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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. Friends,

    I am really thankful to the person who gave the idea to call USCIS. It really works–I got my receipt number through them (RQ/RP/VSC) (13142XXXXX) The only problem is waiting on the phone for more than 35 minutes.

    When calling, refer to them as a petitioner not beneficiary.
    Things required are
    Employer E-verification number (this can be found on W2 form)
    Company Name
    Company Address
    Lawyer Name

    Good luck guys.

    Let me know if I can assist you further

      • @SK
        When calling as an employer– first thing they ask is to punch EIN!!!
        how about asking EIN number with HR??

      • What is EIN ? Where can I find it? My employer dint send me a copy of i129.. How does it big ? N how many digits ?

    • Congrats… could you please guide me with the Dial in # for USCIS? Mine is RQ/RP/VSC… Your Guidance will be highly appreciated…

      • @Bostanian–
        The number I used to Dial is 1-800-375-5283
        They take calls between 8-6 pm (I think it is EST)
        After calling in–follow the instructions where it says–if you’re an employer press this…..
        after that, they’ll ask to punch EIN number–after that–would say estimated wait time, and then after about 30 minutes or so–you would be able to speak to a rep. the rep will ask if you’re a petitioner or beneficiary. Tell them that you’re petitioner and give them phony name, they’ll not find that name, so they’ll ask for beneficiary’s (your name) name. give them that and few more questions about company name, company address and when did you filed –so and so and they ‘ll give the receipt number.

        Hope it helps.

        Good luck 🙂

          • EIN number is Employee E-verification number. The easiest way to find out is by looking at W2 form (Tax form). If you could not find out through that, please ask HR. They should be able to help you with this.

            Thanks

        • When exactly are you asked to punch in an EIN? None of the automated options offer this to me. It goes from “If you’re an employer press…” to “Type in your receipt number”…

  2. Got my receipt today(4/24).
    AD/RP/VSC
    Received Date – 4/8/2013
    Notice Date – 4/15/2013

    HR emailed a scanned copy of receipt today.
    EAC131365****

    Thanks a ton for sharing your stories and all the information.
    Good luck everyone.

    • Hi, have you check your SEVIS or whether check has been cashed before?

      I’m also Adv/non-pp/vsc, none of these status changes, so I’m losing hope now.

      • Actually I never checked with my school or attorney. I dint ask my employer about checks. I probably went to HR twice during this ordeal. First time was to know about the lottery process. Second time was the day after lottery when she told me that they have just started processing applications and its too early to know anything and she would keep me posted. So I basically believed her and was waiting for her email. But I was prepared for the worst anyways. Mine is life science research so I started applying for research center jobs and post grad and phd programs.

        Good luck.

    • You just made my day. I thought no AD is receiving receipts now. Thanks for sharing.
      And yeah…congrats man.

  4. i’m here again.
    Ad/PP/VSC still waiting………………………..

    please tell me i’m not absolutely alone in this ordeal? 🙁

    • ME too…AD/PP/VSC….. Still Waiting….i m gonna loose hope after 30th ….lets wait till then…

      • Me too belong to AD/PP/VSC….almost lost hope but still waiting:(…..did anyone try to call up USCIS as suggested by folks in their earlier posts??…I have no update on SEVIS & also check is not encashed…

          • That’s great, please let me know your status after the call…also can you please let me know what all information did the USCIS representative asked you during the call?…This wait is killing me and I hope we all get through this soon with good news…good luck 🙂

      • i remember seeing both of you!!! what a unlucky crowd we are. I’m guessing if i used up all my luck getting my job offer…

  5. Anyone got your receipt no. RQ/RP…. I am still waiting…my employer told me they will contact me when they will receive the receipt no….. Is there any specific reason that USCIS holds H4 to H1? Any idea….please share

  6. GUYS…Especially AD/PP/VSC-CSC

    Of course If you havent received recipt like Me, Then You were NOT selected.

