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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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  3. Found out my school! DSO informed my receipt number. I am AD/PP/CSC.

    Even though my receipt was sent out on 8th April, there was NO response from my lawyer until i found out today from my school. Thanks to the guys on this forum who gave this idea!!

    Guys, please be patient. Reading some of the comments on this forum made me anxious but tried my best to be cool.

    Wishing good luck to all of you!

      • Just tell them your situation and wanted to check if there’s any change of status on your SEVIS record. They should be willing to help when you mentioned the H1b lottery this year.

      • @H1B Hopeful
        ask smartly.. like I just want to make sure that my SEVIS status is succesfully changed to cap-gap..
        so they will say.. no its still OPT or your petition is still pending (which means you got selected in lottery)

        • Hey Neil,

          I contacted my school and they told me my change of status is pending but there is no receipt number… Do you know what that means…?

          • @LL
            looks like your SEVIS record is recently changed thats why its still not showing receipt number.. you can call tomorrow again and you should have receipt number… also i am very positive that you got selected in lottery so the status is pending..

          • you know.. sometimes school don’t want to provide receipts information. but in either case you are safe now…

          • @Neil

            Yeah that is very unfortunate. But the ISS told me that there was no receipt no…So I am still not sure if the CoS-pending means I am selected.I feel like everybody who filed should get a status update like that…

            But this is still progress compared to knowing nothing=)

    • Yes, it’s really strange to me at first. However, my DSO told me that the system was updated on 4/17, which is yesterday. And the initial review date on the USCIS website show it was accepted on 4/8. Seems like USCIS really is short-handed in just data-entry. So, for those of you still waiting, don’t lose hope! You will get yours. Again, mine is AD/RP/CSC.

      • I think all petitions are dated as 4/8 since that’s the day they ran the lottery. Congrats though! That is awesome news. I am still waiting for mine:(

  4. Hey everyone I am PP/VSC and I just got my approval notice!!! Wish everyone good luck!!! Here are the relevant dates:

    April 10th: e-Receipt Notice sent to employer
    April 18th: actual Receipt Notice received by employer and approval notice.

    YAY!!!

  6. Regular Quota/ Regular Processing….has anyone received receipts yet? The wait is driving me nuts….are there still any hopes???

    • Not received any response from any one in this category.
      All of us might have been prioritized to be informed at the last or very less people from this category are here in this forum.

      • I think there has been 2 cases so far for RQ/RP, but they havent gotten the receipts yet i dont think. I think they found out the checks have cashed that’s how they know!

      • As per my employer RQ/RP is the last option in the queue, after RP/AD is done then only RQ/RP would start getting receipts, till then don’t loose hope. It could be from early next week.
        I’m on the same boat.

        • i think there will be no space for us this time , all space will be reserved by ad or pp. i have lost hope.

  7. Question for guys who have also filed H4 for spouse….

    I am RQ/RP/VSC.

    Who did receive the mail for your spouse’s H4 (I-539) receipt? your lawyer / employer or directly by you?

    Please reply…

  8. Hello all,

    I just checked with our DSO (International Office) and he is really nice to give me a call back and mentioned that there is a change of status, pending on my SEVIS record. He also give me a WAC131335xxxx number, which I went to check it on USCIS website. It showed “Initial Review, and 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.”

    So, does this mean I am selected? FYI, I haven’t received any snail mail or email from my lawyer/employer at all. My case is AD/RP/CSC, I believe. Anybody?

    • Me too in the same boat.. SEVIS update to COS and the DOS lady gave the WAC #… yeah does mean that we are thru the lottery (as per the comments that i went thru this forum)..

    • congratulations !

      I am also on the same boat and waiting to hear the good news.. nothing new yet:(

      AD/RP/CSC

      • CSC is kind of slow, that’s what I can tell. You will get yours soon. If possible, please check with your DSO (International Office) if you are in U.S. and on your OPT.

