I know many of you have been waiting for the update on the H1B Visa 2016 petitions awaiting receipt numbers and the lottery results. It has been painful wait as always for many of you waiting… Earlier today USCIS released a news alert indicating that the Data Entry is completed for all the H1B petitions selected in lottery for the fiscal year 2016. Below is the quick summary and analysis.
Summary : H1B Petitions Data Entry Complete
- USCIS announced that they completed data entry for all the H1B petitions that were selected in the lottery.
- USCIS will start to return all the petitions that were not selected in lottery and mail out all the rejection notices.
- USCIS does NOT promise any time frame for returning the packages not selected in lottery due to the high volume and they ask employers/ petitioners not to inquire USCIS regarding their petition until they receive a receipt or return package.
What can we take away from this news alert from USCIS ?
In the past USCIS did not release any news alert like today regarding the data entry of applications. Many websites have been speculating that data entry is complete and spreading some rumors…I believe, USCIS has released this alert just to confirm everyone that the data entry is complete from their end and have all the stake holders on the same page…
It seems like the DHS Note to All SEVIS users released last week, has been generating quite a bit of inquiries regarding the filed H1B petitions to USCIS…this alert is to clarify to everyone that they should not reach out to USCIS regarding their petition until they get some information from USCIS.
What is missing from this news alert for all the petitioners is that they have not given a time frame on when the employers/ petitioners can expect to receive the rejected petitions that were not selected in the H1B 2016 Lottery . This could be very frustrating for everyone waiting for their petitions.
When to expect H1B case Receipts ? Rejection Notices or Return Packages ?
If your petition was premium and selected in lottery this year, you should have already got something in email as the 15 days SLA for those petitions’ is May 11th, either for a decision or any action like RFE, etc.. If your petition was filed under regular processing, what I guess is that, if your petition was selected in lottery and receipted, if you have not received anything yet, you should expect your H1B case receipt notice in mail in the next couple of weeks….If you do not hear anything in the next 15 days or so, you probably need to think about your other options…
Having said that, you cannot be really sure if your petition was not selected until you get a rejection notice or return of your original package. Last year, USCIS mailed out rejection notices for petitions not selected in lottery until late June. What USCIS mentioned today is that they will release an alert indicating if they have mailed out all the rejection notices. Well, lets hope they mail out those notices soon so that it cuts down the wait for many waiting anxiously…We wrote an article last year around your options, you can read the Options, if NOT selected in H1B Lottery so that you can be prepared… Also, I request you to update your petition’s details in our H1B Case Tracker, so that others can get some high level info. The information is fully anonymous as it does not show any personal details.
As I always say, if you are lucky, you would probably get H1B receipt number, if NOT…don’t worry, it has nothing to do with your talent or education…it is an external factor and you should not lose your confidence on yourself…it is not the only destiny and end of your life’s dream…Just take your setback as an opportunity to explore options to work in other parts of the world…We will try to write articles on other parts of the world.
What are your thoughts ? Did any of you get return packages already ?
Reference :
USCIS Completes Data Entry of Fiscal Year 2016 H-1B Cap-Subject Petitions http://t.co/hyVhEWrX9Q
— USCIS (@USCIS) May 4, 2015
is there any hope ..My employer is saying wait till May End ?
when check will be Enchashed is it once they start processing or immediately after lottery got picked ?
Thanks …!!
RP/NAD/CAL is there any hope left? When did you received your receipt? Like anyone got today? Day passes and hope vanishes…
Our company applied thru the califronia center but about 20% of the people have heard out of which most are with receipt numbers. so, very little hope left because odds were 1:3 during the lottery..even after that..i am think nearly 50K people have already heard back and 180K people are yet to hear back..so we are looking at the odds of less than 20% now..
Any one from California, RP & Non AD still waiting for Lottery Pick up Result
Any hope to hold on
I am still waiting. i do not see much people from CA telling that they have received the tracking number. So i think we still can hope. Unless we get our applications back
Let’s face the reality guys, we are still seeing few people get their receipt numbers and that’s giving us hope but just think about 10s and 100s of packages being returned back while only few acceptances. Those who get rejected will not post here, so we may only see either queries of those who didn’t receive or those who got the receipt numbers.
