Attorney_6 Posted April 6, 2015 Report Share Posted April 6, 2015 This week, the Murthy Law Firm attorneys will answer questions about the Fiscal Year 2016 H1B cap filings. Rules for Topic of the Week Threads: 1. Attorney's postings contain general information only and are not a substitute for case-specific legal advice. 2. The attorney will answer only those questions that relate to the main subject. If you have a question on some other issue, please start a new thread in the appropriate forum section. 3. The attorney will not necessarily answer every question posted and may provide a single answer to a group of similar questions. 4. Please do not provide information which would identify any specific company, university or individual (including yourself). Link to comment
a2zl2s Posted April 7, 2015 Report Share Posted April 7, 2015 USCIS Reaches FY 2016 H-1B Cap Release Date: April 07, 2015 WASHINGTON – U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) has reached the congressionally mandated H-1B cap for fiscal year (FY) 2016. USCIS has also received more than the limit of 20,000 H-1B petitions filed under the U.S. advanced degree exemption. USCIS will use a computer-generated process, also known as the lottery, to randomly select the petitions needed to meet the caps of 65,000 visas for the general category and 20,000 for the advanced degree exemption. USCIS will first randomly select petitions for the advanced degree exemption. All unselected advanced degree petitions will become part of the random selection process for the 65,000 general limit. The agency will reject and return filing fees for all unselected cap-subject petitions that are not duplicate filings. Before running the lottery, USCIS will complete initial intake for all filings received during the filing period, which ended April 7. Due to the high number of petitions, USCIS is not yet able to announce the date it will conduct the random selection process. 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, and who still retain their cap number, will also not be counted toward 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. Link to comment
Attorney_6 Posted April 10, 2015 Author Report Share Posted April 10, 2015 No updates on the cap count or lottery as of now. Link to comment
chanduatwvu Posted April 13, 2015 Report Share Posted April 13, 2015 233,000 applications filed for FY 2016. USCIS sent out a email notification at 2.45 PM today Link to comment
chanduatwvu Posted April 13, 2015 Report Share Posted April 13, 2015 233, 000 applications filed this year. USCIS sent out a email notification at 2.45 PM today Link to comment
a2zl2s Posted April 13, 2015 Report Share Posted April 13, 2015 USCIS Completes the H-1B Cap Random Selection Process for FY 2016 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. Link to comment
JoeF Posted April 13, 2015 Report Share Posted April 13, 2015 233,000 applications filed for FY 2016. USCIS sent out a email notification at 2.45 PM today http://www.uscis.gov/news/alerts/uscis-completes-h-1b-cap-random-selection-process-fy-2016 Link to comment
Attorney_6 Posted April 13, 2015 Author Report Share Posted April 13, 2015 That is correct. Significant jump from last year, as expected. Link to comment
ashuneel Posted April 14, 2015 Report Share Posted April 14, 2015 that's @ 25 % chance of selection. Link to comment
Attorney_6 Posted April 14, 2015 Author Report Share Posted April 14, 2015 Actually, it is about 35%, but, dismal in any event. Somewhat better for advanced degree cases. They are included in the advanced degree lottery for the 20k exemptions and, then, if not selected, they get a second chance in the regular lottery. Still a major problem and bad situation all around. We just started getting a few premium processing receipts this morning. Link to comment
ashuneel Posted April 14, 2015 Report Share Posted April 14, 2015 We just started getting a few premium processing receipts this morning. Does that mean the lottery process has been completed? Or do they start sending receipts as soon as petitions get selected. Link to comment
india1987 Posted April 15, 2015 Report Share Posted April 15, 2015 By any chance you have stated to receive receipt notice from Vermont service center.some say PP receipt notice are done. I have applied to vermont PP/AD Link to comment
Attorney_6 Posted April 15, 2015 Author Report Share Posted April 15, 2015 Ashuneel, The lottery process has been completed. The April 13th announcement was referenced/posted in this thread. The receipt notices from PP started arriving the following day. But, so far, as of right now, it is just a small number of receipts. I am sure there will be more coming. Link to comment
india1987 Posted April 15, 2015 Report Share Posted April 15, 2015 Is there any update for today for Vermont center Link to comment
Attorney_6 Posted April 17, 2015 Author Report Share Posted April 17, 2015 We received our first hard copy (premium) receipt from VSC today. It appears there has been an issue with the VSC premium email system over the past week. Link to comment
moholo Posted April 17, 2015 Report Share Posted April 17, 2015 Hi, I have applied under Premium processing and Masters Quota. But have not heard anything yet. Till when does USCIS keep sending Receipts? If these are electronic receipts, then it should not take so long right? Link to comment
moholo Posted April 17, 2015 Report Share Posted April 17, 2015 Any more receipts that came in under Premium? Till when can we expect to receive receipts under Premium P? Link to comment
pt279 Posted April 18, 2015 Report Share Posted April 18, 2015 Any updates on Non-AD/PP/CA receipts? I haven't heard anything on my application yet. Does this mean I am not selected in the lottery or I should still wait until 4/27? Thank you ! Link to comment
ramya1234 Posted April 19, 2015 Report Share Posted April 19, 2015 Is there still hope for H1 Visa applicants with PP and AD? Can we expect notifications until 27th April? Link to comment
worsteph Posted April 19, 2015 Report Share Posted April 19, 2015 Someone told me that by this time last year 99% of the approved petitions had already been sent out... I'm not sure whether thats true. Link to comment
worsteph Posted April 20, 2015 Report Share Posted April 20, 2015 Don Neufeld of USCIS confirms that all premium processing applications have had receipts generated by April 17. Link to comment
priyah1b Posted April 20, 2015 Report Share Posted April 20, 2015 Could you share the url of the source of this info please? Dont seem to find anything on google. Link to comment
Attorney_6 Posted April 20, 2015 Author Report Share Posted April 20, 2015 worsteph, That is definitely not true. Link to comment
Attorney_6 Posted April 20, 2015 Author Report Share Posted April 20, 2015 Vermont's PP email system was down, so, as of the 17th, none of the email notices went out. While email notices do come pretty quickly, there is a data entry component involved. Thus, so far (not including what we may receive today), it has just been a trickle. No one should assume anything right now. Last year, we got approvals for some PP cases before others even got receipts. Link to comment
worsteph Posted April 20, 2015 Report Share Posted April 20, 2015 My source was someone who attended an AILA open forum with a speaker from USCIS. https://twitter.com/gsiskind/status/589069714443399168 Of course I really hope he's wrong since I haven't got my receipt Link to comment
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