    Our only hope is being wait listed.

    Has anyone known if he/she is wait listed.??

    I read that some people have gotten confirmation that they were NOT selected. How true is this?
    Thanks All. Lets be strong

  7. No checks cashed.

    No SEVIS update.

    No record of application through USCIS service line.

    Anyone in the same boat? Any hope?

    • Same boat except for USCIS part. not sure where to call/what to ask for to find out if they have a record of me. Would you mind sharing that info?

        • ffff, thank you. Did they not ask you when your application was filed and told you that you need to wait 30 days??

          • I just called and they asked me for the number and as I don’t have it they told me I have to wait 30 days

          • nelson, same here… did you say you were employer/employee?

            i wonder how other people got around that and managed to get some info.

          • What they ask/say seems to vary. I was only asked company and employee name. That seemed sufficient for them to look it up in their system. Then they said to check for checks being cashed. End of conversation.

            Others were told to wait 30 days.

            I think give it a shot, say you’re the employer and good luck.

          • They did ask when the application was filed although they did not mention anything about the 30 day thing. They said to check if the checks had been cashed. That’s all. No question about EIN.

        • I’m guessing maybe the USCIS doesn’t want to talk to people today!

          Called the correct number but everytime I get a message saying to call back Mon – Fri between 8am and 6pm. I have no problem with that except it is currently 11 am on Wednesday and I have been calling since 10am EST!

          New H1B – RC/PP/VSC

          • FYI,
            USCIS has announced that over the next few days, the National Customer Service Center will be making some important system enhancements to the 1-800 number. As a result, some callers may experience difficulty in connecting with a customer service representative or may be disconnected unintentionally. We appreciate your patience as we work to complete these changes as soon as possible and apologize for any inconvenience.

  9. Hello, my employer filed my application on April 1st under RQ/RP. I have not received any response from USCIS yet. I called USCIS today and they could not find any information under my name or company name, does this mean that I am not selected in the lottery?

    The person at USCIS told me to contact the attorney to verify if the check is cashed and If the check is cashed they told me to call USCIS again to update them wiht the receipt number.

    Any advise guys, does anyone else has the similar situation?

    By the way I tried contacting my DSO as I am still in F-1 but they have a rule not to disclose any information until the decision is approved.

    • I am exactly in the same position, I called them again today to USCIS but they told me maybe the application has not been review yet. But i dont know if that means we did not get in the lottery. I submit the papers April 1st.

    • I tried calling USCIS and they asked when was the petition filed and whether it was PP. I said april 1st and non pp…and then he said it hasn’t been 30 days so I need to wait for 30 days for a receipt number to be generated so I should call back may 1st if i don’t have it.

      how did you get them to look up information for you? Did you call the 1 (800) 375-5283 number and asked for case status?

      • this is really a stupid & obvious formality question for them to ask….April 1st is the first day USCIS start to accept petitions , and today is 24th. obviously it hasnt been a month yet…..

  10. Hi Folks,

    Suggestion Please…

    I called up my employer today morning to ask for status, i have been told that they haven’t hear back anything on my petition from USCIS but they have got 8 others selected in the lottery…. Mine is new H1 and I am on L1 now & completing my 3yrs by this Sep30…. Should I still hope for the best? I am beeing positive…

  12. Hello Everyone,
    My employer filed my H1B under premium processing for regular quota. I didn’t get any update from USCIS. Though chances are less but still i am hopeful. Anyone got PP update this week?

    thanks,

    • I saw a few people (about 10) that got their PP receipts through DSO/ USCIS call center/ cashed checks.

