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As predicted by us earlier on USCIS official news update date, USCIS did an official press release today disclosing the details of overall petitions received and lottery process followed, including results. Below is a brief summary of the H1B Visa 2014 news release.

USCIS Official News : Summary of H1B Visa 2014 Lottery Results press release

  • Big News: For the first time in USCIS history since 2008, H1B Visas 2014 cap reached within the first week of filings, i.e, first week of April.  You can check out US Economy and H1B Visa Lottery
  • Total H1B Petitions received :  USCIS received a total of 124,000 H1B Visa petitions for fiscal year 2014.
  • Lottery Information : USCIS conducted a random computer generated random selection process, also called as lottery, on April 7th to select the petitions needed to meet the regular cap of 65,000 and masters cap of 20,000
  • Lottery Process followed: As described in our detail H1B Visa Lottery process, USCIS followed the same thing.  First USCIS conducted lottery process for Masters quota petitions and then the petitions not selected in masters lottery were merged with regular quota pool and random selection process was conducted for remaining pool to select 65,000 petitions.
  • Petitions Not Selected in Lottery  : If your petition was not selected in lottery, USCIS will reject and return the petition along with the filing fee, except for duplicate petitions.
  • Premium Processing for H1B Visa 2014 : To facilitate the data entry process and meet the timelines, USCIS will begin premium processing for H1B Visa 2014 from April 15th.
  • Non-Cap Subject Petitions Accepted :  USCIS will continue to accept non-cap subject petitions i.e, that have already been counted towards to the cap, including petitions filed under below category
    • H1B Visa stay extensions
    • Employee terms changes for H1B visa worker
    • H1B petitions filed for Change of employers
    • H1B petitions filed for concurrent working for more than one employer

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Satheesh Kumar Ilu, commonly known as Kumar, is the founder of RedBus2US.com. He is an Immigration and Study Abroad expert. He holds an MS from the University of Houston–Clear Lake and an MBA from the University of Wisconsin–Milwaukee. He studied, lived, and worked in the U.S. and Singapore for nearly two decades, and has traveled to over 25 countries.

   

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  1. even if uscis work on saturday and sunday,we wont get any news till monday coz our lovely employers n attorney dont work on the weekends !!!:@

    • Well, you think employers are not worried about it? I know my employer is damn worried and he told me he will get a cake the moment he hears any good news. Its my birthday in two days and I am hoping that I get the visa.

      • my birthday is next Monday. I am still waiting. AD/PP/CSC. my employer is really worried… Happy birthday to you. and Good luck.

        • Same to you man! Hopefully, we will make it! Mine is Regular/PP but with a US bachelor s which I know doesn’t even matter today lol.

  2. Is everthing done for AD/PP/VSC…??? Or still there is hope??? Any one still waiting ..please let me know..:(

  3. k guys so yesterday didn’t receipt a reciept no so i just commited a suicide.
    now that i’m lookin on all this situation from clouds i see that my case was actually accepted and i just didn’t have a patience.
    so for all of you who’re still waiting – it’s just a matter of time, please be patient!

  5. Checking through the tracker, (last digit) 7th case, (7 digit back) is initial review and mine is acceptance only.
    So by monday mine should be on review too? as its already EOD in east cost?

    • I dont think its EOD for them. I still see new receipts being created.This one got created some time back EAC1313453092.

  7. My application is under premium and masters quota at VSC. I still haven’t received a receipt no. What is waiting period for PP?? Are they done with PP?? Anyone still waiting like me ? Lost patient,lost concentration ….:-(

  8. EAC1313453055
    On April 8, 2013, we received this I129 PETITION FOR A NONIMMIGRANT WORKER, and mailed you a notice describing how we will process your case.
    EAC1313354626
    On April 12, 2013, we received this I129 PETITION FOR A NONIMMIGRANT WORKER and we e-mailed you a notice describing how we will process your case. Please follow any instructions on this notice.

  10. I’m PP-AD-ESC, I was assigned a receipt two days ago but for some reason an email notification was not sent…
    But I got a physical mail confirmation today, so don’t loose hope until you get your application back
    i’m really relieved and exited…
    All the best…

  11. Folks,

    Those who are still waiting for PP receipt nos, don’t lose hope..This will go on till Sunday and next week too I feel in parallel with them processing the PP applications.

