H1B Visa Lottery Canceled for 2009?
December 17, 2008 by HSB · Leave a Comment
I really wonder how many different ideas are spread about conveyed to H1B applicants. It’s very true about many companies are suffering in U.S. and mnay workers in H1b Visa are being laid-off. Many students expressed doubts about H1B Visa and is it worth to come to U.S. during recession for higher studies. But among many comments, I saw an interesting comment for the article California Service Center H1b Visa processing Update
Shweta Asks
well i did wanted 2 file for the h1b for 2009, i did hear from a friend that it is cancelled this year for the market situation..i want to know how far that is true??
I’m not sure how people can come-up with such thoughts about H!b Visa being canceled for next year due to current market situation in U.S. But, that’s absolutely false. Rumors are rumors. If you hear such news, you have to verify that from USCIS and other offical sources. Friends talk so many such things and everything cannot be true. Will there be lottery for H1b Visa in 2009? We have to wait and see.
Maybe sometime in March, we will get to know how many H1b petitions are expected to be filed during Fiscal year 2009-2010. Like H1b visa lottery 2008, I will keep posting any information I come across the H-1b Visa lottery for 2009 – 2010. USCIS issued some new rules 1 month before April,1,2008 explaing few important rules. Hope, we should get something like that in 2009.
H-1B Visa Update from California Service Center
December 3, 2008 by HSB · 6 Comments
I have been trying to get latest update from USCIS status some H1B Application submitted on April,1, 2008. I know many readers are still trying to find the H1B Visa approval status. Some received RFE on H1B and some of then are waiting for security clearance. Read more
How could I be sure that employer applied my H1B Visa 2009?
May 8, 2008 by HSB · 5 Comments
I’m responding to few comments. all the comments was from different people, but the theme was the same. Is there a way to find out if my employer filed my H1B Visa 2009. I have written about this in last few articles about different ways to track your H1b Visa 2009 application status and H1B Visa 2009 Lottery Results.
Answer is no. There is no way you for you to know if your Employer has filed your H1B Visa application. Only way to know is to ask your employer if your H1B Visa is filed with USCIS. You can ask your employer to send you the copy of application that was submitted to USCIS along with FedEx or other courier service receipt number. Other that that, you don’t have have any other option. But, once you receive your H1B Visa 2009 application receipt, you can track the status online.
H1B Visa Lottery is Complete – Results in 4 Weeks (2008 – 2009)
April 14, 2008 by HSB · 116 Comments
USCIS RUNS RANDOM SELECTION PROCESS FOR H-1Bs
U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) today conducted the computer-generated random selection processes on H-1B petitions, to select which H- 1B petitions for fiscal year 2009 (FY 2009) would continue to full adjudication. If approved these H-1B petitions will be eligible to receive an H-1B visa number.
USCIS conducted two random selections, first on petitions qualifying for the 20,000 “master’s or higher degree” (advanced degree) exemption, and second on the remaining advance degree petitions together with the general H-1B pool of petitions, for the 65,000 cap.
The approximately 163,000 petitions received in the first five days of the eligible filing period for FY 2009 (April 1 through April 7, 2008) were labeled with unique numerical identifiers. USCIS has notified the appropriate service centers which numerical identifiers have been randomly selected, so each center may continue with final processing of the petitions associated with those numerical identifiers.
Petitioners whose properly filed petitions have been selected for full adjudication should receive a receipt notice dated no later than June 2, 2008. USCIS will return unselected petitions with the fee(s) to petitioners or their authorized representatives. As previously announced, duplicate filings will be returned without the fee. The total adjudication process is expected to take approximately eight to ten weeks.
For cases selected through the random selection process and initially filed for premium processing, the 15-day premium processing period begins today (April 14), the day of the random selection process.
USCIS has “wait-listed” some H-1B petitions, meaning they may possibly replace petitions chosen to receive an FY-2009 cap number, but that subsequently are denied, withdrawn, or otherwise found ineligible. USCIS will retain these petitions until a decision is made whether they will replace a previously selected petition. USCIS will send a letter to the wait list petitioners to inform them of their status.
USCIS expects that for each of these wait-listed petitions, it will either issue a receipt notice or return the petition with fees within six to eight weeks.
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