      I am RQ/PP/VSC

  14. I am waiting for my receipt. I am currently in H4. I have applied RQ/RP/VSC. I haven’t received any kind of hopes from employer. I just checked with them they told they have received 10 receipts out of which 7 were Premium and 3 were general. They told me that the lawyer is receiving the packets one by one only. They have told me to wait till this week end. I have already lost all my hopes. I was working back in India. I got married and came here in last june. Already a year has been wasted in my career.. I feel sick. I was so confident that i will clear the lottery. But now all i am left with is only frustration. I wish good luck to all who got their receipts. Hope this information could give some hope and would be useful to someone. ALL THE BEST to all

    • I am also in the same boat..got married and came last year and last year my application was ready to be sent on June 11th and quota got closed..Its more than one year now and I have 6+years of experience and unfortunately this time its lottery..and till now nonews..my package reached there on 1st of April

      • If working is the only motive (i.e. pay is not an issue; since you already spent a year without pay, I assume it shouldn’t be) then please look at H-1B cap exempt jobs. They will at institutions of higher education or related or affiliated nonprofit entities, nonprofit research organizations or governmental research organizations. This will prevent a long gap on your resume.

        • H4 dependents Cant work here! I hope I am right! And at any cost! IT companies will never accept non related work exp.

          • I know people on the H-4 visa cannot work in the US. What I was saying was that, if you get a job at institutions of higher education or related or affiliated nonprofit entities, nonprofit research organizations or governmental research organizations, then they can petition for an H-1B visa for you. Such petitions are not subject to any cap and are granted all the year round. I am sure these organizations also need IT people. But, you should know that when you would want to work for a for-profit company then they will have to apply for a fresh cap subject H-1B for you.

      • i heard very less cases of H4-H1!. I don’t low if they are giving us less priority. Even though its lottery.. You cant here very such less cases of H4->H1. I wonder whats happening behind :/

      • i heard very less cases of H4-H1!. I don’t know if they are giving us less priority or what. Even though its lottery.. You cant hear very such less cases of H4->H1. I wonder whats happening behind :/

      • Same here….I also come here last year only….
        we are happy with our marriage but day by day because of our career I feel something is missing…am very career oriented girl and as a girl have to manage many things..
        many things have to decide….this lottery can decide my life…I know if am not happy with my career than I will be not able to happy my hubby….so its really very very important to me…..
        I wish everyone get….I am waiting for miracle…

    • Hi,
      @Radibala
      I am in the same boat like you..h4. Wasted one year of my career already,, got a sponsor though for my h1..BT lottery unfortunately :'(
      I have no other option then to go back to India if am not selected leaving my hubby here..:'(
      Tearing apart families in the name of immigration laws..v ppl in h4 definitely deserve better treatment..dependent s in other countries are treated with more respect than wat v face here..
      Hope the situation changes…
      Best of luck to all !

      • I don’t understand why all H4’s are loosing Hopes. RP just started early this week & we still have lot of chance.Hope all H4’s get through it(who really deserve). Me to same here with 6 years of IT experience & sitting idle at home for almost 1.5yrs ,missed the chance last year due to incorrect employor & now this stupid lottery is again playing games with me career.

        Hope to hear some good news.

        • Hi ,

          H4 ppl seem to lose hope very easily cos they are already in a very depressed state of mind..
          But I agree with u.. RQ/RP jus started.. So common gals let’s all cheer up n keep our dreams n hopes Alive!
          We deserve the best !

          • Competing with all the challenges for 6 Years in IT, I tried my best to keep this career break a short one, but this lottery appears to ruin my Aspirations and Independence.

            I see this lottery as a time machine that has re winded our lives back to that of Indian women 50 years back.

            Eating the bread of our OWN sweat is such an indescribable pleasure.

            ‘Marriage is for mutual growth’ . It Pains to Toss the coin of Heart and Brain.

            Lets still keep our hopes Alive !!!

