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USCIS received 124,000 H1B Visa 2014 Petitions – Official Lottery Update Results

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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. Hi All ,

    I just got my receipt number I am AD/RP/CSC.
    I am working in CA lawyer in CA

    good luck everybody.
    😉

  2. Hello,
    I am in AD/RP/VSC. I see that the filing fee check ($1575) was cashed yesterday from my employer’s bank account. I conveyed it to lawyer and he told me that’s a good sign, though he hasn’t received the receipt in mail. I hope to get it by tomorrow or by Friday.

    • Hey I have a question in this case…what if the company has applied for more than 1 employee..how would you know whose money was deducted…Like in my case My company applied for more than 1 Employee..

  3. Regular RP / Normal RQ

    Please update who looks at this . Don’t change name .

    H1b wait
    Hanu
    DABC
    Sad
    Hopeful
    Worried
    Sona
    Sim
    Regullar
    Sweetie
    Rani

    —————————

    AD/RP

    Nisha – CSC
    Emre
    SB
    YC
    Long Boner
    Vandana Reddy N – CSC
    Neil -CSC
    CR – CSC

  4. Here is what I think the chances for Normal Quota guys like me.

    Total applications : 124000
    Total quota: 85000
    AD Quota out of 85000 is 20000
    Lets say – after AD quota , we got 104000 applications and 65000 slots.
    Now, lets subtract Chile / Singapore allocation and also add last years unused from that bucket. That accounts for roughly 64000 left.

    Now, lets say, USCIS decides to put 12% in the waiting list. This number is very much possible based on last years 18% rejection Rate. 12% of 85000 is 10200.

    So now, USCIS will select 64000 + 10200 = 74200 out of 104000 which equals to approximately 71 %.

    From every 10 applications, we can hope for atleast 7 being selected after we have all the AD cap filled.

    For wait list, I have kept the number 12% . I am not sure if it’s lower or higher but I just took a shot at it.

  5. Regular RP / Normal RQ

    Please update who looks at this . Don’t change name .

    H1b wait
    Hanu
    DABC
    Sad
    Hopeful
    Worried
    Sona
    Sim
    Regullar
    Sweetie
    Rani

    —————————

    AD/RP

    Nisha – CSC
    Emre
    SB
    YC
    Long Boner
    Vandana Reddy N – CSC
    Neil -CSC

  6. Regular RP / Normal RQ

    Please update who looks at this . Don’t change name .

    H1b wait
    Hanu
    DABC
    Sad
    Hopeful
    Worried
    Sona
    Sim
    Regullar
    Sweetie
    Rani

    —————————

    AD/RP

    Nisha – CSC
    Emre
    SB
    YC
    Long Boner
    Vandana Reddy N – CSC

  7. A lot of AD/CSC/RP seem to have got their reciepts on this forum!.. mera number kab aayega?

  8. Regular RP / Normal RQ

    Please update who looks at this . Don’t change name .

    H1b wait
    Hanu
    DABC
    Sad
    Hopeful
    Worried
    Sona
    Sim
    Regullar
    Sweetie

    —————————

    AD/RP

    Nisha – CSC
    Emre
    SB
    YC

  9. Regular RP / Normal RQ

    Please update who looks at this . Don’t change name .

    H1b wait
    Hanu
    DABC
    Sad
    Hopeful
    Worried
    Sona
    Sim
    Regullar
    Sweetie

  10. Regular / Normal RQ

    Please update who looks at this . Don’t change name .

    H1b wait
    Hanu
    DABC
    Sad
    Hopeful
    Worried
    Sona
    Sim
    Sweetie

  12. For all H1B cases to complete, USCIS might approximately finish by end of April’13.

    Vermont/CSC service centers are processing around 2500-3000 applications per day (As per my calculation). So, 6000 applications per day. Approximately it takes around 3-4 weeks to complete all the cases.

    Which means by end of May 2nd week, we should be able to know whether H1B application is selected in Lottery or not.

    So, please don’t loose hope !!!

    • so according to u, in a 9 working days till 17 april

      6000* 9 = 54,000 applications is already send an email or mail

  13. Regular RP / Normal RQ

    Please update who looks at this . Don’t change name .

