FY2019 H-1B Cap Reached

United States Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) announced today that it has reached the cap for new H-1B petitions filed for Fiscal Year (FY) 2019. The U.S. advanced-degree exemption to the statutory cap has also been met.

Lottery Selection
Because USCIS has received more H-1B visa petitions than are available under the FY2019 quota, any petitions received between April 2 and April 6, 2018 will become part of a random lottery selection process.

H1-B Cap Exemptions
USCIS will continue to accept and process petitions that are cap-exempt. These include filings for extensions, amended petitions, changes of employer, concurrent employment for existing H-1B workers and petitions filed by organizations that are cap-exempt.

What Employers Can Expect
USCIS has not confirmed when petition selection will be completed. Petitioners may not receive notice of selection for several weeks or more.

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