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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. finally received my receipt number from california service center …..AD/PP/CSC……all the best for remaining people

    • not yet, i guess few california PP are still there and very few vermont PP and then its regular processing.

  7. Just heard the news .. Vermont/Regular/PP – this site was the only thing i followed last few days… lot of comments, emotions.. god is great.. he helps everyone..

  8. How are the people who wont get selected be notified ?

    Will they also receive any letter or email from USCIS ?

    • well if someone doesnt get selected their package will be returned back with the checks to their respective employers. Thats going to take a while because right now they are only working on sending out the receipts as far as I know.

  9. I am thinking VSC has started generating receipts for people going with Normal processing be it in ADE/Regular CAP. (FYI – In Normal processing and receipt #: EAC1313352900). Maybe you cal follow up with your Attorney/Employer.

      • I dont know may be his check got encashed? @regular case update, are you sure or you r just thinking?

      • I am just trying to understand why do you say you disagree? you sure USCIS shouldn’t have started processing Normal processing Petitions? I know many people are not believing these days, but fact is Yes, they have started.

    • What I heard was receipts were generated all together irrespective of premium or regular process. The problem is, premium preocess applicants gets to know through email as well as mails. Whereas regular applicants gets the receipts only through mail, thats why people under regular process havent received anything yet. I am in the same boat and thats what my lawyer told me. So starting from monday regular process receipts will be received by the lawyers.
      Lets hope for the best everyone now its time for Regular process applicants to receive their receipt numbers. ALL THE BEST!.

      • Ok but i dont get one thing, if they already have genrated the receipts for regular processing, its already 4 days. if i send regular mail from east coast to midwest it takes 3-4 days, how come not even a single confirmation of regular proceesing???
        I dont know, may be they have genrated the mails but yet to send them. just a thought

    • few ppl have got genral PP here. number of them is less and i guess the reason is people in genral quota they (without masters) are in india, so they r not in touch with their atttorney/employer as much as people with masters who r here. you will get it, good luck.

  11. Is anyone still getting approval on H1B PP General Quota from CSC? If we haven’t got yet means there’s no chance?

    • I think u should wait till saturday night. Premium process starts from April15th, Monday so i`m guessing everyone who got selected under premium processing will get their receipts before monday. But I am not sure and dont get disheartened there are people who are still receiving receipts. Did you check with your lawyer? Dont loose hope I wish you the very best. God bless.

      • Dont worry you still have time. CSC i think its California center and they are at the west zone so its just afternoon time there right now.. You have time to get it. Dont loose hope and keep praying.. All the best.

  12. Now i regret not giving my application in premium processing..its was worth the stress free life 🙁

  13. All – Trying to track some numbers here with better readability. Can all of you who got receipts of their new H1B filing updated counts in response to this thread please?

    EAC, AD (Advanced Degree/Masters), PP(Premium Processing) : ?
    EAC, AD (Advanced Degree/Masters), NP(Normal Processing ) : ?
    EAC, RC (Regular Cap ), PP(Premium Processing) : ?
    EAC, AD (Regular Cap ), NP(Normal Processing ) : ?

    WAC, AD (Advanced Degree/Masters), PP(Premium Processing) : ?
    WAC, AD (Advanced Degree/Masters), NP(Normal Processing ) : ?
    WAC, RC (Regular Cap ), PP(Premium Processing) : ?
    WAC, AD (Regular Cap ), NP(Normal Processing ) : ?

  14. Admin,

    The new version of the webpage is not working and does not feed the new comments.

    Kindly look into this.

    Thanks.

  18. I’m sailing in the same boat as you all. Regular processing, I guess will have to wait till next week, hope to hear something soon. Congrats to people who received confirmations and good luck to all waiting.

  19. Issue with the blog since morning. New design is not working. Page not getting refreshed with new comments

  20. Admin – Issue with the blog since morning. New design is not working. Page not getting refreshed with new comments

  22. I have received my receipt number just now. But my date of birth format is wrongly mentioned 🙁 . My employer said he wrongly filled in the form it self. I am worried if this will not cause my application rejection 🙁 Has anyone experienced this problem earlier?

    • It shouldnt be a problem, but you never know. Inform USCIS asap and get things changed. All the best

  25. Hello so after reading all the comments, blogs and discussions I`ve come to the conclusion that everyone who has applied for Premium processing irrespective of regular or AD quota has already received or is still receiving their receipts. USCIS is sending an email as well as mails to all those you applied in Preium Processing.

    As for regular processing no one has received any receipts yet because USCIS is sending it out only through mails. I dont know anyone as of now who has received a receipt for regular process of general or advance degree quota.

    Please correct me if i`m wrong. My company applied for regular process in general quota and I am still waiting for a reply. So hopefully by end of next week by GOD`s grace all of us who are waiting under general processing is going to get their receipts.

      • Hello so after reading all the comments, blogs and discussions I`ve come to the conclusion that everyone who has applied for Premium processing irrespective of regular or AD quota has already received or is still receiving their receipts. USCIS is sending an email as well as mails to all those you applied in Premium Processing.

        As for regular processing no one has received any receipts yet because USCIS is sending it out only through mails. I dont know anyone as of now who has received a receipt for regular process of general or advance degree quota.