          • You are worried about H4 treatment. then how about this
            Spent so 50000$ for masters, applied for H1 last year and got rejected. This year i APPLIED AGAIN AND NOW IT DIDNT GET PICKED

      • @laksh.btech
        Why are leaving to India. even if don’t get H1. we are in safer zone of living here. We can still be in H4, Until our spouse’s H1 is active. Later your husband might start his GC process and if you get E-id you can start working here. We can stay here and try our chances next year too. I don’t understand why are you leaving to India. There are worst cases for OPT candidates whose gyration period gets over this year. We must console ourselves comparing such worst scenarios. I pray the deserving OPT Candidates whose last chance is this year to get. Rather than for me. Pray to God. You can stay here with your husband and be supportive to him. NO other go we have a career but we need to console ourselves and move on whatever happens. Life doesn’t ends with H1b. It has more options. Getting doomed with frustration is not wrong but don’t drown yourself in it. I also feel very bad, tat i dint get receipt till now. But what is destined to happen will happen, nothing is in our hands. Feel Good. We are newly married., God is giving us a chance to take care of our family and making us to spend some time. If we get a kid in near future then we will have ample time to spend with them 🙂 Everything is for Good.. Gud Luck

      • “dependent s in other countries are treated with more respect than wat v face here”
        That’s not true for India. Indian visa laws are very similar to US. As spouses on H-4 visa can’t work in US in the same way spouses on X visa cannot work in India. The only difference is that India does not cap the employment visas. So, if spouses can get an acceptable job in India they can get an employment visa for themselves.

        Under the proposed immigration reforms, US is planning to give spouses on H-4 work authorization if the sending country offers reciprocal treatment to spouses of US citizens. Unfortunately, for Indians it means status quo due to Indian visa laws.

        • Y would american couples want to go n work in India ????most of them jus go in terms in tourist visas!
          Yes dependents in Australia, Japan are definitely treated wit much more respect..
          Here even opening a bank account for ourselves is difficult..
          Studying in h4 s difficult too, as no one is ready to provide scholarship wen u r in h4..
          Yes in other countries they get a better treatment!

  15. Just received receipt no.
    RQ/RP/EAC EAC131375xxxx

    April 8, 2013, we received this I129 PETITION FOR A NONIMMIGRANT WORKER
    Received receipt no. on April 23 through law firm in Dallas
    work for major oil&gas

    Best wishes to those whose still waiting desperately.

      • Im waiting patiently but lost hope now.. Its been almost over, more than 2 weeks all people got receipts from my company except me and a guy (who is to join my company) i know him and he is in touch with me.

        what to say my “bad luck is bad”

  17. Hello everybody. I hope all of you receive the notice receipt from USCIS very soon.

    I have a question, do you know how long could take the initial review (background check)? which things USCS analize on this stage?

    Have a good day.

  18. GUYS. PAY ATTENTION!!!
    Still calm down and hang on there. I had my receipt number by calling USCIS yesterday (RQ/RP/CSC), but when contacting attorney, neither check cashed nor snail mail obtained. And my rec# start from WAC13137… So there could be delay even you are selected, and in addition your attorney/employer may delay informing you as well. Don’t lose hope! Just wait until the mid of next week than may tell yourself that the chance is low at that time. I know how hard those days are, but what can do now is just pray and wait.

    • Hi

      Can you please tell me how did you contact them. Did you contact them as employer/attorney or directly as an application. Coz when I try to call them I always get a recorded voice asking me to contact the customer care representative between 9 AM and 6 PM. Your info will be helpful to me as I am losing my patience in waiting

  19. I called USCIS to find out my application status, I dont have receipt number yet, they looked up my name and the companies name but they told me there is nothing in the system, and i have a confirmation number from FEDEX stating that they received it on april 1st. Does anybody know about this ??

  20. Hi All,

    I have applied my h1b from chugh firm attorney.
    Is there anyone else who appled through this attorney.

    i haven’t recieved any application reciept till now..are there any chances to wait for the reciwpt.

  21. one of my friends got selected in AD/RP/EAC and his receipt was generated on 4/15 but he got it on 4/19. his sevis also got updated on 4/19..

  22. Did any one received the receipt starting from 138 ,139,140 ……..????

    I see here all upto 137 !!!!