    I know the wait is a little unnerving but good things will happen. Good luck to all.

  12. 1. The USCIS began the process of data entry of the H-1B cap cases. Premium processing cases are being entered first and should be completed by April 15th.

    2. Non-Premium Processing cases data entry will begin only after the premium processing cases are entered. Non-Premium processing case data entry will not be completed until at least the end of April and will very likely not be completed until sometime in May. Please note that when the cap was reached on the first day in 2008, the USCIS did not complete the data entry and issuance of receipt notices until June. Therefore receipt notices for non-premium Processing cases may not be issued for everyone until May.

    3. Rejection notices for cases not selected in the lottery may not be sent until June after the receipt notices are sent out for selected cases.

    4. Premium processing adjudication will begin on April 15th for all cap filed premium processing cases. Mr. Neufeld commented that the USCIS did not receive a larger than expected number of premium processing filings to prevent adjudication (approval, rejection or Request for Evidence) of the premium processing cases within 15 days.

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

    6. Mr. Neufeld refused to provide any goals for processing times for non-premium processing cases. He stated that the USCIS may publicly announce a processing goal in the future.

    • this is the source.
      http://www.shahandkishore.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=1368%3Aanswers-to-when-your-cap-case-will-be-processed&catid=25%3Anews-articles&Itemid=1

      Why Kumar modified the first line to April 15. Please don’t do that to people that are waiting. I’m still waiting for EAC. I wish to believe we have more time. Let’s see.

  13. Got good news from my employer, still don’t have the email or the EAC number tho, I become paranoid with all this waiting :). Don’t know then they received the email.
    Regular / PP / Vermont / uscis received my application in the mail friday 04/05/2013

  14. Roughly Calculating How many application Vermont or California centers processing during a Day –

    Based on some analysis I figured out below method of calculating numbers of application processed during a Day at Vermont or California Center.
    I might be wrong but my analysis is based on few facts.

    Understanding the 13 digit receipt Number –
    Location :
    First three letters are alphabets and they indicate the location name of the service center where the H1B visa petition was filed.
    EAC – Vermont Service Center WAC – California Service Center
    Year : Next two digits correspond to current year. For this year, 2013 it would always be 13. If you look at next year for 2014, they would say 14.
    Day :Next 3 digits indicates the number of the computer work day from the start of year on particular center.
    For 9th april – its was 131 for EAC(Vermont) and 129 for WAC(California) center.
    For 10th april – it was 132 for EAC(Vermont) and 130 for WAC(California) center.
    For 11th april – it was 133 for EAC(Vermont) and 131 for WAC(California) center.
    For today (12th april) its 134 for EAC(Vermont) and 132 for WAC(California) center.
    I concluded it based on the receipt numbers getting generated during this week on uscis.gov site (e.g – EAC1313451945,WAC1313250225)
    Case Number:
    The last 5 digits indicate the case number that was assigned to on a particular day.
    For this seeing all the receipt number generated during this week it first digit is always 5 and rest 4 digit starts with 0001 and keep on growing during the day.

    So for knowing number of application processed during the day you just have to make your first 9 digits as described above and monitor on the uscis site how much last 4 digits grows from 0001(for today I monitored Vermont and number till now it like this EAC1313450001 – EAC1313452890 ..so Vermont processed 2890 application during today and its increasing every few mins)

    One more thing I noticed is that most application status for today have wording like ‘On April 8, 2013, we received this I129 PETITION FOR A NONIMMIGRANT WORKER, and mailed you a notice describing’
    As I see words mailed indicate that its regular processing. Earlier days most of these were having words email(Premium processing)
    This is just a wild guess though might be I am not 100% correct.

    Hope it helps few of you.

    Thanks

    • No true. Today’s number is EAC1313353425. going by what you posted for 4/12 the number should be EAC13134* which is not true for example posted

      • My friend you are looking at yesterday number.
        you can go to uscis.gov and can see this number growing today every few mins
        EAC1313452950 ..just enter +100/200 and u will not get case number right now.
        Go after sometime u will see its entered with status.

        I am see its growing from EAC1313450001 – EAC1313452950 since morning.you can check urself.

        • So, which means how many receipts will they need to put more to meet the cap of 65K and 20K? Will we(P.P) still have chances maybe tomorrow or even on Sunday?

