Today USCIS announced it has received enough electronic registrations during the initial period to reach the FY2021 H-1B cap. USCIS conducted a lottery by randomly selecting from the registrations properly submitted. USCIS will notify petitioners with registrations selected no later than March 31, 2020. Petitioners will be able to file an H-1B cap subject petition for the beneficiary named in the selected registration.
Registrants online accounts are being updated and will show one of the following statuses for each registration:
- Submitted: The registration status may continue to show ‘submitted’ after the initial selection process as these registrations will remain in consideration for selection until the end of the fiscal year.
- Selected: The petitioner may proceed to file an FY 2021 H-1B cap-subject petition on behalf of the beneficiary in the applicable selected registration.
- Denied: A duplicate registration was submitted by the same registrant for the same beneficiary, or a payment method was declined.
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