USCIS Releases Preliminary Number Of FY 2009 H-1B Cap Filings

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.

Well, lets get ready to get back to mother land. .

oh it's worse than we thought. So sad

Udayo, sapana sabai lottery le.

Its more than double from last year. It was only 14000 in first 2 days last year. and till 15th it was only 17000. ufffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffff.

Looked at USCIS website, they do not have any info on it! Let's go back and build our motherland.

Go to press room of USCIS.

04/10/2008: USCIS Releases Preliminary Numbers of H-1B Cap Filings

• Total: Nearly 163,000
• U.S. Master Degree Cases: More than 31,200 (Out of above total).
• USCIS expects that it will conduct the computer generated random selection process, beginning with the selection of the 20,000 petitions under the advanced degree exemption.

http://www.aila.org/content/default.aspx?docid=25173

Aba next year kurera pani kehi faida chaina jasto cha, ahileko uchitteko 11200 + next year ko 30000,

bhayena ba, aba GC bha budhi nai bihe garnu parla jasto, cha koi?

Now the probability for general is 65,000/143000=45% wheras for master it is 20000/31200+ 11200/31200*65000/143000= 80%. So it is still hopeful for master. Be optimistic.

anilbro....din bhari H1B update ko thread suru garera jhukyaune....sachai update garne bela ma gayab........

hamro nepal jindabad

amrica ra uscis murdabad

tyre balna paunai parcha

railing bachna paunai parcha ...

natra h1b paunai parcha...

lottery system kharej gar

murdabad murdabad

......

 

You have started a good initiation danphe dude. Can you add one more? USA ma pani CA election hunai parchha ra H1B quota system kharej hunai parchha.

me too support this initiation under the leadership of danphe.

maile garnu bhanda agadi nai arule garihale. bor nai bhayo ni . afule jhan update garna nai payena.

Folks, is that total means U.G. + Advanced Degree = 163,000 or only U.G. = 163,000 and another 31,000 is in  Advanced degree?

Including masters, it is 163K

UG+Masters+India=163 K

UG+Masters+India=163 K