USCIS Completes Second Lottery For H-1B Regular Capac FY 2025 — Visa Lawyers Blog — August 8, 2020
Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) announced that it conducted a second lottery to reach the annual numerical limit for the regular cap.
The second lottery selected additional beneficiaries from previously submitted electronic registrations for the H-1B Fiscal Year 2025 cap season. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) announced that it conducted a second lottery to reach the annual numerical limit for the regular cap.
The second lottery selected additional beneficiaries from previously submitted electronic registrations for the H-1B Fiscal Year 2025 cap season.
Petitioners with selected registrations in the second lottery have been notified via their myUSCIS organizational accounts online that they are eligible to file an H-1B cap-subject petition for the beneficiary named in the applicable selected registration.
USCIS reminds petitioners that only those with selected registrations are eligible to file an H-1B cap-subject petition during the filing period indicated on the selection notice. The H-1B cap subject petition must be filed within 90 days. Petitioners will need to include a copy of the applicable selection notice with their FY 2025 H-1B cap-subject petition found on their myUSCIS online accounts.
Unfortunately, a second lottery was not conducted for the advanced degree exemption (also known as the master’s cap), because USCIS reached the annual numerical limit after the first lottery was completed.
Petitioners should be aware that having a selected registration gives you the ability to file an H-1B cap-petition with USCIS, however it does not mean that your case has been approved. Click here for more information. Contact us. Please contact us for help with your case by calling 619-819-9204 or texting 619-4834549 to schedule a consultation. Join our new Facebook group. Follow us there.
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