          • You can’t really equate being entered into their homepage with getting your receipt number. Those may be two completely different processes. Your case may already be on the USCIS homepage, they just haven’t had a chance to send the email yet 😉

          • I am not equating anything..and my case is regular processing so i know I have to wait for 1-2 week before i get mail of acceptance or rejection.
            I am just getting an idea how many application they are processing during the day ..to get rough estimate of chances.

        • I understand what you are saying. My doubt is the date inside the receipt notice indicates 4/8 in most cases where EAC13134*. In EAC example I gave the date is 4/12

          • My analysis is based on number of ‘receipt numbers ‘ getting generated every day.
            Inside message is varying and yes for day most have ‘On April 8, 2013, we received this’
            But i seen few which saying ‘On April 12, 2013, we received this’

            It just indication when they say they received.Not fully sure about the logic inside the message.

        • Yes.. You are right. . I tried to calculate the number of petitions tht hve been given the receipts.. I can clearly notice that Vermont service center is processing faster and giving many receipts compared to California.

          Approximate Figures so far:

          Vermont service center – 19100 (Today – 3055)
          California service center – 15100 (Today – 1798)

          Now.. !! are these numbers including both premium and Non- premium or just prmium alone..???!!!! DOES ANY ONE KNOW THE ANSWERS OR ANY GUESSES..??!!!!!

          • Yes Kumar u are correct that Vermont is processing with almost double speed then California.

            My guess is this number is mostly have premium cases. as most of the earlier messages were saying they emailed (for non premium no point of emailing)

            Only Today I see that most of the status on site is saying they mailed(both premium and non premium will be mailed).

            So per me it have both but mostly premium untill today..from today it have both.

  15. Guys,

    Do you know when is the last date of receiving receipts for AD/ PP.. ??
    still waiting to hear from California service center.. Does anyone know if there are delays from CSC?? because i am hearing a lot from VSC but a very few from CSC for premium petitions.

    • hey kumar do you live in west coast if not than wait because they are couple hours behind east coast soo its still afternoon there whereas its almost 5pm in east coast. Dont worry you are in AD quota you will get it. Wait till EOD monday and i`m sure you are going to get it. Also please make sure with your employer and your lawyer because sometimes they dont bother sending you an email. Best of LUCK and GOD bless u.

      • Thanks Paromita.. Just keeping my fingers crossed.. Hope everyone here gets it..!!
        I stay in the East coast btw.. Good luck to you too..!!

  16. Does anyone know how much time it will take to get update on Non-PP from USCIS ?
    It seems that everybody here is PP. Please reply if you have any idea.

    • Did USCIS really post that there were 124k applications? As far as I know USCIS said that they will not release the total # of applications that came through.

      • They posted long time….Check the below link

        http://www.uscis.gov/portal/site/uscis/menuitem.5af9bb95919f35e66f614176543f6d1a/?vgnextoid=c91dea8c9eadd310VgnVCM100000082ca60aRCRD&vgnextchannel=a2dd6d26d17df110VgnVCM1000004718190aRCRD

      • dude/dudette- do your Homework 🙂
        http://www.uscis.gov/portal/site/uscis/menuitem.5af9bb95919f35e66f614176543f6d1a/?vgnextoid=c91dea8c9eadd310VgnVCM100000082ca60aRCRD&vgnextchannel=a2dd6d26d17df110VgnVCM1000004718190aRCRD

      • http://www.uscis.gov/portal/site/uscis/menuitem.5af9bb95919f35e66f614176543f6d1a/?vgnextoid=c91dea8c9eadd310VgnVCM100000082ca60aRCRD&vgnextchannel=68439c7755cb9010VgnVCM10000045f3d6a1RCRD

  20. not getting reciept mail from my employer is killing me, specially when you come to know that your employer files in regular promised u premium and your friend got in premium 🙁

  21. Regular/PP/CSC still waiting, but preparing for the worse.

    Thank you all guys here for posting useful information!

    • Same here. Each time my phone vibrates i rush to check. All we can do is keep our fingers crossed.

  23. Just spoke to my lawyer, premium processing will continue on Monday probably even Tuesday. I am AD/PP/CSC. Waiting.

        • @BatMan :Congrats ….!!! But you sure it was Advanced/ Reg processing/Cali?