  9. So, turns out my school policy is different and they would not let out this info. ! just what i was waiting to hear! 😐

  10. I am also waiting General/PP/CSC, Just thought of spreading hope…
    WAC1313752249 is the latest premium processing number i could see , but it says April 18th..

    • could be h1b transfer premium? i’m not trying to shatter your hopes.. hope for the best and be prepared for the worst..

    • EAC1313953805he latest receipt for today at VSC. Do not loose hope guys. even if they mail out the receipt today you can still expect it till wednesday next week. keep up the good spirit

  15. check you sevis id on below website

    https://www.fmjfee.com/i901fee/dhs/loadSearchPage.do

    any information ?

    what is I797 receipt?

  16. This is what my DSO sent me.

    Change of Status PENDING EAC13136XXXXX

    After entering this on USCIS website it said, “Initial Review”.
    Does that mean my case was selected in the lottery?

  17. Got it.
    First via DSO. Now the letter by post to the attorney.
    AD RP CSC
    Received April 8
    Notice April 12
    Post received april 18
    Work in CA, attorney in MI.

    Takr Care and goodluck.

  18. did anyone get any receipt for regular processing/regular cap from vermont??
    our state is pathetic…i’m planning to go back to andhra and start a US there..

  19. I called my school this morning and my DSO gave me a receipt number. My employer just told me that we received a letter today. The letter was sent April 12th. AD/RP/CSC

    My lawyer said USCIS will send the receipt no. to them if I was selected, but it didn’t happen that way. It was sent directly to my employer.

    Check with your employers and good luck everyone!!!

  20. Do you guys know of any colleges to apply in the north-western area (Milwaukee, Chicago, Saint Louis) if H1 for AD gets rejected to maintain status? I got selected in the lottery but got rejected because my attorney filed with wrong fees. Please help.

  22. Asked my DSO about my SEVIS Status Update…
    It shows Pending .. with a generated WAC Receipt Number
    Used WAC Receipt Number to check my status on USCIS Website and it shows INITIAL REVIEW

    Have i made through the lottery

    guys reply..!!

  23. Hello guys, I am been following this forum for the past few weeks. And I myself am waiting for a receipt notice as well. My filing details are AD/RP/VSC. Today I contacted my school’s DSO and asked about my status in the SEVIS system. And the response I got was besides my current ACTIVE F1 status, I also have a ‘change of status’ pending. However, there is no receipt number. Does anybody know what it means? Most people who got a response seem to either have no updates or get a receipt number. So this is very confusing to me. Thank you.

        • I am in the same boat.. My guess is that our petition was selected in the lottery and USCIS hasn’t updated the receipt number yet.. My DSO told me that my SEVIS record shows a “notice date” of April 16 so I am guessing a receipt might have been sent to the lawyer (whom I am yet to hear from). I believe everything will be clearer tomorrow so keep the hope alive mates.

          Cheers!!!

  24. FYI: Difference between “e-mailed’ and “mailed” in the case status at USCIS website

    It depends on whether the employer completed and attached a G-1145 form when they applied for her H-1b.
    That form is used to notify an applicant via email and/or text that they have received an application and provide them with the receipt number. This usually occurs within a couple of days within the date they receive the application, which is much faster than waiting for the physical receipt to arrive.

  28. AD/PP/VSC&CSC

    Is it time to accept our Fate? Are we just waiting for the return of our package?

    We were supposed to receive notification by last week and worst case early this week wether by Mail or Email. Non has happened.
    Are we FINISHED??

    • Guys, Please hold on till you receive any kind of official notice. I see people are still getting the receipts for PP and USCIS holds on to some applications for consideration incase on any rejections. You never know. DONT STRESS OUT. IT IS NOT GOOD FOR YOUR HEALTH.

      • hey Emre …Iam waiting too …and I see lot of them are AD/Reg/CSC …I think we still have hope to get till Mon !!!

      • Same here. Master, regular processing, CSC. But my lawyer says it may take several weeks to receive the receipt number.