Hi PM sent email today. My case is waiting with uscis and need to wait till June end. Does this mean PM team just waiting to receive rejection mail from USCIS. Or is there any Chase?
Hi,
can you post the contents of the mail here??
As per the info i got from various forums…there is no concept of waiting list, if you can clarify the same with your PM and post it here…we might get a ray of hope.
My case is also same. Can any one here got confirmation from Accenture
Accenture guys who got awaiting status, it is just a formal communication that uscis has not sent any updates which means you are not picked as all receipts that are picked in the lottery have been sent by May 4th and have reached their destination by May 13th max. So if u have got awaiting status it means 99% rejection. There might be few cases where there has been some misdelivery, etc which has delayed your receipt from reaching the employer..so 1% hope still remains..
I agree.
i got mail as your case is still pending with the USCIS. Since the lottery status is announced only in batches, we may have to wait until end June 2015
for an appropriate update from the USCIS.
Got a mail frm PM that mine is accepted. Gods Grace!
I think Accenture sent notification to all, those who pick up and after that application approved, does any one just get receipt number without final approval ?
any one receiving receipts from California center for RP??????
I am still waiting for some information. RP/ AD
Any one got update from TCS
TCS would not share the details of the selected candidates until June, so have patience…
I came to know frm my frnd in accenture tht d results r out …. When would capgemini financial services release d result?
r u currently employed with Capgemini or new joinee…for currently employed, I believe they have informed the status
Nopes i am new joinee
Hi anyone received any updates from CA center? AD/RP. i am still waiting to hear about my application
i havent recieved any yet but they sent me I901 unpaid notification.
@cts Guys…anyone got receipt number today??
Any info regarding how long we should wait…
stop waiting.
called git, they told that its over.Since they are busy handling the docs for selected guys, they will send a mail to the rejected guys when they get time.
Hi,
Is it? but as for as i know, USCIS will send the receipt till late june month. Lets see !!!
I don’t think that’s correct. They mailed out the receipt numbers starting May 4th and for the ones that were not selected in the lottery, the packages are being returned as well.
Is anyone from IBM US still waiting for their receipt? Any updates from the immigration team?
I received email from Accenture stating that they are still awaiting the lottery status of my H1B application from USCIS.
Guys still are there any chance for me?
I’m waiting as well, even though my employer has head up to me that the chance is very slim.
Guys, If you have received communication stating that your status is ‘awaiting’ it means there are zero chances. That is what has been observed in 100% of cases over last years. If no communication is received then keep fingers crossed.
Hi, I am also waiting for my application to get picked in lottery. As per the conversation with my cousin last night (Who stays in U.S), I understood that the Premium Processing selection is complete by this May 15th or so(Still there is a possibility that the premium process applications which are not selected could get selected in Regular process) . However with respect to Regular process the process of lottery Pick up is as follows “It is not that all the 2 lakhs 33 thousand applications are put into lottery at once instead it is a batch wise lottery pick up i.e. Only some set of applications are put into lottery at once and then this process continues till September end as a Batches” so I think let us wait for at least till the end of June or July and conclude that our Application is not picked in lottery.
None of this is actually true. If you applied under Premium, there is no chance that you got selected. If you applied under regular, you can still wait till end of May.
Buddy, your are completely misguide. There is no point to have false hope until June/July of getting selected in lottery. It is conducted only once and for this year it was completed on 13th April. At most by end of another one week the USCIS will be done with issue receipt number. However, further process of approval petition and package return of unselected cases may get completed by mid July.
Get it through of lottery selection is not in our hands so accept the fact never mind if its in your favor or not. The best will come to you.
Good Luck!!!
My friends got a message today form the consultancy that her’s is picked today. So still some hopes left…so wait!!…Thought it would help somebody who didn’t receive any info yet. (Y)
Hi thanks for this update. I have also applied through consultancy & nothing heared as yet. Good to know that receipts are still coming in. Did he receive it today as on may 17th? Vermont center?