          @Rishika : Hey did you hear anything from FRAGOMEN or any updates in your case

          • Hey KJP..No..no update from Fragomen at all. will mail them first thing monday morning again and update if they tell me anything. @Batman respond pls if u were in regular processing! i hope u are…cuz that would basically imply that regular processing responses have started coming in.

          • @Rishika :
            Even I am waiting for Fragomen to reply on my prev email.
            Frustration is that both my HR and Fragomen paralegal associates are on PTO till Monday…Not sure that’s coincidence or what…Anyways can you please update me on my email kpthebeliever gmail.com in case you get to hear anything. Thanks

            @Batman :It’s time to Rise man…please reply 🙂

          • Sure KJP..will mail you as soon as I hear from them. @Batman come out of the shadows and reply will ya!

  27. Guys strong advice to all,
    As seen since this morning, lot of applicants got receipt number earlier this week but their employers/attorney informed them today. Please double check with your employer/attorney, specially PP/AD/Vermont.

  28. Reg,PP, VSC . Have not heard any update yet , my employer saying they have not heard any update for regular cap PP ,only master PP cap they got information.

    They filled 7 under regular PP , is it true that for PP we can still hope???

      • I could see USCIS VERMONT CENTER is still processing the petitions and sending emails today. I checked the below range of numbers (randomly selected) and these are initiated/accepted today.. April 12th.

        EAC1313353021 – EAC1313353425

        So I think we would have to wait.. and hoping all of us will get through this difficult time.

  30. Guys please don’t lose hope. I just got my receipt few hours back from CSC. My company had applied under regular cap premium processing.

    Also, my HR said that we should wait with patience till Wednesday for all premium processing cases.

    I will pray for everyone who is waiting for their receipt, double for those with AD and huge loans on their head. Good Luck!!!

  32. My company applied some 30 AD/PP and around 22 are already picked.
    Another friends company applied 40 AD/PP and 29 got picked and 12/18 for third.
    Makes me believe that masters quota is not exceeded by far.

    • Yes USCIS did not declare the total number of applications for AD cap so there`s a very high possibility for AD cap applicants to get selected in this lottery.

    • If you go by these numbers, it seems like it was exceeded by a good amount though. I still think that PP people will continue to be notified into next week, so these numbers probably aren’t final.

  33. This wait seems to extend till eternity,
    Faith seems to crumble under stress,
    With a mind trying to maintain its serenity,
    I feel like a damsell in distress.

    Losing hope is not an option,
    I keep praying hard,
    I know I have to accept His decission,
    Still trying to figure out (H)is – USCIS or GOD. 🙂

  34. Guys, everyone in my company got their receipts except me for AD/PP/VSC. I am guessing today is the last day to hear back???

    • TO ALL THE MASTERS STUDENT PLEASE READ BEFORE LOSING YOUR HOPE.

      This is what I think is happening and to an extent its true.

      1. USCIS did not declare how many masters application was submitted.. that means there`s a very high possibility that it didnot exceed excessively for AD cap. …So if you have applied in masters cap under premium or regular process there`s a very high chance of you getting selected.

      2. Now if you have applied under premium you will get it by EOD tomorrow and might continue getting it. But i`m not sure about the later.

      3. People who applied for regular process please be patient it will take you another week or two to get the receipts because they are only mailing out receipts for regular process.

      4. If your application went to CA please do keep in mind if you are in eastern zone they are couple hours behind so it will take time for you to get a notification.

      Be patient and I am sure we will all get through this. All the best and god bless us all….

      • Thank you for your comment.. I am ad/non-pp/from California.. Still waiting, and praying.. I am sure God knows the best for me and the coming result will be the best result for the rest of my life…

    • do you know when was the last date they got the receipt..was it today or yesterday….i am also AD/PP/VSC

      • Atul,
        I highly recommend you to double check with your attorney/employer, if they have received it. good luck

        • Employer/attorney not responding from 2-3 days. looks like they are on vacation after hectic week of filing 🙂

          I hope i will get through

          • well thats a good news, that means you are in.
            If I will come to know, that you already got the receipt, trust me i am gonna come out of your laptop screen and kill you 🙂 good luck, keep us posted.

