H1B Lottery on 4/12/2007
The USCIS already completed the visa lottery for FY2008's H1B cases that are subject to the annual cap limit on 4/12/07. A total of 123,480 such cases were filed on 4/2/07 and 4/3/07 and only a maximum of 65,000 H1B cases will be approved. The winners of the lottery will be noticed on or after 4/12/07 via email, to be followed by written notices. The whole process will take four weeks to complete. So those who have not yet received notification should not assume that they were not selected until they receive a formal rejection. The USCIS will return the H1B petitions that were not selected in the lottery and refund the filing fees to the applicants.
However, there have been reports that some cases were improperly rejected because of the visa cap; these cases were filed on behalf of US advance degree holders and their visa cap (20,000) has not been reached yet as of today. These cases should be refiled with the USCIS.