    H1b wait
    Hanu
    DABC
    Sad
    Hopeful
    Worried
    Sona
    Sim
    Regullar

  15. Guys,

    Finally got my receipt notice today

    AD – Regular Processing- California SC

    My lawyer based in California close to LA, got it today.

  16. Regular / Normal RQ

    Please update who looks at this . Don’t change name .

    H1b wait
    Hanu
    DABC
    Sad
    Hopeful
    Worried
    Sona
    Sim

  17. RQ/RP/CSC
    WAIT WAIT WAIT
    WAIT WAIT WAIT
    WAIT WAIT WAIT
    WAIT WAIT WAIT WAIT WAIT WAIT

    WAIT WAIT WAIT
    WAIT WAIT WAIT
    WAIT WAIT WAIT
    WAIT WAIT WAIT WAIT WAIT WAIT

    WAIT WAIT WAIT
    WAIT WAIT WAIT
    WAIT WAIT WAIT
    WAIT WAIT WAIT WAIT WAIT WAIT

    HOW LONG…….. 🙁 🙁 🙁 🙁

  18. latest list of All PP guys so far I have seen in this forum who are STILL waiting for their receipts:

    Waiting4lottery – Regular/PP/VSC
    Paagal ho Jaunga!! – Regular/PP/CSC
    Hey Bhagawan – Regular/PP/VSC
    hopeful – Regular/PP/VSC
    still waiting for receipt num – Regular/PP/VSC
    Goodluck – Regular/PP/VSC
    xyz – Regular/PP/VSC
    Deb(me) – Regular/PP/VSC
    AVS – Masters/PP/CSC
    CVS – Masters/PP/VSC
    kimmel – Regular/PP/CSC
    H1b Singh – Regular/PP/CSC
    keepingithonest – Masters/PP/CSC
    RD – Masters/PP/VSC
    Neha – Regular/PP/?? center
    HOPE – Masters/PP/CSC
    Raj – Regular/PP/VSC
    Sam – Regular/PP/CSC
    Mat – Regular/PP/CSC
    T – Masters/PP/VSC
    Mr.Hope – Regular/PP/VSC
    Waiting – Masters/PP/VSC
    waiting4 – Masters/PP/VSC

    Please don’t change your NAME while publishing further posts….

  20. Question guys. PP folks need to be informed by the end of this month about the status of their applications, even if rejected, right? or do we have to wait till may-end/june to hear any sort of confirmed response.

    i am AD/PP/VSC and obviously waiting

  21. Updated List of All PP guys so far I have seen in this forum who are STILL waiting for their receipts:

    Waiting4lottery – Regular/PP/VSC
    Paagal ho Jaunga!! – Regular/PP/CSC
    Hey Bhagawan – Regular/PP/VSC
    hopeful – Regular/PP/VSC
    still waiting for receipt num – Regular/PP/VSC
    Goodluck – Regular/PP/VSC
    xyz – Regular/PP/VSC
    Deb(me) – Regular/PP/VSC
    AVS – Masters/PP/CSC
    CVS – Masters/PP/VSC
    kimmel – Regular/PP/CSC
    H1b Singh – Regular/PP/CSC
    keepingithonest – Masters/PP/CSC
    RD – Masters/PP/VSC
    Neha – Regular/PP/?? center
    HOPE – Masters/PP/CSC
    Raj – Regular/PP/VSC
    Sam – Regular/PP/CSC

  22. Sorry for including other than Premium…
    Waiting4lottery – Regular/PP/VSC
    Paagal ho Jaunga!! – Regular/PP/CSC
    Hey Bhagawan – Regular/PP/VSC
    hopeful – Regular/PP/VSC
    still waiting for receipt num – Regular/PP/VSC
    Goodluck – Regular/PP/VSC
    xyz – Regular/PP/VSC
    Deb(me) – Regular/PP/VSC
    AVS – Masters/PP/CSC
    CVS – Masters/PP/VSC
    kimmel – Regular/PP/CSC
    H1b Singh – Regular/PP/CSC
    keepingithonest – Masters/PP/CSC
    RD – Masters/PP/VSC
    Neha – Regular/PP/?? center
    Sam – Regular/PP/CSC