    April 16, 17,,18 ……

    Uscis stopped sending receipts from 138,138,139 ?

    WAC !!!!

    Please anyone can respond ????

  23. Hey everyone, remember me? My employer told me that they cashed all the checks he wrote for my petition (I’m the only one they petitioned for this year so there are no questions of whom the checks are for.) Could I take this as a sure sign I have been selected? Have been having so many sleepless nights and tearful moments!!!
    Bachelor degree/Regular processing/VSC

    Someone please tell me!!! I really appreciate it

  24. Did any one received the receipt starting from 138 ,139,140 ……..????

    I see here all upto 137 !!!!

    April 16, 17,,18 ……

    I appreciate If some one responds

  25. Proposed US Immigration Bill will deny access to visas from 2015 for employers having high share of foreign staff, says Nomura
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    MONEYLIFE DIGITAL TEAM | 24/04/2013 04:57 PM |

    Nomura believes the most damaging provision of the US Immigration Bill for Indian IT remains the restriction on outplacement of H1 B visa holders at client locations, which hurts outsourcing in a big way

    Nomura Equity Research hosted a conference call on Tuesday, with Ameet Nivsarkar (VP,
    NASSCOM) to understand how the new immigration bill unveiled by the “gang of eight” US senators could potentially impact India’s IT industry. The proposed Immigration Bill aims to reform border security, employment verification, legalization of illegal immigrants and legal immigration and temporary visas.

    Key negatives of the proposed Immigration bill
    1. No access to visas from 2015 for employers who have high share of foreign staff: According to the Bill, in 2014 companies will be banned from obtaining further visas if more than 75% of their staff are H-1B or L-1 employees. In 2015, the ban applies to companies if more than 65% of their workforce is H-1B and L-1 workers. In 2016, the ban moves to 50%.
    Most Indian IT companies have 50%-80% of their staff as H-1B or L-1 visa holders currently, according to Mr Nivsarkar.

    2. Reduced ability to place employees at customer site: According to the Bill, “an H-1B-dependent employer may not place, outsource, lease, or otherwise contract for the services or placement of an H–1B non-immigrant employee”. This means that employees on H1B visas may be restricted from working at the customer sites, although they can work from global delivery centres. This would require a business model change for Indian IT companies and raise the cost on onsite staffing for projects, according to Nomura.

    3. Increased visa fees: The bill proposes to significantly increase the fees for employers who are H-1B dependant compared to normal users of the program. Specifically, if the employer has 50 or more employees, and more than 30% but less than 50% of staff are H-1B or L-1 employees (who do not have a green card petition pending), the employer must pay a $5,000 fee per additional worker in either of these two statuses. Similarly, if the employer has 50 or more employees, and more than 50% are H-1B or L-1 employees (who do not have a green card petition pending), the employer must pay a $10,000 fee per additional worker in either of these two statuses.

    4. Increased lead time for hiring: The bill stipulates that employers post a detailed job opening on the Department of Labour’s website for at least 30 calendar days before hiring an H1B applicant to fill that position. This would increase lead times for execution and would reduce competitiveness of Indian IT compared to MNC IT, Nomura believes.

    Key positives of the Bill:
    1. Higher H1B cap limit: The Bill proposes to raise the cap of 65,000 H1B visas (annual) to 110,000 which could go to as high as 180,000 in future years. This is a positive as against the current cap of 65,000, there were around 125,000 visa applicants this year—this forces the Immigration authorities to resort to a lottery system to decide who will receive visas.

    2. Green card reform: The Bill proposes to exempt certain categories of skilled labour from annual numerical limits on employment-based immigrants—e.g. doctoral degree holders in STEM (science, technology, engineering, and mathematics) field would be exempted. In addition, 40% of the worldwide level of employment-based visas would be allocated to a certain set of people which include holders of a master’s degree or higher in a field of science, technology, engineering or mathematics from an accredited US institution of higher education.