    • Hello all,

      Finally got my receipt this afternoon In (AD/Reg -CSC). The receipt was initially sent to my attorney through email and an hour later my employer received it through mail. It was received on April 8th and the notice was sent on 12 th April with receipt number WAC-13-132-52533 .
      I would like to thank all those who have posted valuable updates on this form and suggest not to loose hope.

      Good luck to all those folks who are still waiting to hear from USCIS.

      Regards,
      Sri

  30. Any update on RQ/RP/CSC??
    My application reached them on 1st April…
    Dont know for how long I have to keep waiting to hear back

  33. Any one AD/Reg/CSC ….didnt get update from DSO no receipt from employer but still hoping for good news !!

      • Hey Deb,
        I doubt it. Looks like USCIS is backlogged. Even if you are selected, it may take a week or 2 to get notice. A buddy of mine got PP notice yesterday and his number was 13-130-5xxxx (VSC).

        Keep your hopes as I dont see many posts about reciept for REG/PP/VSC compared to AD/RQ/VSC today.

        I think this is a test of our patience. Lets not give up hope

    • I think I am among those unlucky ones who are not selected this year..My company filed for 3 people and it’s only who dint get through..everyone is showing pity and I am crying from within all the time…I just want some kind of intimation…denial or accepted…:(

        • I wish luck for all our waiting list friends. I have applied H4 for my kid and no update on H1\H4 yet 🙁

          • from couple of days, more PP getting processed after 3 PM PST and when I am very tensed, I used to check the EAC counts … Already lost hope

  35. As many people did. I also called my School and found that USCIS has updated my SEVIS record with a receipt number.
    Mine was AD/RP/CSC.

    I am relieved.

  36. Question for guys who have also filed H4 for spouse….

    I am RQ/RP/VSC.

    Who did receive the mail for your spouse’s H4 (I-539) receipt? your lawyer / employer or directly by you?

    Please reply…

  37. Hi All,

    Called DSO .. Got my SEVIS Status changed to Pending ..!!
    Also got my WAC Receipt Number ..

    Which i entered and it shows ” Initial Review ”

    I hope I have made it through Lottery….!!!

  38. I just got the email from the International Students Office that there’s no change to my SEVIS status 🙁

    They say my opt is good till next year so there wouldn’t be any change to it, is that true?

    • Similar to what I got in response.
      After they asked when will my OPT expire (Jan2014), they said the SEVIS status will only reflect F-1 info and not H-1.
      Tomorrow I might call them again without disclosing my OPT expiration date and see what would happen then.

  40. Premium Processing / CSC.
    My case shows RFE since yesterday, but my employer hasn’t received anything by fax/mail/email.

    Is anyone in a similar situation?

  41. Employer got the receipt today and checks cashed today as well
    Me – AD/RP/VSC
    Non-IT field – Supply Chain / Finance
    Employer – Less than 25 employees, first H-1b, Fashion industry
    Employer and Attorney both in NYC
    LCA approved on 4th April
    USCIS received application on 5th April

    Will go for premium now..

    Unlike most people in the group, I didnt have any option if I wouldnt have been selected… I couldnt have gone back to school and neither do I have extended OPT… This was my only hope…And I got this job after a long long time and am doing extremely well at my job… So other than going back to my home country, Colombia, I wouldnt have any choice…

    All the best guys… It has been funny here… Some guys saying ‘my heart is just paining like anything’ just made me laugh… I have posted many comments here, but with different names…Please let me know if there is anything i can help with.. Goodluck

    • Big congrats !!
      Similar situation here, no back up plans. My LCA approved on 2nd April and petition delievered on 3th. Hope I will get the luck.

    • Just found out from my DSO that my OPT has an ending date of 9/30 but it it hasnt still updated my EAC number or any other status on my SEVIS

      • Tatte,
        Let me know what your employer is saying for upgrading to PP. My employer said they r not updating it for next 7-10 days?

