USCIS has stopped accepting H-1B petitions subject to the 2015
fiscal year H-1B cap or the advanced degree exemption.
On April 7, the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services
(USCIS) announced that it has received a sufficient number of H-1B
petitions to reach the statutory cap for fiscal year 2015. The
USCIS also announced that it has received more than 20,000 H-1B
petitions filed under the advanced degree exemption. Accordingly,
the USCIS will not accept any H-1B petitions subject to the 2015
fiscal year cap after April 7.
The USCIS will select from among those petitions received
between April 1, 2014 and April 7, 2014 through a
computer-generated random selection process, referred to as the
"lottery," to meet the caps of 65,000 visas for the
general category and 20,000 visas under the advanced degree
exemption. The selection process for the advanced degree exemption
will take place first; all advanced degree petitions not selected
will be added to the general