    According to Mr Nivsarkar, the Bill has been introduced in the Senate and it will first go to a judiciary committee and post that a mark-up committee. At every stage there could be amendments. Post that it is put to vote in the Senate and has a high chance of being passed there since the ruling Democrats have a majority.

    If passed in the Senate, then the Bill is sent to the House where it goes through the same process. The final compromise bill, which has amendments from both Senate and the
    House, is sent back for vote one more time at the Senate and House. If passed, it will then be sent to the president who can either sign it into a law or veto it. There is a possibility for the language to be changed at every stage.

    If everything goes fine, the Bill can be made a law by October 2013 at the earliest, according to Mr Nivsarkar. The Bill, however, has less chance of being passed at the House since Republicans have a majority there. As well, Mr Nivsarkar noted that the bigger concerns in the Bill are around the fate of the 11 million illegal immigrants and not temporary work visas.

    According to Mr Nivsarkar, the Bill, if passed, would require a change in the way Indian IT does business currently. Indian IT will have to consider one or a combination of the following options to continue doing business normally:
    1. Acquire companies based in the US and increase local staff percentage.
    2. Start onsite development centres in Tier2/Tier-3 cities, where costs are lower,
    3. Tweak the onsite offshore model so as to increase offshore proportions.

    Mr Nivsarkar thinks the Bill creates an unfair advantage for MNC vendors against Indian IT players. This is as they would already be in compliance with the 50% local staff provision and hence will not have to do material local hiring or bear increased visa fees with which the Indian IT would have to contend.

    Top five Indian IT players which secured around 29,000 H1B visas in 2012 (Cognizant Technology Solutions – 9,281, TCS – 7,469, Infosys – 5,600, Wipro –- 4,304, HCL Technologies – 2070) compared to around 6000 for MNC players (Accenture – 4,037 and IBM –1,846).

    Rejection rates continue to remain high especially for L1 and B1 visa and there has been no material decline in the same, even after the US elections, says Mr Nivsarkar.

    Nomura believes the most damaging provision for Indian IT remains the restriction on outplacement of H1 B visa holders at client locations, which hurts outsourcing in a big way. This would be followed by the need to comply with the 50% local staff requirement by 2016 in terms of severity. For most of tier 1 IT, it would not be a stretch to meet the 2015 target of 35% local staff in the US. The brokerage believes the visa fee increase of usd10,000 per incremental application for companies having less than 50% local staff, is a minor depressant on margins and could also be potentially passed on to clients. Overall passage of the bill in the current form would be negative for the sector and weaken competitiveness versus MNC IT players and depress margins.

    • How shameful that this bill prioritizes AMERICAN companies wanting to hire foreign nationals to fill their needs over INDIAN IT companies wanting to outsource without the willingness to hire locally. Seriously?

      • Don’t worry too much right now. The clauses preventing Indian IT companies from obtaining H-1B visas, like increased fee and denial in cases of high number of H-1B employees, are not exactly compatible with WTO GATS. My opinion is that the bill in the current form violates the GATS. An attorney in international trade laws might be able to provide more clarity. I am sure the GATS issue will come up some time soon.

  26. What is the working day number for VSC today? Is it 144? I don’t see any receipt numbers beyond EAC1314451099 ……….

  27. Did any one received the receipt starting from 138 ,139,140 ……..????

    I see here all upto 137 !!!!

    April 16, 17,,18 ……

  28. Hi guys ,
    are there anyone who has attorne Chugh Firm.
    Did you people recieve application reciept from this attorney.