Yes she received it today and yes from Vermont! all we got to do is wait!!
What’s her first and last name first two letters?
First : Ag
Last : Na
(If that helps)
Accenture update – My brother’s application was picked up in lottery, Got update from mobility now. I am waiting for my application status from WIPRO .. Finger crossed…
Guys anyone from Wipro getting lottery selected or rejected mails ?? GIMS has instructed to wait till June 1st week .
Just now got the same mail stating wait till 1st week of June…Same mail is floating all day.No Idea what it means..may be this for rejected case… 🙁 🙁
Hi All, I too feel Wipro will not hear more.
We got all that we wanted it seems and from myproject 21 got out of 35 which seems to be a fair ration. I am scared too and I feel we wont get some where, lost hopes and time to update profile in naukri.come and mosterjobs.come. Wats ur thought on that people ?
No Faking news from GIMS if you will ask from last year selected guys most of them got there results from 6th May to june 1st week .
Thanks for keeping up the hopes.
getting H1B is life turning point. god should favor us 🙁
Even in my team out of 20 applications already 11 received selected notice, hope is getting reduced:(.. God should help here
So still is there any hope to select in lottery , GIMS is saying till june there is hope .
No more people will be selected here after…..GIMS is just going to send Rejections only….Guys don’t waste your time and better luck next time.
Hi CTS Folks,
Has anyone’s petition being approved yet..for Non-AD/RP…..
One of my friend’s petition got approved on 14th May under Non-AD/RP. He saw it in the USCIS site yesterday….I am also waiting for an update to my peption’s status….Any update would really helpful…
Yes that’s right. People (including me) are in terrible wait and they want what to do next…
Hello Friends, Finally wait is over, Just now got email from People Mobility that my name is accepted in Lottery.
Please be cool and believe in GOD……..
Congrats 🙂
Congrats DJ
Mine is still in waiting Status.
what are the chances of waiting status to get selected ?. even i have got the same mail
what does waiting status mean ? are there any good hopes or almost game over ?
Hi,
I am not sure on this, but as far as I remember last year, there were few (only very few) who got confirmation later in June whose initial status in May was Waiting. Mine last year was waiting and then it didnt get picked up last year. Same was the case for many of my colleagues last year. This year I am not sure about it.
However this year, I have got the lottery acceptance email sometime back. Will check with other project colleagues and get back to you.
can you please tell…how did u come to know about this waiting status??
Unless u have a reciept number, you have no way to check the status.
could u please clarify.
I just received a mail from the mobility team that although they receive some confirmations, mine is still awaited. There will not be any more correspondence from them until anything for me is received from USCIS.
That means the chances are rarest now.
Guys,
Somewhere I saw that…we can still hope if the petition is filed at Vermont center. I dont know which center my employer filed my petition. My consultancy is new jersey based, so it should be Vermont ..correct? please advise.
check the immirgration website. they list out where you should file depending on your location.
Approved! So first with regular processing and Non-Advance degree?
Can you share which centre and the first five digits of your receipt Number ?
It will help us in guessing that the receipt number’s of upto which dates have been processed?
Please update the service center and the 5 digits of ur case #.
Guys,i recievd reciept numbr and da status is like your case is recievd.
May i know wat r next steps?any body cn explain pls
Hi. when did you get the receipt and whats the date on that receipt?
Has anyone with AD/RP got the approval yet? I’m thinking of moving to premium.
I am still waiting for some information. Mine is also AD/RP. Applied at CA center. which center have you applied to?
Guys…………………Its Over for HCL now………………Who ever selected there receipt number is already updated in iAura …you can check status in iAura it will show that…………Otherwise you are not selected…………..HCL will send mail shortly for status………..Best of Luch for Next Time…………….Mine also not selected ……………But lots of Noida Guys receipt number already updated
Apply L1B
Any updates for Infy CIS
Still can we have any hopes on this For regular visa lottery result???