        • I am still waiting on AD/PP/VSC. My HR told they applied for another 6 applications in PP category (not sure abt SC or AD/non AD). And they did not hear back for any of those 6 applications…..I started searching for reviews about law firm (BAL)…..out of 8, 7 people said that this firm takes too much time to reply….they are very slow. I am hoping thats the reason why none of us employees (all 6) hear back anything. Atul, what firm is filing on ur behalf?

          • Thanks for the encouraging words. i will post here as soon as i get any info. PP check was sent by me, so i am also tracking if that check has been encashed.

            what about you..did you paid from your own for PP?

          • I wanted to pay for pp, i thought there wont be lottery and i can pay before 15th, but lottery happend n we cant upgrade now. so i am waiting for next week now. AD?regular procesing/vermont. god bless all of us.

      • Some paralegals at Fragomen suck. They are fucking tittle tattles. Especially their LA office paralegals. They don’t respond to emails and if they do, they go through the company’s office HR. Fucking cunts.

  36. All – the last number I checked for VSC is EAC1313452721. This is up from my initial check-up from EAC1313452160. All of the cases are in “Initial Review” rather than “Accepted”. don’t know if this means anything?

  38. I heard most of the master’s students graduated freshly or completed only 12 months of OPT also applied for H1b that’ what the quota got finished this year very fast

    But that so sad that most of us who completed there 29 months extension and planned to apply H1 this year got stucked in this lottery.

    According to my analysis in my university only there are around more than 50 people graduated and applied for H1 this year without using there OPT extension.

    • Not everybody has this extension. I certainly don’t. So I had no choice but to apply this year, I am in OPT right now.

      And I highly doubt that people not using their extensions caused the lottery. Try Indian IT giants putting in thousands and thousands of applications.

    • Consider a scenario, one student graduated in August, OPT start date is 08/15/2011. The person applied for extension which got approved and that is for 17 months. That means the person has authorization to work until January 14, 2014. Each year the H1B quota opens in April for October start date. What would you do in such a situation to continue working without interruption? Would you wait until October 2014 to continue work? Will employer wait for you?

      • @skeptical, we r talking about recent graduates, which means either May or Dec 2012. so if u r may2012 graduate, say ur opt starts in june/july +27 months, will take you to nov 2014. and if u r dec 2012, it goes till march 2015.
        I know one dec 2012 graduate has applied this year for h1b, though he is good till jan2015.

    • It is because of people like you that H1-B Masters cap in under lottery. It is because of your greed to save little money on tax as you don’t have to pay social security and medi tax if you are in OPT. Why didn’t you apply last year when H1-B cap was available until second week of June and you already had job.
      Also, stop complaining about 12 months OPT, there are other disciplines besides STEM that gets only 12 months of OPT. They are not fortunate like you who gets 29 months. What the hell you were doing for 29 months by not applying H1-B. I have to blame you not IT firms for advance degree cap running out so early.

      • If you are talking to me, check your facts. I graduated in August 2012 and I only have 12 months OPT. Got my job in September. Last years quota was reached in June. I was neither on OPT nor had a job in June.

        Calling me greedy is just ridiculous. Besides, going right from F-1 to H-1b is never going to work unless the timing is perfect. 60 days after you graduate, you are out of status. Whether you graduate in May, August or December, you will always be out of status on April 1st. And then ask a company to wait for you for 6 months while you’re not allowed to work? LOL. This is exactly why OPT was introduced. It has nothing to do with being greedy or not paying SS/Medicare taxes. Remember that there are also no such benefits during that time.

        • Just realized you were probably not talking to me. I apologize. My arguments still stand. Why shouldn’t everybody take advantage of STEM extension? Remember that the employer also doesn’t have to pay SS and Medicare portions so they may have an interest in a longer OPT status as well. I blame nobody on OPT. I blame the government for putting any quota on people with U.S. degrees and existing U.S. jobs. This will be the last year we’ll see such a quota. Just sucks for us right now

      • @H1-B seeker, Remember, you have to pay the mentioned taxes after five years since you will be considered resident for tax purpose. Fighting here is not going to get you anywhere. A PhD student on OPT is probably already paying the taxes. I would not generalize the tax argument.

        • I entirely agree with Yours. Also, usually it is not in alien employee’s hand to take decision about H1B sponsorship. It is employers call, and there seems to be more interest to utilize foreign worker/s on OPT and/or STEM-Extension. This also gives an opportunity to the employer to assess the candidate. Nobody wants to invest time and money on somebody who looks good on resume but is really “mismatch” in reality, in that case, why would employer file H1B?