  29. Hey everyone, remember me? My employer told me that they cashed all the checks he wrote for my petition (I’m the only one they petitioned for this year so there are no questions of whom the checks are for.) Could I take this as a sure sign I have been selected? Have been having so many sleepless nights and tearful moments!!!
    Bachelor degree/Regular processing/VSC

  30. Hey everyone, rememeber me? My employer told me that they cashed all the checks he wrote for my petition (I’m the only one they petitioned for this year so there are no questions of whom the checks are for.) Could I take this as a sure sign I have been selected? Have been having so many sleepless nights and tearful moments!!!
    Bachelor degree/Regular processing/VSC

  31. Somebody mentioned yesterday they were able to find out the receipt number by calling USCIS as the employer.

    Can anyone verify this is indeed true and possible?

    • Yes it is. I did it yesterday. Could not bear the wait anymore. They told me the receipt has been sent out on April 19th, the attorney should receive it this week.

        • Hi Thank God , It would great If you share the information. We are in same state as you were in yesterday.

          • National Customer Service Center (NCSC): 1-800-375-5283

            All they asked me was the company name and address and the name of the employee.

          • I had called up USCIS and they didn’t have my info. they only checked via the employees name. They didnt ask about the company at all. They told me sometimes the receipt doesnt reach properly and so the best way to know if you were selected if you don’t have the receipt is check if the cheque has been encashed. If it is encashed then you can see the receipt number on the back if the check on the online account. They also told me that they might not have a record on their system and still the receipt could be generated for your application.

            So its not certain that you have not been selected even if they dont have your information over the phone as I think the customer care dept and the processing dept are different and might have diff info.

          • Well i had done postal money orders, so those are hard to track and you have to pay a fee to track them. So the checks were not an option.

          • Did u called from US or India? Did u say that u are employer? I also want to check my status but USCIS only disclose this information to employers.

          • I called from US, from the office of the employer as i am currently working there on an OPT and they have filed my H1.

  32. Anyone know if they are still sending receipts? Everyone from my company have received their receipts except me, does that me I have been knocked out by the lottery system?

    • They are still sending receipts for sure. They only started RP/RQ on Friday. The others in your company just got lucky.

      • Thanks Bro…..so you mean they started sending receipts for regular processing last week or they started processing regular quota last week?

        • I meant candidates started recieving receipts last Friday. Likely they were mailed before that, however it is still early days.

      • My employer told me that they received regular quota mail last Friday…so USCIS has sending receipts earlier….

  33. People who got it till now from sterday

    04/23
    GB
    Experis US
    Suresh
    Happy
    Ajay
    God Gift
    SR
    Ram
    Re
    AP
    good luck everyone
    ETN
    J
    peelandeatbananas
    johny
    Sid
    h1B_wait
    Pankaj
    All is Well
    Akr
    H4toH1-2014
    wait over
    srkjos
    treescanfly
    federer
    Sandy
    KC H1B
    IBM R
    Thank God
    crossed_one_hurdle
    sk
    Thank you God
    L1-H1

    04/24
    GotH1B
    Scofield
    K
    Senthil
    Sunny
    Lucky guy!
    Srinivas
    apple
    AA

  35. Guys, have any of you got an update from Infosys GI helpdesk regarding the fresh H1B status this year? The wait is getting too long.

  36. Guys, have any of you got an update from GI helpdesk regarding the fresh H1B status this year? The wait is getting too long.

  37. Few points that a RQ/RP should consider.

    1. People who say they got receipt are few in number when compared to 58k (whatever number that is)
    2. Not everyone who has not got the receipt is coming here and posting. Many are not seeing this forum (because it makes them depressed), many are seeing and not posting, just withering away in despair
    3. Repeated refreshing of the page to get an updated status is very bad for health. Rises your anxiety level and produces some harmones that I understand are very undesirable for good health.
    4. You have not got receipt. You have not got the packet returned either. (For the optimistic lot)
    5. You might not get it in the end anyway. VISA interview can screw you up. (For the pessimist lot)

    • nope I am also waiting for the same since day 1…RQ RP H4toH1…day by day I am getting more into a kind of depression

          • No updates still, spiritless.
            Frozen staring @ this blog.
            Please give me some energy… 🙁

          • Me too missed last year because of the idiot HR, she quit her job just before applying my visa and quit without handover, I got screwed last year. They extended my offer till this year and this year it is Lottery, my luck is always very bad, i never ever win anything in my life if it comes to LUCK. I lost my hope.

