USCIS announced that it has received 483,927 H-1B cap registration during the March 2022 filingperiod, including petitions filed for the advanced degree exemption.
This is substantially more than the 308,613 received last year(March 2021, FY 2022). It is also far more than the 275,000 duringthe March 2020 (FY 2021) filing period and 201,000 H-1B petitions receivedduring the March 2019 (Fiscal Year 2020) filing period.
USCIS has notified H-1B cap lottery winners. H-1B winners have until June 30, 2022 tosubmit their full H-1B cap petition to the USCIS for adjudication.
As has been the case since the launch of the on-line registrationsystem in March 2020, the USCIS will continue to update the H-1B cap winnerslist. Additional winners may be selectedin subsequent rounds until March 2023. USCIS is not expected to notify any H-1Blottery entrants of non-selection until all 85,000 H-1B cap approval notices havebeen issued.