How could I be sure that employer applied my H1B Visa 2009?

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)

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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