H-1B Visa Lottery Completed: 201,011 Petitions Received

USCIS announced that as of 04/10/2019, it had completed the H-1B visa lottery for FY 2020.  At the same time, USCIS also determined that the advanced visa cap of 20,000 had been reached.  It means that USCIS will reject all subsequent cap-subject H-1B filings for this year.  On 04/05/2019, USCIS already announced that the regular visa cap of 65,000 was reached.  

USCIS received 201,011 cap-subject H-1B petitions this year in total, compared to 190,098 in FY 2019 and 199,000 in FY 2018.

It will take weeks and even months before visa applicants will receive notices regarding their cases.  USCIS will issue formal filing receipt notices (Form I-797) to the petitioners of the selected cases first.  The unselected cases will then be returned to petitioners gradually.