On April 11, U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services used a computer-generated random selection process to select enough H-1B petitions to meet the congressionally-mandated cap and the U.S. advanced degree exemption, known as the master\u2019s cap, for fiscal year 2019.\u00a0<\/p>\n
USCIS received 190,098 H-1B petitions during the filing period, which began April 2, including petitions filed for the advanced degree exemption. <\/p>\n
USCIS\u00a0announced\u00a0on April 6, that it had received enough H-1B petitions to reach the statutory cap of 65,000 and the master\u2019s cap of 20,000. <\/p>\n
USCIS will reject and return all unselected petitions with their filing fees unless the petition is a prohibited\u00a0multiple filing.<\/p>\n
USCIS conducted the selection process for the master\u2019s cap first. All unselected master\u2019s cap petitions then became part of the random selection process for the 65,000 cap.<\/p>\n
USCIS will continue to accept and process petitions that are otherwise exempt from the cap. Petitions filed for current H-1B workers who have been counted previously against the cap,\u00a0and who still retain their cap number, will also not be counted towards the fiscal year 2019 H-1B cap. <\/p>\n
USCIS will continue to accept and process petitions filed to:<\/p>\n
\u2022 Extend the amount of time a current H-1B worker may remain in the United States;
\n\u2022 Change the terms of employment for current H-1B workers;
\n\u2022 Allow current H-1B workers to change employers; and
\n\u2022 Allow current H-1B workers to work concurrently in a second H-1B position.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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