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Preliminary Number of FY 2009 H-1B Cap Filings USCIS released the preliminary number of FY 2009 H-1B cap filings on April 10, 2008. As of April 7, USCIS had received nearly 163,000 H-1B petitions subject to the FY 2009 H-1B cap. Here is the original announcement from USCIS: WASHINGTON – U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) today announced a preliminary number of nearly 163,000 H-1B petitions received during the filing period ending on April 7, 2008. More than 31,200 of those petitions were for the advanced degree category. USCIS expects next week it will conduct the computer-generated random selection process, beginning with the selection of the 20,000 petitions under the advanced degree exemption. Those petitions not selected under the advanced degree category will join the random selection process for the cap-subject 65,000 limit. USCIS will reject, and return filing fees for all cap-subject petitions not randomly selected, unless found to be a duplicate. USCIS will handle duplicate filings in accordance with the interim final rule published on March 24, 2008 in the Federal Register. USCIS will provide regular updates as the processing of FY 2009 H-1B cap cases continues. ----USCIS Based on the numbers reported by USCIS, we calculated that a petition’s chance of being selected in the first-round lottery is about 64%, and 41% in the second-round lottery. Please note, there are 68,00 H-1B numbers reserved for citizens of Chile and Singapore. As advanced degree petitions have two chances to enter the lottery, the chance of an advanced degree petition being selected is about 80%; the chance of a standard petition is 41%. ------ (04/11/2008) For more immigration news, please click here |
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