H1B Lottery Done

[subbayya]

U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) announced on April 7, 2015 that it has received enough H-1B petitions to reach the statutory cap of 65,000 visas for fiscal year (FY) 2016. USCIS has also received more than the limit of 20,000 H-1B petitions filed under the advanced degree exemption, also known as the masters cap.

USCIS received about nearly 233,000 H-1B petitions during the filing period, which began April 1, including petitions filed for the advanced degree exemption. On April 13, USCIS used a computer-generated random selection process, or lottery, to select enough petitions to meet the 65,000 general-category cap and the 20,000 cap under the advanced degree exemption. USCIS will reject and return all unselected petitions with their filing fees, unless the petition is found to be a duplicate filing.

The agency conducted the selection process for the advanced degree exemption first. All unselected advanced degree petitions then became part of the random selection process for the 65,000 limit.

As announced on March 12, 2015, USCIS will begin premium processing for H-1B cap cases no later than May 11, 2015.

USCIS will continue to accept and process petitions that are otherwise exempt from the cap. Petitions filed on behalf of current H-1B workers who have been counted previously against the cap will also not be counted towards the congressionally mandated FY 2016 H-1B cap. USCIS will continue to accept and 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; and
• Allow current H-1B workers to work concurrently in a second H-1B position.

U.S. businesses use the H-1B program to employ foreign workers in occupations that require highly specialized knowledge in fields such as science, engineering, and computer programming.

For more information, please see: http://www.uscis.gov/news/alerts/uscis-completes-h-1b-cap-random-selection-process-fy-2016

 

[subbayya]

Freaking 233k Petitions. Crazy..!!

[GULABJAM]

Hmmm

[pavangamini]

for FY2014 - 124,000

for FY2015 - 172,500

for FY2016 - 233,000

 

kaneesam F1 quota penchakapotea elaagea 500,000 ayyetattu vundi...too much man..

[athadu]

Freaking 233k Petitions. Crazy..!!

 

 

USCIS official ga chepinda?

[DB_Police]

USCIS official ga chepinda?

 

yes man

[nenu_devudni]

enduku ra prati samvatsaravam visa lu atla ichi dengutunaru ..2017 ki .. 500k applications antaremo 

[arshad]

:3D_Smiles_38:

[Peter123]

233k ante whoa!!  :3D_Smiles:

[mostwantedsri]

&.,?  ika tickets chusukunta...... 3rd time and last try ee year  sFun_duh2