Congrats to all of those who have applied for H1-B i got following email from my company lawyer ...

Great news! 

 

The USCIS (Immigration Service) just announced that the H-1B cap has NOT been met yet.  This means that your case has been accepted for processing.  While this does not mean that your application has been approved (the USCIS still has to review the application), this is wonderful news.  If the government gives any indication on processing times for the H-1B petitions that were filed on April 1st, I will let you know.

 

Think... How many of them who filed last year (faked ones) were not eligible for H1B (still they filed creating all these issues) while the eligible did not even reach 65000 this year.  

Great great news...

hey prsthapit

thanks for sharing.

its a great news!

How can u make sure the case is accepted ?? They will still do lottery once they get more number of petitions and the same lottery luck.

I asked one of my indian friend. he said that non of the indian consultancies have field for H1B this year. he might be true. Well hope all of our nepali friends get their H1-B

H1B Cap FY 2010 Not Hit
April 8, 2009 by HSB
Looks like H1B Cap for FY 2010 was not hit during first 5 days. So, this is good news to companies that submitted H1B this year. There will be no lottery.
Official USCIS Update Letter

USCIS Update
April 8, 2009
USCIS Continues to Accept FY 2010 H-1B Petitions
WASHINGTON – U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) today announced it continues to accept H-1B nonimmigrant visa petitions subject to the fiscal year 2010 (FY 2010) cap. USCIS will continue to monitor the number of H-1B petitions received for both the 65,000 regular cap and the 20,000 U.S. master’s degree or higher educational exemption cap.
Should USCIS receive the necessary number of petitions to meet the respective caps, it will issue an update to advise the public that, as of a certain date (the “final receipt date”), the respective FY 2010 H-1B caps have been met. The final receipt date will be based on the date USCIS physically receives the petition, not the date that the petition is postmarked. The date or dates USCIS informs the public that the respective caps have been reached may differ from the actual final receipt date.
To ensure a fair system, USCIS may randomly select the number of petitions required to reach the numerical limit from the petitions received as of the final receipt date. USCIS will reject cap subject petitions that are not selected, as well as those received after the final receipt date.
Petitions filed on behalf of current H-1B workers, who have been counted previously against the cap, will not count toward the congressionally mandated FY 2010 H-1B cap. Therefore, USCIS will continue to process petitions filed to:
Extend the amount of time a current H-1B worker may remain in the United States.
Change the terms of employment for current H-1B workers.
Allow current H-1B workers to change employers.
Allow current H-1B workers to work concurrently in a second H-1B position.

Found this thing in happy School blog.

It's official

here is the Link

http://www.uscis.gov/portal/site/uscis/menuitem.5af9bb95919f35e66f614176543f6d1a/?vgnextoid=cf6c9a6461680210VgnVCM1000004718190aRCRD&vgnextchannel=68439c7755cb9010VgnVCM10000045f3d6a1RCRD

la badhai cha prsthapit (do I know u btw...same khyla ho ki kya ho?)..anyway..yeshpali chance cha hai Bhaireee

Lai Bhadai chha -prsthapit.

Rennie says:

April 8, 2009 at 1:43 PM

USCIS says there won’t be a lottery for applications received on the first five days.

Please read properly before posting your own ideas of the H1-B process.

“USCIS will monitor the number of petitions received and will notify the public of the date USCIS has received the necessary number of petitions to meet the H-1B cap, known as the “final receipt date.” The date USCIS publishes information that the cap has been reached does not control the final receipt date. To ensure a fair system, USCIS will, if needed, randomly select the number of petitions required to reach the numerical limit *IMPORTANT* from the petitions received on the final receipt date. *IMPORTANT”*
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  H1BSeeker says:

  
  

  April 8, 2009 at 2:01 PM

  
  

  Rennie,
  You have a valid point, but based on what was published today as a USCIS press release the following lines caught my attention:
  “To ensure a fair system, USCIS may randomly select the number of petitions required to reach the numerical limit from the petitions received as of the final receipt date. USCIS will reject cap subject petitions that are not selected, as well as those received after the final receipt date.”
  I am not sure if all the petitions will be involved in the lottery or not. I am also quite confused on how to interpret the sentence.

  
  

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    April 8, 2009 at 2:17 PM

    
    

    The lottery will involve only the applications received the Final Recipt Date (wichh is the date in which the cap will be reached and superceed) and it won’t affect the application received prior the Final receipt date

    
    

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Pinkrose says:

April 8, 2009 at 1:34 PM

Regarding the mini lottery , here is the clarification from visapro:
If the USCIS do not receive enough petitions to reach the H-1B quota within the first five business days, it will continue to accept H-1B cap petitions until the quotas are met. The date on which a quota is eventually reached will be declared the “final receipt date” – i.e., the last date on which USCIS will accept cases filed against that particular quota. USCIS will then run a lottery to choose among the petitions received on that date. Cases received before the final receipt date would not be subject to the one-day lottery.