  39. Any update on the total split counts between Masters and Regular quota applications? USCIS has only updated the total amount of applications to be 124000. No news as to how many Masters and how many regular!!!

      • My employer applied for 24 H1b visas this year. They said all were PP. when I called them last night to check on my case, they said they received only 5 acceptances out of 24. So, i think there are many more applications to be processed still. Today morning i got mine. Mine was Regular cap/ PP/CSC.

    • I am waiting too PP/general cap/CSC ….. today morning I mailed my lawayers but they haven’t replied yet else they reply pretty soon .I don’t know if it means they have no update to tell 🙁

    • CA is couple hours behind if you live in the east coast. So wait till EOD tomorrow or even monday. You will get it. Alll the best and have faith in your God.

  42. Is any one still waiting for AD/PP/CSC..M still waiting…Has Uscis declared the last date for sending PP receipts??

      • Guys, we lost the lottery. PP cases have stopped an hour ago apparently, now only regulars are being processed.

          • Mr. Game Over. Stop spreading hoaxes. In case you have not recieved the petition make yourself at home by thinking negative or preparing for the worst or whatever you wanna call it. Back your statements with either some facts. I am absolutely sure that its not over as folks in CSC are still continuing to recieve their notices.
            I do really thinjk we have untill the EOD (its 13:00 in CA) to get itor it can stretch to Monday as well.
            AD/PP/CSC….waiting and hopeful!!!

          • AD/PP/CSC people dnt worry..I got my receipt number this morning around 11.30 from my employer . You all deserve it.. and will get it!!

        • awwww dont say that…though i am in RP,I really really pray those who have no options left other then getting h1b this year shd get accepted..sorry but the rest can apply in masters or apply for opt 17 month xtension :(:(..u have an option left,use it coz u r really lucky to have options now..

        • AD/PP/CSC Still no news…. Oh my god. I struggled so much to get what I have today, but now got held back by a stupid lottery…. How can I believe this!!!!!

    • TO ALL THE MASTERS STUDENT

      This is what I think is happening and to an extent its true.

      1. USCIS did not declare how many masters application was submitted.. that means there`s a very high possibility that it didnot exceed excessively for AD cap. …So if you have applied in masters cap under premium or regular process there`s a very high chance of you getting selected.

      2. Now if you have applied under premium you will get it by EOD tomorrow and might continue getting it. But i`m not sure about the later.

      3. People who applied for regular process please be patient it will take you another week or two to get the receipts because they are only mailing out receipts for regular process.

      4. If your application went to CA please do keep in mind if you are in eastern zone they are couple hours behind so it will take time for you to get a notification.

      Be patient and I am sure we will all get through this. All the best and god bless us all….

    • None at all..neither for CSC nor Vermont. I am waiting too..General cap/ reg process/Vermont. Freaking out just seeing the anxiety which Premium processing guys who hvnt got their receipts yet are facing. Hoping to hear from my lawyer next week/asap!

      • just relax and there`s not much you can do. I am in the same boat. General cap/ regular process/ Vermont. Just have faith in your GOD and everything will be fine. I`m sure we all will get through this.. All the best.

    • I think we should wait for the next week. I am in the same boat and march1612, who seems to be a nice guy and active blogger asked me to wait. So I would suggest have faith and patience my friend.

    • They have started mailing it out and if you are selected you should be getting it sometime starting next week.. All the best.

      • Hi Paromita,
        Do you have any information if getting information regarding the checks being encashed will be faster than the expecting for mails being received through US mail or Fedx ?

        • Hey @CD,
          if your company is small it will be easy for you or your employer to check if the check was encashed. But if it is a larger firm like microsoft, HCL, TCS, CTS, etc its not possible because they have applied for thousands of applicants. So depending on your company size you take the initiative.

  48. HYPOTHETICAL QUERY: If I don’t get through in the lottery and am a Manager, can my employer file Green Card EB1, and if so, how long does that take?

    • Eb1 india will take 6,7 months from start to finish.
      You need to be manager for 3 years internationally.

      • Pankaj, thanks for your reply. I was a Manager at my previous employer in India for 4 years and a Manager in the US for my current employer for almost a year. Will my India experience count at all?

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