USCIS announced that it has received “nearly” 275,000 H-1B capregistration during the March 1-20 filing period, including petitions filed forthe advanced degree exemption.  This isconsiderably more than the 190,000 H-1B petitions received during the April2018 (Fiscal Year 2019) filing period and 201,000 during the April 2019 (FY2020) filing period.
USCIS is in the process of notifyingH-1B cap lottery winners.  Based on theCongressional H-1B cap of 85,000 H-1B cap winners, Petitioners should expectabout 31% of their H-1B cap filings to be H-1B cap winners because Congressonly allows the USCIS to approve H-1B cap petitions.  H-1B winners have 90 days to submit their fullH-1B cap petition to the USCIS. 
MU Law’s numbers track the USCISmacro-number.  So far, we have receivednotice that about 30% of our total registrations are H-1B cap winners.  MU Law is in the process of contacting H-1Bwinners. 
Unlike in past years, the USCIS willcontinue to update the H-1B cap winners list. Therefore, additional winners may be added throughout the spring andsummer.  USCIS is not expected to contactany H-1B lottery losers until all 85,000 approval notices are issued or the endof the 2021 fiscal year.