        Please correct me if i`m wrong. My company applied for regular process in general quota and I am still waiting for a reply. So hopefully by end of next week by GOD`s grace all of us who are waiting under general processing is going to get their receipts.

  28. Hello all,

    I had applied in Vermont Center, PP General Quota, i got my receipt just now. Trully been a bad ordeal this time, but stay strong and best wishes to all. I submitted my application on thursday, it reached them on friday.

    • Can anybody confirm? I am waiting for the same category AD/No-PP. Thanks.

      My lawyer said he got one response from PP already. but not further news.

    • der are couple of guys(NICK and JK) who received receipt # for AD/PP/VSC about an hour back……so game is dtill on …dont worry ….we will all make it through

        • I am unable to concentrate on anything this is killing me, i applied under AD/PP/VSC waiting since from monday. I struggled a lot for good GPA and good job

          I know many of us faced a lot, hope everyone gets through this lottery.

          • YEP, same here. i landed a shitty job after college because i went to small school and had so-so GPA. so i worked hard and saved every penny. i used my savings from that OPT job to get my master. studied like a maniac to increase my GPA significantly. joined multiple organizations, participated on diff. case competitions. attended recruiting events religiously. finally able to land a sweet job. and now got hit by a lottery.

            what a joke.

          • I feel you buddy. Good luck to all of us. This humanitarian country is giving us so much stress on things like this. I am hoping I will not win this lottery, but still hoping to get the answer. This wait and watch thing is killing me.

  31. Take a look guys – this year no american company in top-10 h1b.

    http://www.foreignlaborcert.doleta.gov/pdf/h_1b_temp_visa.pdf

    Who the hell are iGate – 24k LCA filed!!!

  35. Just got a call from my attorney saying I’ve got the receipt number for AD/PP/CSC. What a relief!

    Good luck to everyone who is still waiting. Don’t loose hope and keep fighting!

    • Damn consulting companies for filling tons of fake petitions and putting us (genuine applicants) into this messy situation. Also, I’d like to show my respect to those fair players who got multiple job offers but only filed one petition for the one that they want to accept.

  36. Just got a call from my attorney saying I’ve got the receipt number for AD/PP/CSC. What a relief!

    Good luck to everyone who is still waiting. Don’t loose hope and keep fighting! Damn consulting companies for filling tons of fake petitions and putting us (genuine applicants) into this messy situation. Also, I’d like to show my respect to those fair players who got multiple job offers but only filed one petition for the one that they want to accept.

    • Congrats Dude.

      Very good point and Yes Many Thanks to people who played this game fairly by applying only one application in-spite of having a chance to apply 2.

  37. Just got EAC131325**** from attorney….
    AD/ PP / VSC ….So relived
    Game is on for AD / VSC ….
    Don’t loose hopes guys …every AD will go through

  39. Just got the receipt from my attorney a while back this morn at 11AM(PST) or so.

    AD/PP/CSC.

    I am continuing to pray for all.. Guys, just hang in there. Thats exactly what my closest friends have been telling me since a week.

  40. Still waiting…
    Regular cap, premium processing, Vermont Service Center.
    don’t understand what to do..

    • dont worry, i just got mine now, you will hear back soon, vermont has been slow i feel, people are saying to wait even till next week

  41. Just got a call from my attorney saying I’ve got the receipt number for AD/PP/CSC. What a relief!

    Good luck to everyone who is still waiting. Don’t loose hope and keep fighting! Damn consulting companies for filling tons of fake petitions and putting us (genuine applicants) into this messy situtation. Also, I’d like to show my respect to those fair players who got multiple job offers but only filed one petition for the one that they want to accept.

  42. Just wanted to update my friends (Masters, PP, Cali) that were calming me down yesterday.
    I got my receipt number late last night.
    It was received by the office on 4/8, but it took them long time to send us an e-mail.
    That being said, there is still hope for you guys. I know it’s hard to believe, but I really think they are just very slow.
    Good luck!!! I really hope you all get your receipts soon.

  43. I am under Regular Cap/ PP / Don’t know which center. My Employer is in Texas. Haven’t heard anything yet. Lost all hopes. Should we hope until the end of day tomorrow ?

    Thanks

  44. I am under Regular Cap/ PP / Don’t know which center. My Employer is in Texas. Haven’t heard anything yet. Lost all hopes. Should we hope until the end of day tomorrow ?

    🙁

  45. I am under Regular Cap/ PP / Don’t know which center. My Employer is in texas. Haven’t heard anything yet. Lost all hopes.

    🙁

    • Hang in there! Dont lose hope yet. I am in the same boat as you. Pp/Regular cap/CSC. God is always with us. Praying

  46. Hello everybody.
    Have anyone from the Master’s quota, regular processing, received the receipt?
    This is really stressful. Good luck to everyone.

  47. Hello everybody.

    Have anyone from the Master’s quota, regular processing, received the receipt?

    This is really stressful. Good luck to everyone.

  48. Hello everybody.

    Have anyone from the Master’s quota, regular processing, received the receipt?

    This is really stressful…. Good luck to everyone.

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