I guess the time is over now. Already started looking for Plan B.
what is the plan B friends? 🙂
UK 🙂
Is there any way….please let me know
Can any one suggest me for Regular processing/California center
still we can expect to receive receipts or game over 🙁
From last week Any one received Receipts from California ????
usually WAC receipts will come prior to EAC.. Frequency of EAC receipts also have been slow offlate.. So frankly speaking chances are low.. but dnt lose hope..
Thanks for your update
I have applied at the CA center, AD/RP. i still have not heard from USCIS. Hope this helps.
It’s absolutely devastating to have not received a receipt number, and therefore not been picked in the lottery, but yet seen comments from scamming Indians with multiple applications who can barely speak English celebrating their success. Screw the lot of you.
If you can speak good English, join a call center instead. Do not defame the Indian community just because yours wasn’t picked up in lottery.
Be mature enough to understand what is required for entry and job in US and not just parrot speaking English. They qualify the initial requirements and hence are eligible for a hand in lottery just like you or anyone else.
Nope has a point. There are Indians who are scamming to get their employees a H1b so that they can get a work authorization in the US and the companies can start minting some money out of them. But, agree with True_Indian that English skills are secondary. There are brilliant people out there who are mediocre English speakers.
*redbus
Did anyone from IBM get receipt in last week.. ?
What does the immigration team have to say about receipt.. Is it still going to send any or the wait is over ?
In IBM 1500 have got the receipt and 500 more are yet to come. I have got this information from IBM immigration team.
whom to check the status in IBM Blr?
Any expectation should we have from CTS for H1 B lottery selection hereafter?? .. Any updates/receipts from USCIS to CTS today???
No Updates from CTS GIT .So its considered to be over and look for other alternatives. 🙂
Any news from TCS? Anyone got any mail or update in VTS tool? If not what’s expected date?
These ppl will kill u with frustration.. Dumb ass…
@ fedup@TCS : What abt you? are you not? then what are u doing here on this forum?
Today i called to FDFU team and they said they will get by 1st or 2nd week of june then will update to candidates…
Tcs first batch results announced.. checked with Chennai fdfu team..not sure how many batches will come
@SAT:
Did FDFU send mail to individuals or they are sending list to ISU head? Do you know anyone got the mail?
Tcs Chennai siruseri fdfu team having first batch selection list.. may 28 second slot results will be announced.. mail siruseri.fdfu for your status..
I am waiting for the results.. did anyone from Accenture receive the result ?
Nope, still waiting
Why do you people send out unconfirmed information and spread rumors. I called up the team and they said we are sending out status as and when we receive.
Please confirm…..if some one from your team is selected or receive the E-mail for Yes or No ?
Why only in Accenture Posts we are getting such fake & misleading comments. Please stop playing around.
Hi Friends,
I got email from People Mobility a while ago. My application got picked up in the lottery.
Please note, this is not fake. Now I need to wait for another 2 or 3 months for final result from USCIS.
Accenture guys can expect a mass mailer by end of this week as per People mobility…
I got notification about I 901 Fee unpaid. is this mean my I-20 status is changed?
Anyone started hearing news on Regular Processing Status’s after receiving receipts ?
Not yet…..
Are application packets coming back? Looks like rp receipts are done,apart from big companies.
what is the Regular Processing Receipt done? meaning they already completed in sending the rejection notification? Please advise.
Any one from capgemini financial services who came to know about h1b result ?
I am also waitin….
i too waiting for the update from them
Any one from Infy heard from GI team after May 15?
Are there any chances still?
Please respond.
I think v shd wait till last week of may
Thanks for your reply. Lets wait for two more weeks and lets be hopeful.
Good things will definitely happen for good people.
If your H1b file location is California, ur chances are almost(99%) Over. If it is Vermont, u have 30% chance to hear good news in next 10 days. GI team has an excel which there are using to update in AIMS. But the updating process is very slow(even I can say dead slow). You can call and confirm about your case, if ur name is not there in the list, all the best for other alternates.
Mine is vermont….still v have chance????
Please reply me…
Whats so spl about california?
