It doesn’t mean that they Declared Selected Petitions
All Aspirants don’t loose hopes still you receive letter from USCIS whether you selected or Rejected
Thanks ZOOZ, I Lost my hopes. now i hope i will get my H1B.
Zooz,
With all due respect, it is YOU who is misleading the folks here. All the mentioned receipts have receiving date of May xx. Cap-subject petitions should have a filing date of April 11 when the lottery was conducted.
They entered information of all 236K petitions in their db when the lottery was conducted. Data entry completion notice was sent w.r.t. receipt generation.
Tell me, how did you conclude that this is a cap-subject petition?
Saurabh
Can u pls tell us is der any kindda second batch come frm infy side? Pls reply
Hopeless,
How would I know how Infy handles there batch notifications. I can tell only what USCIS does and there is no second batch being issued. If Infy is holding off on notifying folks, then it is their company policy and not known to people outside the company.
Saurabh
Thx. ?
Dear Admin
Thank you for your positive reply.
Lottery is conducted on 09/04/2016 and many aspirants received Like 11/04/2016 as showing Case Received or something else in USCIS,Then how come not found in other processing centers like this ?
Zooz,
There are only 2 processing centers – VT and CA. The petitions that were selected in the lottery, have a receipt date of April 11 or something similar.
I can’t help it if you want to live in a pipe dream and want to believe otherwise. You can continue to wait for your rejection notice. But do NOT pick random numbers and post them here and say that they are cap-subject petitions.
I have nothing more to add.
Thank you Admin
These are not random picked ,These receipts all are from my employer from Boston.
And mentioned Premium Process receipt numbers are converted from Regular Processing as well
They confirmed one check got cashed on 24th May 16
any how thank you for your positive reply
Zooz,
Then your employer is playing games w/ you. If you paid money to him for H-1B filing and asking for regular updates, he is just skirting the question by sending you random numbers.
Assuming your employer is telling the truth (which I doubt), he is saying that he received 5 new receipts in last 3 days; out of which 2 are PP.
Doesn’t it raise red flags to you about the sample size. There are hundreds of folks on this forum who haven’t updated new receipt numbers in last several days and your employer is showing a huge success of 5 new receipts.
Ask him to send you one of the 797 copies for these receipts. He can use white ink to remove the employee’s name and maintain privacy; but still keep receipt number and employer’s name. This will show that the receipt really belongs to your employer or not.
Up to you who to trust.
thank you Admin
I will ask him for sure
Finally you irritated the admin also…
Saurabh – Just ignore him. He already know this and just playing with you…
It’s Me!!,
I also thought he was troll looking for attention, but now I think he may be an H-1B ignorant person who is being taken for a ride by his employer.
If its latter, then its better that I respond to him (even if his comments are w/o logic) or else his employer will continue to play w/ and make use of his ignorance.
@ZooZ, Your argument doesn’t make any sense…
As per my last three years experience, i never seen people receiving receipts excepts some MNC’s those will hold receipt to control attrition (or whtvr the reasons). Moreover these MNC’s receipt update is completely irreverent to USCIS’s timeline info.
So Plz stop misleading ppls…
By the way, you can carry on with your false information analysis and keep on waiting for receipt…
Hi Saurabh,
Last year -Data Entry was completed on May 4th and I know that some people received receipts in June.
How can that be explained ?
If it happened last year; it could probably happen this year too …
Thoughts ?
Natasha,
There could be few reasons for this delay like employer held on to receipts until they start seeing rejection notices, the receipts are delayed in postal mail or marked as undelivered etc.
Anyone still waiting for receipts now is grasping at straws. Anyone receiving receipts now is an exception not the rule.
My opinion about the original post of this conversation still stands – those receipts are cap-exempt and the employer is making a fool out of the employee.
I got receipt number, but no status in USCIS page, and getting below message. Do i need to for some time? any suggestions?
Validation Error(s)
You must correct the following error(s) before proceeding:
My Case Status does not recognize the receipt number entered. Please check your receipt number and try again. If you need further assistance, please call the National Customer Service Center at 1-800-375-5283.
I got receipt number, but no status in USCIS page, and getting below message. Do i need to wait for some time? any suggestions?
Validation Error(s)
You must correct the following error(s) before proceeding:
My Case Status does not recognize the receipt number entered. Please check your receipt number and try again. If you need further assistance, please call the National Customer Service Center at 1-800-375-5283.
Reddy,
What is the receipt format that you are entering?
May Be we should not jump to calling him ignorant. The H1B program is very complicated. For people like you and me who have done it for few years, it is easy to know the rules. But if some one is applying from a different country, through a shady consultancy and paying them money for H1B, it is very difficult for them. These shady consultancies keep on telling them lies and if that is your only source of information, then you believe whatever they say.
In any case, I think he is just naive about the process rather than being ignorant.
H1B_Without Consulting Company,
To clarify, I didn’t mean ignorant in any demeaning way. I meant ignorant about H-1 rules, which even I was when I started my H-1 journey.
