USCIShas just announced that it has completed data entry of all fiscal year 2018H-1B cap-subject petitions selected in their computer-generated random process. It may take a week or so for all of theH-1B cap receipts to be delivered. If aBeneficiary has not received an H-1B receipt notice in the next week or so, itstands to reason that they have not “won” the H-1B lottery.
Shortly, USCIS will begin returningall H-1B cap-subject petitions that were not selected. USCIS is unable to provide a definite timeframe for returning these petitions. USCISwill issue an announcement once all of the unselected petitions have beenreturned.
In order to balance thedistribution of H-1B cap cases, USCIS is transferring some Form I-129 H-1B capsubject petitions from the Vermont Service Center to the California ServiceCenter.