  24. Hi Deb,
    Adding to the list:
    Waiting4lottery – Regular/PP/VSC
    Paagal ho Jaunga!! – Regular/PP/CSC
    Hey Bhagawan – Regular/PP/VSC
    hopeful – Regular/PP/VSC
    still waiting for receipt num – Regular/PP/VSC
    Goodluck – Regular/PP/VSC
    xyz – Regular/PP/VSC
    Deb(me) – Regular/PP/VSC
    AVS – Masters/PP/CSC
    CVS – Masters/PP/VSC
    kimmel – Regular/PP/CSC
    Sam – Regular/PP/CSC

    • Hi Sam/Deb,

      Adding me into the list

      Waiting4lottery – Regular/PP/VSC
      Paagal ho Jaunga!! – Regular/PP/CSC
      Hey Bhagawan – Regular/PP/VSC
      hopeful – Regular/PP/VSC
      still waiting for receipt num – Regular/PP/VSC
      Goodluck – Regular/PP/VSC
      xyz – Regular/PP/VSC
      Deb(me) – Regular/PP/VSC
      AVS – Masters/PP/CSC
      CVS – Masters/PP/VSC
      kimmel – Regular/PP/CSC
      Sam – Regular/PP/CSC
      HOPE – AD/PP/CSC

  25. Hi,

    I have been following this forum very regularly and was really tensed until 1/2 hour back. Just received an email from my lawyer about the receipt notice. It says the application was received 8th April and notice issued 12th April.

    I am AD/RP/CSC candidate. Hang in there and good luck to everyone 🙂
    My receipt number is 13-131-53###

  27. Hi,

    I have lived in the US for 5 years now! I am on OPT Ext which ends August. What options do I have if my H1 is rejected? (AD/RP/VSC)
    I am already looking for jobs in the cap exempt sector but to be realistic its difficult on such a short time!!
    I am also applying for jobs in other countries, but I really don’t want to leave the US, I have a life here, going to another country will be like uprooting myself and starting all over again 🙁

    Any suggestions welcome!!

    • You can consider doing a PhD. or another masters in say engineering management or some other relevant major. If you get a job , they should be able to file an F1 to H1B change of status. Just brain storming ( i might be wrong, pls verify with others).

      • Phd is a possibility, but its a huge commitment and it means I will be struggling financially for those years… stipend isnt a whole lot! With another Masters I wont be eligible for OPT.. so again difficult to find a H1 sponsoring job! 🙁

  31. All PP guys so far I have seen in this forum who are STILL waiting for their receipts:

    Waiting4lottery – Regular/PP/VSC
    Paagal ho Jaunga!! – Regular/PP/CSC
    Hey Bhagawan – Regular/PP/VSC
    hopeful – Regular/PP/VSC
    still waiting for receipt num – Regular/PP/VSC
    Goodluck – Regular/PP/VSC
    xyz – Regular/PP/VSC
    Deb(me) – Regular/PP/VSC
    AVS – Masters/PP/CSC
    CVS – Masters/PP/VSC
    kimmel – Regular/PP/CSC
    H1b Singh – Regular/PP/CSC
    keepingithonest – Masters/PP/CSC
    RD – Masters/PP/VSC
    Neha – Regular/PP/?? center

    Please update this list only if you are PP. Just trying to keep track of who gets selected.
    All the best dear friends…

  33. Ok here we go

    Who all are waiting for

    Regular / Normal Processing

    We will make list like what deb did please keep update

  35. All PP guys so far I have seen in this forum who are waiting for their receipts:

    Waiting4lottery – Regular/PP/VSC
    Paagal ho Jaunga!! – Regular/PP/CSC
    Hey Bhagawan – Regular/PP/VSC
    hopeful – Regular/PP/VSC
    still waiting for receipt num – Regular/PP/VSC
    Goodluck – Regular/PP/VSC
    xyz – Regular/PP/VSC
    Deb(me) – Regular/PP/VSC
    AVS – Masters/PP/CSC
    CVS – Masters/PP/VSC
    kimmel – Regular/PP/CSC

  37. Most of them are speaking abt their approval and we are still waiting here for receipt notices.. gosh wish I had applied mine under PP too..

  38. Hi All,
    I received my receipt number half an hour back. I am sure all AD guys will be selected. Mine was AD/RP/VSC. PP guys please dont loose hope as Ia m sure they are still processing the receipts. Will pray for all… Dont loose hope…

  39. I received my receipt number half an hour back. I am sure all AD guys will be selected. Mine was AD/RP/VSC. PP guys please dont loose hope as Ia m sure they are still processing the receipts. Will pray for all… Dont loose hope…

  40. I was just going through this forum from last 2 hours and observed that the below persons are in the same status as I am.