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Pinkrose says:

April 8, 2009 at 1:32 PM

Ok. Many are confused about the mini lottery. Here is a link I found, they explained how this stuff works.
http://www.visapro.com/Immigration-News/?a=1219&z=21
They are saying that:
“If the USCIS do not receive enough petitions to reach the H-1B quota within the first five business days, it will continue to accept H-1B cap petitions until the quotas are met. The date on which a quota is eventually reached will be declared the “final receipt date” – i.e., the last date on which USCIS will accept cases filed against that particular quota. USCIS will then run a lottery to choose among the petitions received on that date. Cases received before the final receipt date would not be subject to the one-day lottery.”

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Junior says:

April 8, 2009 at 1:31 PM

I am guessing 20,000 Standard Cap and 1,000 Masters Cap applications.

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Snowbro says:

April 8, 2009 at 1:24 PM

OK, lets start a mini-thread on guesses as to how many applications they received on the first 5 days… (Not like it matters, but I think it could be fun!)

I’m guessing 50,000 Standard Cap and 15,000 Masters Cap applications.

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Realist says:

April 8, 2009 at 12:46 PM

USCIS does not say that there will not be lottery.

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adrisho says:

April 8, 2009 at 12:46 PM

people just chill on a bear..all of us r in better shape then what we thought so just relax till you hear further..

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  dc says:

  
  

  April 8, 2009 at 1:07 PM

  
  

  chill on a bear? LOL

  
  

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dc says:

April 8, 2009 at 12:44 PM

So the news that we have…Im confused by the way its worded. Its great that the cap hasnt been reached but:

“To ensure a fair system, USCIS may randomly select the number of petitions required to reach the numerical limit from the petitions received as of the final receipt date. USCIS will reject cap subject petitions that are not selected, as well as those received after the final receipt date”

Sounds like they are going to wait until the final receipt day and do some sort of lottery. Is this the mini lottery thing? and to those of you who have previous experience/info, does this mean if you applied already you are in?

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Bala says:

April 8, 2009 at 12:41 PM

My company’s immigration personnle got back to all of us on behalf of whom H-1B petitions has been filed this morning and told us about the good news that the H-1B cap has not been met for both 65,000 regular and 20,000 Master’s cap. Since they have filed for premium processing, we were also notified that we should have the visa approvals within the next 15 days, although it won’t be effective until October 1st. It has been an amazing day for all of us who had applied for the visa, and as long as its a legit case through a legit company you should’nt worry at all. As fas as Mr. Raju - the aspiring immigrant who wants to come here and buy a BMW, I along with many others who have seen your weird and meaningless rambling over the quotas and visas on this forum for the past month - please do keep us all posted if at least one of your 5 H-1B applications gets approved.

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  Kruxx says:

  
  

  April 8, 2009 at 1:32 PM

  
  

  Well..In midst of all this jubilation we completely forgot Mr. Raju and his antics…

  
  

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  Kruxx says:

  
  

  April 8, 2009 at 1:34 PM

  
  

  Well..In midst of all this jubilation we completely forgot Mr. Raju and his antics…I still can’t believe H1B is so important for some people that they willingly sell off all their assets just to get it…

  
  

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Sally says:

April 8, 2009 at 12:39 PM

Happyschoolsblog Rocks!

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AP says:

April 8, 2009 at 12:32 PM

For Official News from USCIS:

(Click on the Press Room from the Home page: http://www.uscis.gov)

http://www.uscis.gov/portal/site/uscis/menuitem.5af9bb95919f35e66f614176543f6d1a/?vgnextoid=cf6c9a6461680210VgnVCM1000004718190aRCRD&vgnextchannel=68439c7755cb9010VgnVCM10000045f3d6a1RCRD

http://www.uscis.gov/files/article/fy2010-%20H-1B-petitions-accepted.pdf

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Vivian says:

April 8, 2009 at 12:23 PM

and BTW, that was just an expamle explaining the meaning of the mini lottery. I did not mean that Apr 7 is the FINAL receipt date at all!!! The final receipt date is still an unknown so for those who still didn’t file their application should file it ASAP!!

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  CMdT says:

A USCIS spokesman said that based on preliminary numbers, the agency
has "about half the petitions" it needs to meet the 2010 fiscal year
cap of 65,000, but it is "just short of the 20,000 advanced degree cap."



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