        • Hi I havnt asked my employer but they dont know anything… I am the first H-1B here… All I told them was I want to file premium processing, they said ok.. Waiting for the lawyer to send me the paperwork… Not sure if 7 days waiting is required, but it will be because of the paperwork back n forth between the attorney and my employer

    • Another non-IT’er… I’m in marketing, so my anxiousness continues even though I have been selected in the lottery (AD, RP, VSC). OPT expires in August. Apparently, USCIS doesn’t love people in Marketing too much. We’ll wait and see. Keeping my fingers crossed since I have a genuine petition from a reputable company. How dare they tell me that my job doesn’t require a degree? 😛

      Good luck to you!

      • Exactly Yours… Mine is not a phony IT job… Legit job, legit employer…We sell in real big stores…I am the first H-1b employee and love my job.. You will get through…Good luck… Just read the funny posts that people post here…I want to upgrade to premium processing now.. dont know why my employer filed for me in Regular processing..

      • i’m on the same boat, so many IT personnel applied this year that i’m losing hope. my opt expires on may 31, and haven’t heard anything. i’m rq/rp/vsc

    • Congrats buddy…really happy for you ..I can imagine ur situation …I too have this as a last shot otherwise I need to leave …just hoping for a good news like yours …just pray for good people to get what they deserve

  42. Guys

    I am waiting with AD-RP-CSC.. it took dem 1 week to send only PP so be assured it will take them 2 more weeks to send off all RP.. Think about it only few of us are in this blog.. Keep Hope.. Think Positive and u ll hear something Positive soon…

    This is coming from a person who was so tensed on day 1 that i actually started puking.. So U can imagine wat i was gng thru.. And ya if i dont get my H1 this yr trust me i have some pretty big decisions to make in my life..

    Also regarding SEVIS… SEVIS only effects u till ur on ur I20/F1.. The day u move to H1 its not gng to show anything.. Just be calm and wait.. U have worked hard.. And just coz ur putting ur life on hold its nt gng to come any faster.. Trust me 1 week i didnt do anything at work…

    So just calm down… It’ll come.. Watever happens happens for the best..

    PS: Last time coz of USCIS on my OPT EAD i was unemployed for 45 days and my employer was desperate to have me back… just coz dey send my rfe for photo to Hawai.. I live in CA.. So made me suffer quite a lot.. But i learnt 1 thing and that is patience…

  43. Just heard from my employer that the payment has been processed. Have not yet received a receipt number. AD/RP don’t know which center…

    Hang in there…..

  44. DSO sucks- they didnt give me any info, said they cant and asked me to send an email ( response time 3-5 bus days)
    In today’s world, shouldnt “ideally” USCIS should have an application, where you can such put your name ( or passport # to make it anonymous) and search for any status rather than waiting for daysssssssssssssss to get a status update- weird world!

    • With my skills i wanted to do that job free of cost to USCIS, create a program and connect to backend db to get results with full name……:-)

  45. I am looking at all these comments/excitements/anxeity in this forum… why you guys are also leaned.. if your petition is not selected… just shut ur mouths and go back to ur country…why everyone thinks there is no life without this… I pity you guys…you guys are so pathetic.. like a parasites…you guys are dependent on US… just get out..and work for your country..you like other’s mother… I know lot of ppl will send harsh comments.. if you do.. it shows how pathetic ur life is..still how long you want be a parasite..sucking blood from hard earned countries.. get lost 🙂

    • No need to send harsh comments to you…You already show how pathetic you are….Whether you’re trolling or serious…I really pity you

      • H1Guy is not pathetic…he is looking and stating correctly. Yes, we agree that we are pathetic… no other way

        • Maybe we are, doesn’t mean that we’re sucking blood from this country like the illegal immigrants…his statement actually made me LOL…cuz I had job offers from Europe and Canada too…Just wanted to be close to my boyfriend and my employer is as anxious as me wanting to keep me here…I find people who post sweeping contemptuous statement on an online site really pathetic

          • Pls kindly read what I wrote again. I will not call anyone’s writing junk except for the real junk like what H1guy wrote…If you have a serious long term relationship you want to stay close to your significant other while working and not depending on him too. If you can’t understand that simple fact then I don’t know what else to say.