Here is the thing. Today, we are in a world where anything and everything can be found on the web. If someone decides to dive into H-1 w/o doing any research and paying money upfront, then s/he is a fool. I have seen lot of people asking questions on the blog to know what the rules are, so that they can make the right choice with their money and career.
However, even after being told that the cases are cap-exempt, if someone comes back w/ more case numbers and announces that I am passing out false information to others, he should be called out. I didn’t call him stupid or idiot or troll b/c I felt for him when he told me that his source of information is his employer.
That is why I took the time and effort in explaining him how things work and making him aware about the things he doesn’t know. To me that is ignorance, but definitely not in a condescending way.
WAC16xxxxxxx, that is what I have in receipt.
Reddy,
Try again in few days as it may be technical glitch on USCIS side. If it still fails, then ask employer to contact USCIS and sort this out.
Any Updates from IBM ?
no updates… 🙁
Any heads up Accenture guys???? Today is last working day of this week. Any hopes???
No updates …. seems we have to wait till june 2nd week:(
Hi,
My application is Advacned Degree – Regular Processing – Conuslar Notification.
My status shows as “Case Approved”. At present I am in India. Can I attend the VISA Interview now and Travel with H1? (My present status is OPT with expiry date of Jan 4th 2017)
Thanks.
@Suresh,
USCIS is yet to declare date from which they will start the visa appointments.Even if you complete the interview your visa will start only from 1st october.
But your case clearly shows that Premium processing is over and now AD Regular Processing will start. This will be followed by NON-AD Regular processing.
Hi Infy_Selected
I am also Infy selected 🙂
Any idea when RP approval will start.
From the above case it looks like it has started now. Infy has provided August deadline for petition to approve. Now all we can do is sit tight and relax. No perfect timeline as to whose application will processed first.
All lottery selected candidate can enjoy some VIP treatment till then. 🙂
OMG! Game is over.My employer called me and said lottery results are out and sent to all. he is just waiting for my rejection letters. 3rd time in a row, gone, time, money. This time i applied through my company and from outside, both the places i lost. I work in infy and my HR told me all the results are out and informed to candidates already rest just waiting for the official rejections confirmation before updating the candidates final status. Any one from infy?heard about this? My manager also said the same to me who is close to me. Thank you for all your support guys take care
But G1 team is saying second batch of result surely come in dat either select or reject result will come out. #hopes alive. Every second person of infy is giving postive or neg info. Just wait nd watch atleast first week of june.
Don’t know yaar, may be you are correct, my manager updated what i mentioned before. If there is a second one then it is good. Even from outside i heard many ppl already received and employers already updated non selected candidates about the status and waiting for the rejection letters and money.
So confusing….So many ppl are saying there will be a 2nd list in Infy and to keep hopes alive till june 2nd week….And u come up with completely opposite info…. 🙁
? second batch will come as per GI team. But when i dont knw. Until or unless u aint get rejection mail keep lill hope. Kuch bhi ho skta hai bawa..!! ?
GI team has holding 20% of selected petition and it will be updated along with rejection list in coming batches just to avoid attrition.
How do u know??! Just making up stuff like 20% is it..why not 50% then 😉
Do you know that paying money for filing your H1B application is illegal? Were you not able to find an outside consultancy that files your H1 based on your actual qualification and not by the money you give?
Hi Illegal,
Everyone knows here that paying for H1 is illegal, but understand the fact dude that there is nothing called free lunch here in India, dont know where are you from.
Unless you are working in a big MNC where they file H1B free of charge….that too if you have good relation with your Manager…
If you want to apply from consultancy, obviously they will charge some amount, which they wont say H1B fees, rather they say it as a security deposit so that in case after getting selected, you wont go to US then their hugely invested amount will be wasted…..
Hope you understood the ground reality as why consultancy charges….
At the end, its your wish if you want to apply from consultancy or not as they are not forcing you to apply any give money….
I am not promoting any consultancy here, just showing you correct picture….
Everything is done by H1B candidate/aspirant wish…..
This was my second time. I spent a lot of money in a master degree. Entered in OPT. Then j1. After 3 years I have only two options to invest money or to enroll again to university and spend again money. I do not reccomend to anyone to come to the US to study with the purpose to get h1b visa. Stay away from US. I lost 3 years of my life.
Sorry abt that dude….I’m sure ur making Plan B..but in case I’d suggest you apply for Canada’s Express Entry program in case you haven’t considered it….
canadavisa.com/canada-immigration-discussion-board/express-entry-step-by-step-instructions-t273928.0.html
Hi Saurabh,
Please please please respond o my query. My employer told me 20 days back that my cheque has been encashed (they got info). But still now, they are saying that no confirmation yet. Please, let me know whether I can trust this. Is there still time to wait Non-AD RP , after encashing cheque.
Thanks,
Suresh
Suresh,
Ask employer if they can see the receipt number behind the cashed check’s copy. They should then contact USCIS and follow-up on the receipt notice and/or receipt number.