Vermont center sends receipts till 2nd or 3rd week of may… California does it earlier usually by 1st week of may.. WAC centers have faster processing time compared to EAC..
Thanks 🙂 Mine is California 🙁 No news yet.
What about filed from NJ?..any updates guys….
how to determine file location in Infy?
Yes, there are good chances until June 2nd week. So far very few people have got their status updated, assuming just 30-40% acceptance rate. Have Hope!
Hi guys, anyone from clearlite inc New Jersey got the receipt. Please reply.
Selection rate is very bad in infy . Look for plan B. Don’t wait that they will update rejected in lottery soon. They will delay as much possible to check attrition.
Not only in infy, every company is same . all got 30% which is not a pass mark !!!
How can u say that selection rate is very low this yr? Last yr also people got updates till last week of may n infact few got in first week of june..
I think v all shd wait for 2 weeks more…
I agree with you my friend. Many people have got their results even in the first week of June. Thanks for writing something positive.
Lets hope that ours dreams will come true. And lets have Faith.
I am in post completion OPT.
I have applied in AD / RP.
I did not get any receipt notice till now nor checks been cashed.
Can you please reply what are my chances of getting H1B.
Anybody facing the same, please reply.
Thanks,
Literally no chance.
Any one from Sitacorp here who got any updates? I am in Premium Processing category…
Did anyone receive any approval on AD/Non-AD RP?
Guys,
Anyone from dell received the receipt number?
hi
Not Yet..Looks chances are very low…
yeah same here. No hope left !!
Hi everyone from Accenture, can you share what your status is. If selected or waiting for mail like my case?
Accenture always sends email to all the employees who are waiting for their H1B status. Who got picked up in the lottery will get confined lottery acceptance email and those who are not picked up will get the email that case is still pending and waiting for confirmation BUT all will get some email in their inbox. So don’t worry they have not shared the status yes.
Hi guys, I know many from Accenture are waiting for any updates and some of you may have received updates already. Can you please share your status here so that everyone is on same page.
Still..awaiting mate…
Got the email today for Acceptance from Mobility Team. Good luck guys.
which DU?
Anyone from capgemini financial services bu….any update on h1b news..i hav sent many mails to my recruiter, but no response
Yes.. Fs has already informed the selected ones.
Sn r u sure ? Did u recieved confirmation ?
Yes, they already informed the selected ones.
Any Update about Accenture. I seen people are posting they are getting email from PM team . Are they true?
My friends in Accenture got the confirmation. They are fly in on 1st Oct.
Accenture People Mobility has confirmed that they have not sent out any emails till Friday – May 15.
Guys, any word on Pricewaterhouse or other big 4 accounting firms?
Nope nothing, I heard news only from very few people…I guess it’s over
I know few people who have AD but haven’t heard anything yet. The only reasoning that’s keep my hopes alive is that..may be they send back packages or receipt notices by companies..and all PwC ones will come all at once. hopefully!
I doubt that cause a few people I know heard already, but all of them have AD. Nobody among Non-AD heard nothing so far
Yea, I am on the same boat..non-AD.
My plan B is good too. I am going to a Masters in Finance program at a good school with full funding. So, though I would wish the H1-B is accepted, plan B isn’t bad either. I will have a good break over the summer.
What school are you going to? is CPT allowed there from day 1?
I actually heard that less than 10% of people who applied via the company heard back. this is very sad
That’s a sad number to look at. I am not sure if the school I will attend will give CPT from day 1. I will be attending Wash Univ in St Louis (Olin School of Bus). I think either option is fine..even with H1-b I may end up leaving at the end of august and just make some savings over the summer and start school late august.
I am still waiting for the receipt, too. I hope the immigration team is waiting to release received receipts to employees….. Has anyone contact the immigration team?
Hi Guys anybody start receiving Receipt nos from IBM .. ..
Is the Game Over ?
Game over friend.. all the colleagues already got confirmation..
Guys,how to check the status with receipt number?
Use the link egov.uscis.gov/casestatus/landing.do to check the status if you have the receipt number