    • You are such a troll. And your grammar is atrocious. Not to mention your knowledge of history. This attention should probably satisfy you for the next couple of hours till you hunger for more since its quite obvious you are lonely and not getting any in your life. Sorry for you.

    • Yea, exactly, having nothing to do and come on this forum shows how NOT pathetic you are

      Does being an asshole make you feel good? Oh sorry, what am I thinking, of course it did…it’s not like there’s any other things that’ll make you feel better about yourself.

      I LOL’d, what a pathetic piece of s***….

    • most AD people here are students they helped the economy and paid tution and other visa related fees and flight tickets and taxes and studied here and if they didnt get work at all they are in huge debts ..( atleast few of them ) so they spent a major part of there most productive life studying working hard and paying tut ions and taxes without work authorization …so now is the chance for them to have an opportunity to get authorization and work and earn !!! so they are all hoping for good …taht sdont make any one parasite …!!! may b H1Guy …I assume you are a useless , heartless fellow who must have got H1 by luck or may b ur in India working without any goal or may b on F1 here in some waste university …but surely you are not at all mature or sensible to post such a comment so you know what …just leave this community …you really dont deserve to be here !! just get lost

    • H1Guy,

      I hope you have ur own org/firm right??? 😛 😉 , cos seeing ur comment i can guess u r a person who doesnot wanna depend on anyone, nor work under anyone irrespective of what cntry u r frm…….:-P

      Well, if you dont fall under the category i mentioned, please start up a new firm fr urself……..:-P

      Gud luck fr new firm…..!!!

  47. Hi guys i have a question..
    Does any one have any idea how the uscis proceed with each case?? I checked my case eac1313*5*620 and the status is still at acceptance level, where as there are some later issued receipt numbers which are already approved.
    Does uscis work on cases in sequence of receipt number or they randomly approve cases?
    I am RC/PP/VSC

    • I had the same question, not sure. I am in the same boat. It looks to me they just process apps randomly and not by numbers.

          • I have even no idea how they did the lottery without assigning id’s to apps, because it seems they are still assigning id’s, I am not sure they even did a lottery, LOL

          • Actually they assign a receipt number to all the applications as and when they receive them..and then they do a random selection of these receipt number.
            once this random selection is done they start entering the data of all these selected application and send them the notification of selection at the same time.
            I think USCIS is doing a fair job.

  48. i got below update from my university.
    Based on our immigration record, your F-1 status and employment authorization for this student have been automatically extended to September 30, 2013. Your receipt number is WAC131345*****. You or your lawyer should have gotten the action of notice letter from USCIS, and your receipt number should be listed in the letter. Please check your lawyer for more detail.

  49. Guys ,
    moments ago i have given up (after checking with my DSO 3 times today , no update on sevis status) , but my employer just called and told me he got the receipt # , many of us might be in the same boat , so hang in there , do not panic ( ironically i did ) if sevis did not get updated
    and you are yet to receive your receipt #

  50. Hi everyone,

    I have been observing this forum for the last few days without actively participating. I am RP/PP/CSC and have completely lost hope. If anyone is still receiving receipts for RP/PP/CSC please post here. I am looking for some hope. Thanks

    • Nancy,

      Please donot loose hope. I saw folks posting that they received from REG/PP/CSC today too……So please hold on, i am the live testimony, i ve been jus praying and waiting with hope, and moreover i was preparing in the backend for an alternative too, but see i got it today when i spoke to my school DSO dept……..

      Good Luck…..!!!

    • Hi Nancy,

      I’m also Regular/PP/CSC; waiting…

      My employer said they will try to make a determination tomorrow on whether they believe I was not selected or not. I don’t know the reason why tomorrow, but I keep hoping while working on the plan B, which is finding a job in the Europe!

      Good luck to all of us!

      • Hi all,

        Thank you for your helpful comments. Although I am still not hopeful, it helps me to better accept the situation. I do pray for all who are yet to receive their receipt numbers. 🙂

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