USCIS announced that it received 190,098 petitionsduring the filing period, including petitions filed for the advanced degreeexemption (compared to the 199,000 H-1B petitions received during the FY2018 filing period).
USCIS is in the process of running the H-1B lottery and notifyingH-1B cap winners. Petitioners shouldexpect about 44% of their H-1B cap filings to be H-1B cap winners. Based on prior years, we will receive H-1Blottery winner receipts throughout April and May. After that we will receive the H-1B lotteryloser petitions. Traditionally if you donot receive a winner receipt notice by June 1, you have probably lost the H-1Blottery.