USCIS
Releases H-1B Cap Filing Update (4/11/2008)
U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) confirmed
on April 10, 2008, that they received about 163,000 H-1B
petitions for Fiscal Year (FY) 2009, of which more than
31, 200 were for the advanced degree category. Of the total
65,000 H-1B vases available for FY 2009, there are 65,000
visas available for regular cap-subject H-1B cases, of
which 20,000 visas are for holders of U.S. advanced degrees
from US universities.
USCIS will first conduct a computer-generate lottery
to select 20,000 cases filed on behalf of foreign nationals
who hold advanced degrees from U.S. universities. Those
cases not chosen in the advanced-degree lottery will
be put into the lottery for the regular cap-subject H-1B
quota. Cases that are not chosen in a lottery will be
rejected and the filing fees will be returned, unless
found to be a duplicate filing, in which case all petitions
filed by that employer for the same employee will be
denied.
Please note that this lottery process could take several
weeks. However, we will continue to monitor the lottery
process and will provide an update as soon as there is
any additional information available.
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