          • Same here was at the peak of my career in india. But my parents just wanted one thing from life and that was my marriage . I have 6 yrs work ex…2 as a manager with a leading firm. But here I am $&&@/&$/$ on H4… Nothing just nothing u can do being in h4 except cooking n roaming here and there.,,h4life sucks

          • Suggest to be a little more optimistic, here are a few things you can do to keep your focus on. Find a full time job that qualify in Cap-Exempt H1B ( They can file an h1b anytime of the year. Now how to get in for them to agree to file an h1b is that you will have to get their confidence and prove it to them that you are capablity. A workable way is take up a volunteer job)
            Go to School in H4 Visa (There are loads of community jobs and online courses which will hep you in you career in your days ahead. You can use this as a break to enhance your career.)
            Go to School in F1 Visa. Join a full time course like a masters and it truly helps in the coming days considering I2 act coming in place.
            Volunteer in your field in H4 Visa. ( This truly helps, probably not monetarily but to understand the culture and helps in interacting with people. More over it also helps in supporting society with a good cause. Imagine if someone helped you out with any benefits, how would you feel)
            Take a membership in one of the local libraries, it comes free. It can help you in reading and learning. There are loads of degrees/ certificates which you can obtain by appearing just exams. Staying optimistic and cheerful and exploring possible options would surely help during these days waiting. Wish you all the best. You are on dependent by immigration and visa status, else wise its more to stay close to your near ones and carry one with life. Dont lose hope.

  39. I applied through Experis US. No updates so far. RQ/RP/VSC. There was one in this forum who got an update from Experis yesterday.
    Anybody else got any updates from Experis?

  43. Me and my friend filed our H1 through the same employer and on the same day ie 2nd April under RP/RQ.. My friend got his receipt yesterday, but I did not get mine..Should I assume that my application is not picked in the lottery or should I wait for some time…feeling very tensed and nervous…any method/process followed to send out receipts…

    • That’s frustrating. But maybe they sent the receipt to your colleague before to you. My employer got the receipt on 18th and my lawyer got it on 22nd though they are both in the same city….. It’s government entity so there are always weird stuff going on!!

  44. Can some one tell me whether the receipt number is a sequential number or a random number? I mean the last 4 digits.

  45. Anyone here from McKinsey?
    Still got no receipt number, wondering if i’m the only one…
    AD/PP/Fragomen/VSC

      • three of my friends got their receipt number last week- They are class of 2013 (MBA) and will be graduating in June 2013.

        It seems you applied under AD quota, did Mckinsey allowed you to work on OPT for one year? I have also got an offer from them and waiting for my H1B receipt number.

        I noted that in their employment letter, they have mentioned a clause that the contract will void if I donot have H1B by 1 Oct 2013 and they will not petition for another H1B. I am not too sure how do they take it practically. Please advise. thanks

        • my offer doesnt say that, I’m still in school and will begin OPT July 1st so I’ll be good for some time I think…

    • @FC: did u call ur school dso and see if there is any sevis update? if so they can provide u with a receipt no?

    • I’m here bro.

      AD/PP/VSC

      I am not waiting anymore.
      I know I’m not in the game. Unable to concentrate on work:(
      literally frustrating.

  47. I’ve submitted my H1-B petition through an employer in Atlanta under Regular processing and Regular quota, as of now I didnt get the receipt number which I hope I will get it. but can i transfer my Regular case to Premium once I get the receipt number?

    Can anyone please let me know??

    Thanks
    MS

  49. @Aparna – No response from the Immigration team. Are you sure receipts being dispatched? Pls post authentic info…

  50. @sg @sss I have replied to your questions on page 51, let me know if u need any other info. Good luck guys.

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