    Waiting4lottery – Regular/PP/VSC
    Paagal ho Jaunga!! – Regular/PP/CSC
    Hey Bhagawan – Regular/PP/VSC
    hopeful – Regular/PP/VSC
    still waiting for receipt num – Regular/PP/VSC
    Goodluck – Regular/PP/VSC
    xyz – Regular/PP/VSC
    Deb(me) – Regular/PP/VSC

  41. Mine is RQ/RP/VSC, and I am just following the blog like you guys are. I spoke to my lawyer and he thinks it might be a couple weeks before we RP/RQ guys get a result. I know it is nerve racking for us but i had a fortune cookie last week that said “Hope is the greatest treasure a man has”. So be optimistic, remember you have a great chance of getting it so DO NOT PANIC until you receive your package back.

    I hope this is just a belated joke that USCIS has played. They probably were like “ummm! How can we make it interesting and fun and play a joke this year?”. But then again, there is a Very good chance that I could be wrong.

    So as long as you have Hope and that returned package in your hands, you are still in!

    Good luck everyone!

      • Mine is RQ/RP/CSC ..
        No update , No receipt..
        dnt even know whether I’m selected for the lottery or not….Shitty USCIS Celeron Processor System . grrrr

        • Honestly we shouldn’t hit panic mode yet, since we havent seen literally anyone who with RP/RQ at this time. Once people start getting their receipts then we can stress about it. Remember, unless and until you have a returned package, you have a very good chance!

  42. AD/CSC/RP… Still no answer.. Had applied on 3rd.. 2 weeks over already!!! Feeling down and stressed!

    • same AD/Reg/ CSC no news yet …keeping hope…thanks to this blog I am atleast having some hope that I am not the only one waiting 🙂 keep posting your info here please !!!

      • Hi Light,

        I am here, AD/PP/CSC…..:-( Still wondering if i gotta wait or what shud i do with this bloody snail walk wait thru…….huh…….wts going on ????

        Any updates lately guys…..Please respond…..???

    • Same here.. AD/RP/CSC still waiting.. this wait is killing.. hv not been able to work since 2 weeks.. checking this site every 5 mins..
      glad to have this forum, atleast can know wht is actually happening …

      • I know… I stressed out and then calmed myself as it was only the PPs time… but NOW the RP receipts are also being mailed.. so the tension phase starts again!

  44. https://petitions.whitehouse.gov/petition/introduce-company-level-cap-temporary-work-permits-h1-b/tF8QSBhJ

  45. Reg Cap/Reg Processing/VSC

    I checked with my lawyer, She said untill now she dint receive any Regular Cap/Regular Processing Receipts from VSC. Just now She started receiving Masters Cap/ Regular processing.

  46. Got my H1b approval 🙂

    To be honest, I was quite sure about not being selected in the lottery until a few minutes ago. I have already sent e-mails, asking my lawyer whether he got a receipt for me or not, but didn’t get any response.

    Briefly, what I want to say is that please do not lose hope until you got a rejection notice..

    Good luck everybody 🙂

    • @elv (reg cap/pp)
      Congrats buddy!
      you got receipt and approval both today? Also, what is your center – California or Vermont?
      I am AD/PP/CSC and no response yet 🙁

      • Thanks..

        My lawyer hasn’t forwarded the case details yet, so I don’t know when he got the receipt.
        My employer is based on Seattle, so center should be California. You are in advanced category, so most probably you have selected in the lottery but not notified yet. I believe chances for the adv cap is very very high, so don’t lose hope..

  47. Reg/PP/Vermont??
    Any1 waiting guys…
    Also has any1 applied thru nlb services inc nd heard sumthng??

  48. Just got mine AD/RP/CSC.
    Good luck to the rest and remember: if you don’t get it there is always next year!

  49. Rp CSC here. My attorney says he has not received anything from CSC yet. Only got from VSC. So it seems CSC is slow.

  50. Just got my receipt from Fragomen. AD/RP/CSC
    Thanks for all the posts it’s been real stressful.
    TIME TO CELEBRATE GOOD LUCK EVREYONE

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